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if humans were being eaten and no or little remains left behind ... then you're argument would hold weight. they are not. they're being bit once, and released straight away.

pip maddison (@sharkgirlmaddison) makes a good point about shark mitigation. we're still using technology and methods from the 1930's ... yet research and studies and what we know about shark behaviour has increased infinity from then. the qld gov declaring two tiger's have been caught & destroyed ...

pip maddison (@sharkgirlmaddison) makes a good point about shark mitigation. we're still using technology and methods from the 1930's ... yet research and studies and what we know about shark behaviour has increased infinity from then. the qld gov declaring two tiger's have been caught & destroyed (...

it's like teeth with teeth. i remember talking to my mate from school who's now a professional fisho up north ... the protection of salt crocs is now at the point where whole biodiversity up there is in threat. too top heavy on the apex side. he thinks a croc season, where for a month or two people ...

alakaboo wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 27, 2020 1:05 pm

I was going to ask why you were getting it done in winter.

the viking claw doesn't care for seasons!!

The Mighty Sunbird wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 15, 2020 8:18 pm

So back zips have improved in the last 5 years or so, then?

Nah they're the still the gumby's choice of wettie. they leak water, they tight in places, loose in others.

it's like someone offers you a porsche (chest or zipperless) to drive, but you much rather stay on your scooter (back zips).

Wubic Pig wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 09, 2020 8:04 am

bomboraa wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 08, 2020 8:29 pm

that shark stayed in virtually the same spot for hours, even when the chopper tried to scare it off. It came back to the same spot, within just a few metres, the next day, and again stayed put.

And from that day on the shark was affectionately known as "Sharkpole"

clean and groomed here. 3-4 ... not behd. would do it again.

I’m trying to imagine you doing “anything” Hard core ...... image ?? I surf an old single fin 60-70% of the time. This isn’t Wales. Your idea of hardcore, is that people who manage to get parks and surf overhead waves? Or is it tea-totaller something-something? his idea? that's the problem ... he h...

buddy wrote: ↑

Mon May 18, 2020 8:19 pm

I chip fins and rough sand solar res and I’m done.
Better than in the past when I’d gaffa dings or stick wax in them.

i put my heel through a rail last swell. waxed up the crack, applied a layer of black gaffer and away i go.

Surely they belong in covers, not chucked on top of each other like that haha. you're so ocd. i'd love to go on a boat trip to somewhere funky like west java for a month with you and shearer. I remember when Banksy was doing his boat trips saying after many visits that he refused to stop in at One ...

good lord

Legion wrote: ↑

Sun May 17, 2020 6:12 pm

Surely they belong in covers, not chucked on top of each other like that

haha. you're so ocd.

i'd love to go on a boat trip to somewhere funky like west java for a month with you and shearer.

Well crabby I quit my day job to take up a coastal job that means I'm at the coast 2 days a week, and I find myself unreasonably excited about surfing poorly in crowded springtime Gold Coast slop. In general though, I have to say I'm liking the mountain biking scene a lot more than surfing. You kno...

Yerah braithy I wouldn’t sweat it, do what feels right. We all gotta re-assess our passions from time to time. and that's what it feels like right now. a phase that i'm going through that'll pass once i've re-assessed everything. it's just weirded me out. i'd never been happier with my boards, my h...

The biggest thing to adjust to with going from surfing to skating bowls is remembering to push ‘off’ rather than through. Aside from that, I reckon both compliment each other in many ways. Picking lines, keeping consistent speed, timing and reaction, etc. It’s been about two years since I’ve skated...

Cranked wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 22, 2019 10:54 am

I hear your pain.

that's just it man ... there is no pain. not a single ounce.


maybe i'm just an adrenaline junkie and i get more from skating. maybe it's just a phase that'll pass. i really don't know. i've never been here before.

i'm not thinking too much about it ... just doing it.

Pad up Braithwaite. Sooner or later, momentarily you’ll forget you’re on concrete and think you’re on water. For example, you might try blowing the tail on a backhand grind then suddenly realise that concrete don’t budge. you reckon i can get away with just knee pads? other than some big drops i'm ...