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Here's a cool pic that have been circulating the 'net. If you've already seen them, then just move on please. Nothing extra to be seen here.
If not, enjoy!
http://www.whitesharktrust.org/media/newsmedia2/africageographic200509p4243.jpg

that is sweet:)

See, the surfers here tell me that there is such a low chance of me actually getting attacked by a shark, but right now there is zero chance of me being attacked by a shark. I have perfect not getting attacked by a shark odds, why fuck that up? And they're out there playing with the otters and seals, which while adorable, is also the sharks lunch-and sharks are notorious for not being very careful about what they grab.

I don't quite see how there is a 20 centimeter difference between the kayak and the shark.

The picture does look doctored, but why not exaggerate the shark's size if you are going to doctor the picture.

*looks at the line going thruogh the picture*

I don't quite see how there is a 20 centimeter difference between the kayak and the shark.

The picture does look doctored, but why not exaggerate the shark's size if you are going to doctor the picture.
I was waiting for someone to claim it's a fake. So here's the article it's from:
http://www.whitesharktrust.org/pages/mediaarticle/media25.html
Here's another pic of it even closer:
http://www.whitesharktrust.org/media/newsmedia3/bigissue200511/200511bigissuesharkyshores2.jpg
nyah nyah nyah! I was right and you were wrong! (does my "I'm right and you're wrong" dance)

I was waiting for someone to claim it's a fake.

While the photo may be real, the big line down the middle of the photo makes it appear to be doctored.

Although, I don't kayak nearly as often as I surf, so the photo (which I do believe is doctored) where there is a silhouette of a shark behind the wave that a surfer is going up scare me a whole lot more.

I was waiting for someone to claim it's a fake. So here's the article it's from:
http://www.whitesharktrust.org/pages/mediaarticle/media25.html
Here's another pic of it even closer:
nyah nyah nyah! I was right and you were wrong! (does my "I'm right and you're wrong" dance)

I thought the print looked like it was from National Geographic (or Africa in this case), so I figured it was a real story, but the waves don't match up in the first picture. You're also going to have a hell of a time convincing me that that shark is only four meters.

While the photo may be real, the big line down the middle of the photo makes it appear to be doctored.

Although, I don't kayak nearly as often as I surf, so the photo (which I do believe is doctored) where there is a silhouette of a shark behind the wave that a surfer is going up scare me a whole lot more.
My friend (who surfs) has that up on his wall.

I believed you. The first image is obviously a scan of a two-page image.

My friend (who surfs) has that up on his wall.

That picture scares me, a lot. If I see that photo before I go surfing I find myself a hell of a lot more observant, and a hell or a lot faster, when I'm in the outer set.

Did you know that more people a year are killed by coconuts than by sharks?

Did you know that more people a year are killed by coconuts than by sharks?
"Damn you coconuts! Damn you all to hell!"
Killer coconuts, eh? And here we thinking Tahiti is a lovely sun-drenched paradise. Little did we know that just around the corner and up a bit, terror awaits in a round hairy form.

I thought the print looked like it was from National Geographic (or Africa in this case), so I figured it was a real story, but the waves don't match up in the first picture. You're also going to have a hell of a time convincing me that that shark is only four meters.
Hey, it's so rare I get to do my "I'm right" dance, any excuse is good enough.

The shark looks bigger cause of the angle the pic was taken. Nat Geo don't exactly doctor their pics, but they do a lot of extra post-production work on them. Cleaning them up and enhancing it heaps. Photos in Nat Geo always look a bit unreal to me, cause they're so perfect. (coming as it does from a person who is absolutely hopeless behind a lens)

Did you know that more people a year are killed by coconuts than by sharks?
But that's because coconuts can sneak into your room at night.

That picture scares me, a lot. If I see that photo before I go surfing I find myself a hell of a lot more observant, and a hell or a lot faster, when I'm in the outer set.
Major problem with your strategy is that a shark can swim a helluva lot faster than you can surf.
Swimming towards them can actually scare them off, as they don't expect it.
They're quite curious animals too, so they're liable to swim up and check you out. At that point swimming away is perhaps the worse thing to do.
Swimming away from a shark can make them want to attack you - the old predator/prey thing. They're used to things they eat swimming away from them, splashing furiously, so it can make them think you're a meal.
Their noses are very sensitive, so tapping them on the nose with your paddle will (probably) send them away.

Of course, it's damn easy to write this well away from water and 4 metre sharks. It's an entire different kettle of fish to act calmly if this did happen to you.

Of course, it's damn easy to write this well away from water and 4 metre sharks. It's an entire different kettle of fish to act calmly if this did happen to you.

Pfffft. Only if you're a big pussy.

Pfffft. Only if you're a big pussy.


I once heard that Vitto was water skiing in the Atlantic and came upon a 12 foot shark. He poked the shark in the eye with his ski, then tackled it in the water. He got it in a headlock, wrestled with the poor animal until he wore it down. Then he dragged it ashore and cut it into nice thick filets with his bare hands. He feasted on this beast and then made a necklace with strands of his own hair and the sharks teeth.


