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Post by Kunji » Fri Nov 02, 2007 10:20 am

Geez!
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:shock:

Does anyone know if its real or not?
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Post by creased » Fri Nov 02, 2007 10:28 am

That guys not actually surfing. He's got a hand line made of aircraft tension wire and balls of steel.
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Post by Jamoe » Fri Nov 02, 2007 10:56 am

It is real... north coast somewhere, see if anyone can get it?
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Post by WANDERER » Fri Nov 02, 2007 11:07 am

anyone know where its from... ooh ooh time for a guessing comp; my guess SW WA.
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Post by Kunji » Fri Nov 02, 2007 11:12 am

If you estimate his board being 6ft then the animal would be 18ft+. Thats about as big as they get.

Hows the girth on the beast? Im very impressed.
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Post by WANDERER » Fri Nov 02, 2007 11:21 am

Thats a lot of batter and tartare, not to mention a massive BBQ.
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Post by One Mile Point » Fri Nov 02, 2007 11:35 am

Hes sitting pretty close to the white water..
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Post by FishStick » Fri Nov 02, 2007 11:42 am

It looks like the guy has pulled one leg up onto his board. Not that it would help but can you blame him?
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Post by sharky » Fri Nov 02, 2007 11:51 am

what is it? :shock:
it looks like a surfer (with a helmet), a Pterodactyl, and a bunch of floating land mines.
WTF:?: :!:
i'm thinking it's not real 8)
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Post by kookmachine » Fri Nov 02, 2007 11:55 am

That's one very large fish.
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Post by BA » Fri Nov 02, 2007 12:46 pm

WANDERER wrote:Thats a lot of batter and tartare, not to mention a massive BBQ.

Mmmmm..................flake.

Can't wait to go back to Vicco at xmas. Best flake in oz by far.
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Post by Da Duke » Fri Nov 02, 2007 12:48 pm

Not a good time to be fussy about wave selection.
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Post by Revolution » Fri Nov 02, 2007 1:18 pm

Wtf is goin on in that pic? Is it a goat boat with a helmet? and what looks to be the shadow of my cock?

Cant be a shark can it? or anything else? Maybe its a baby in a longboard cover? :shock:
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Post by Kunji » Fri Nov 02, 2007 1:52 pm

Its no doubt thats a white pointer.
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Post by creased » Fri Nov 02, 2007 2:03 pm

Be Booti Booti NP. Now that's some BOOTI
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Post by Stokie » Fri Nov 02, 2007 2:05 pm

That's insane, that blokes definitely got a story to tell!

Shots like that almost make me feel slightly less scared by sharks, as it reminds me that not every shark is necessarily going to gun it for you if it sees you.
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Post by pipemonkeys » Fri Nov 02, 2007 2:21 pm

got forwarded this message from a friend

"Thanks for your email. Yep, it is quite a photo. It was apparently taken off
Booti Booti (just south of Forster) a couple of weeks ago. It has caused
much discussion in the office here.

Firstly, you have to be suspicious of all amazing photos these days - given
what can be done with Photoshop etc. We have blown this up and are pretty
sure it is legitimate. Secondly, we then wanted, of course, to establish
what it was. Someone even suggested it could be one of those dense schools
of baitfish; but it would be too hard to believe that they could
coincidentally form a school in that shape. Given its size (using the surfer
as a guide, it must be at least 5-6 metres long), large pectoral fins and
tail 'scutes' on the body just in front of the tail tapering off quickly to
the tail, it really can only be a Great White. Note the flash of white near
the left pectoral fin.

We occasionally get such photos, but don't have any other good shark photos
at the moment that I could send you.

Obviously this one didn't bite, otherwise we would have heard about it. When
you go surfing, console yourself with the fact that you are accepting a
thousands of times greater risk of death every time you get in the car!

Thanks for supporting the site.

Cheers,
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Post by wanto » Fri Nov 02, 2007 2:21 pm

maybe it's just confused by all the popcorn in the water?
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