Your's might work for a zebra mate, but sharks don't get to see many zebras!

Testing the theory that sharks wont eat turkish delight or licorice allsorts.

"Dude, is that your kite resting on the sand over there to the right ... the one with the stripes ?"

Stripe guy says, "Your a wa**er"
Blue guy replies, "We're both wa**ers"

Derrick recognised Jonah's passion for mammals, but could never understand why Jonah requested his surfboard be decorated with his two favourite animals - the zebra and the beaver

Just tell me honestly Underlay - does this make my thighs look big?

AusMoz said..
Go for it!

Here sharky sharky -now you see me, now you don't!

Despite 30 years in the making, Ken Done's entry into the surfwear market, launched at Maroubra Beach, was short lived.

Richiefish said..
Kiter Kev was sick of being ridiculed for wearing his boardies over his wetsuit so he came up with this...

Kiter Kev and his friend Boogieboard Barry, scanning the water for Barry's lost board...?

terminal said..

Your's might work for a zebra mate, but sharks don't get to see many zebras!

Didn't make Eurovision in this year, nah no beard and dress, better go for a surf, eh...

^^ Snags, that didn't take long!

Seriously, if they work then anyone surfing, kiting or windsurfing in shark teritory should wear one

John340 said..
^^ Snags, that didn't take long!

Seriously, if they work then anyone surfing, kiting or windsurfing in shark teritory should wear one

I have seen video of the trials for these wetsuits. They weren't allowed to use human shaped dummies, but they used drums filled with fish. The drums were plain, or covered with neoprene in these patterns. Sharks have poor visual resolution but good contrast recognition. This means they have trouble discriminating broken outlines. They mostly attack from below and the "prey" is outlined against the blue sky above. From below, a surfer on a board in a black wetsuit looks remarkably like a fat seal. Anyway, back to the experiment - the drums coated in the patterns confused the sharks. They swam up to them but did not bite them. It was like the shark knew there was something tasty there but couldn't quite see where it was. They attacked the plain drum. Research done At UWA by Shaun Collin
www.smartmarinesystems.com

sboardcrazy said..

Windxtasy said..

John340 said..
^^ Snags, that didn't take long!

Seriously, if they work then anyone surfing, kiting or windsurfing in shark teritory should wear one

I have seen video of the trials for these wetsuits. They weren't allowed to use human shaped dummies, but they used drums filled with fish. The drums were plain, or covered with neoprene in these patterns. Sharks have poor visual resolution but good contrast recognition. This means they have trouble discriminating broken outlines. They mostly attack from below and the "prey" is outlined against the blue sky above. From below, a surfer on a board in a black wetsuit looks remarkably like a fat seal. Anyway, back to the experiment - the drums coated in the patterns confused the sharks. They swam up to them but did not bite them. It was like the shark knew there was something tasty there but couldn't quite see where it was. They attacked the plain drum. Research done At UWA by Shaun Collin
www.smartmarinesystems.com

sboardcrazy said..

AusMoz said..
Go for it!

Here sharky sharky -now you see me, now you don't!

I'd watched the shark deterrent research video too - hence this post..

After this weeks events at J-Bay, I will call the winner tomorrow and put this thread behind us.

Now that marriage equality is legit someone has to wear the stripes in the relationship.