Thats the word on the street anyways. And I certainly believe it.

I once heard that Vitto was water skiing in the Atlantic and came upon a 12 foot shark. He poked the shark in the eye with his ski, then tackled it in the water. He got it in a headlock, wrestled with the poor animal until he wore it down. Then he dragged it ashore and cut it into nice thick filets with his bare hands. He feasted on this beast and then made a necklace with strands of his own hair and the sharks teeth.
It was his pubic hair too, the way I heard it. Pulled out in large clumps with his teeth.

It was his pubic hair too, the way I heard it. Pulled out in large clumps with his teeth.


I heard it thata way too. Also, he started a fire to cook the shark filets, simply by grinding his teeth. He is so badass I cant even stand next to him.

I'd piss myself if I was the guy in the kayak.

I'd piss myself if I was the guy in the kayak.

Sharks can smell piss really easily. I heard that if you put one at the end of a football pitch, then put 23 more football pitches ahead of it, then put a drop of piss at the end of the final one, then it could smell it.:D

I'd piss myself if I was the guy in the kayak.
Just piss yourself? I'm impressed. Myself personally, I'd have no shortage of excrement readily available to fling at that monster.


Reminds me several years ago when I was working on a farm right up top of NZ. We had the day off so went down to the Parengarenga Harbour (one of the most beautiful parts of NZ I might add) to go fishing and jumping off the wharf (it's a 15 foot drop to crystal clear water). I jumped in first, then my mates. I climbed out and 1/2 up looked back down to see a 7 foot bronze whaler swim directly underneath where I'd been 9and my mates still were). Hard to tell exactly how deep it was, as the water was so clear, but it looked too bloody close to me.
I didn't tell them till they'd climbed up, and they didn't believe me anyway. Lucky it wasn't a little faster, as one of us may well have hit it when we jumped in.
That's my boring shark story.

Sharks can smell piss really easily. I heard that if you put one at the end of a football pitch, then put 23 more football pitches ahead of it, then put a drop of piss at the end of the final one, then it could smell it.:D
That prob explains why they're such obstinate angry creatures. If I could smell piss from that far away, I'd be pretty grumpy most of the time. No wonder they attack us, considering what most ppl do in the sea.

Here's a cool pic that have been circulating the 'net. If you've already seen them, then just move on please. Nothing extra to be seen here.
If not, enjoy!
Is this where the shark gets even for all the people who like to eat sushi?

The shark doesn't look very white to me...

I once heard that Vitto was water skiing in the Atlantic and came upon a 12 foot shark. He poked the shark in the eye with his ski, then tackled it in the water. He got it in a headlock, wrestled with the poor animal until he wore it down. Then he dragged it ashore and cut it into nice thick filets with his bare hands. He feasted on this beast and then made a necklace with strands of his own hair and the sharks teeth.


Thats the word on the street anyways. And I certainly believe it.

See that is what happens when you are a legend, myths spring up that just aren't true.

I didn't get the shark in a headlock and kill it. I am far too lazy.

I simply summoned my porpoise brethren who promptly bludgened the shark to death.

The rest of the story is true, though.

See that is what happens when you are a legend, myths spring up that just aren't true.

I didn't get the shark in a headlock and kill it. I am far too lazy.

I simply summoned my porpoise brethren who promptly bludgened the shark to death.

The rest of the story is true, though.


I knew something wasnt quite on with the version I heard. Still impressive as always Vit. If you have any spare shark teeth, make me a pair of earrings will ya?

ok when i first saw this my first thought was, that it was a fake, but then if you think about it, could it have been out a a magazine?, it probably was a two page picture that someone scanned and put together, i mean the text at least looks like its from a magazine. just my thought.

I knew something wasnt quite on with the version I heard. Still impressive as always Vit. If you have any spare shark teeth, make me a pair of earrings will ya?

I have enough shark teeth to make you a sequenced dress if you'd like.

It would be luxurious, my pubes are satin.

I have enough shark teeth to make you a sequenced dress if you'd like.

It would be luxurious, my pubes are satin.


Hahaha! And a matching stole please.

Just piss yourself? I'm impressed. Myself personally, I'd have no shortage of excrement readily available to fling at that monster.


Reminds me several years ago when I was working on a farm right up top of NZ. We had the day off so went down to the Parengarenga Harbour (one of the most beautiful parts of NZ I might add) to go fishing and jumping off the wharf (it's a 15 foot drop to crystal clear water). I jumped in first, then my mates. I climbed out and 1/2 up looked back down to see a 7 foot bronze whaler swim directly underneath where I'd been 9and my mates still were). Hard to tell exactly how deep it was, as the water was so clear, but it looked too bloody close to me.
I didn't tell them till they'd climbed up, and they didn't believe me anyway. Lucky it wasn't a little faster, as one of us may well have hit it when we jumped in.
That's my boring shark story.


I just googled an image of a Bronze Whaler Shark...mmmm lots of teeth...

http://www.seamasters.be/images/bio/koperhaai.jpg