game to surf dawn and dusk in sydney?
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game to surf dawn and dusk in sydney?
after yet another shark sighting at bondi last night (tues march 3) http://www.smh.com.au/national/surfers- ... -8o05.html
how many of you have either stopped surfing at dawn or dusk, or are nervous in doing so. the east is where i surf, and i've opted out of dawn and dusk surfs for the next little while. maybe once winter kicks i'll start up again, or when the last sighting is at least a couple months old...there's alot of bravado talk, but the chances of getting bit right now are higher than historically speaking.the old saying "more likely to hit by a car than bit by a shark" doesn't apply this year.
how many of you have either stopped surfing at dawn or dusk, or are nervous in doing so. the east is where i surf, and i've opted out of dawn and dusk surfs for the next little while. maybe once winter kicks i'll start up again, or when the last sighting is at least a couple months old...there's alot of bravado talk, but the chances of getting bit right now are higher than historically speaking.the old saying "more likely to hit by a car than bit by a shark" doesn't apply this year.
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Re: game to surf dawn and dusk in sydney?
You have got to be kidding me yeh??
i mean...
Ive stopped surfing all together. It isnt safe. They like the warm water. Dont come back into the water. Stay away...
i mean...
Ive stopped surfing all together. It isnt safe. They like the warm water. Dont come back into the water. Stay away...
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im going to sell a shark story to the media after this friday to clear out the line-up just a lttle bit on saturday for that south swell pulse...Revolution wrote:You have got to be kidding me yeh??
i mean...
Ive stopped surfing all together. It isnt safe. They like the warm water. Dont come back into the water. Stay away...
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Re: game to surf dawn and dusk in sydney?
Yeah mongo get those rollerblades out of the closet like we are are gonna get Dino out of the closet this weekend right Toesies? Big Weekend on Oxford St/ Taylor Square for our Av Cat.dinosaur wrote:Fantastic proof that its starting to work. Fong will be so proud good work. I don't think it'll ever be safe to go back in the water ever again, better get those rollerblades out of the closet mongo.
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Re: game to surf dawn and dusk in sydney?
dude the thing about sharks is people over-think them and start getting paranoid
whenever i paddle out im not thinking oh shit im gonna get eaten i just think about getting pitted
its the same when surfing reef breaks you dont think how rorted you get when you hit the coral you just put it out of your mind
thats my advice anyway just completely block it out of your mind
whenever i paddle out im not thinking oh shit im gonna get eaten i just think about getting pitted
its the same when surfing reef breaks you dont think how rorted you get when you hit the coral you just put it out of your mind
thats my advice anyway just completely block it out of your mind
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until it starts chewing on your leg, then you should probably take evasive actions.Grab-Rail Cutties wrote:dude the thing about sharks is people over-think them and start getting paranoid
whenever i paddle out im not thinking oh shit im gonna get eaten i just think about getting pitted
its the same when surfing reef breaks you dont think how rorted you get when you hit the coral you just put it out of your mind
thats my advice anyway just completely block it out of your mind
Its normally never a problem unless im the last one out at dusk on a reef, with a big drop off, murky water and when its over 200m out....
i have this exact place on my mind right now for this little south pulse
Re: game to surf dawn and dusk in sydney?
I still surf at Freshie in the morning (if there is enough light before work) or mostly at night after work. Without sounding all macho, my view hasnt really changed. Obviously it sits in the back of my mind a bit more but I am thinking, yes there are more sharks around and closer to the beach but there mindset is not to attack humans so as long as the water is relative clear you should be right.
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Re: game to surf dawn and dusk in sydney?
Look, get this straight.
If you blokes had any idea, any idea at all, you would be getting your advice about sharks and surfing from someone who really knows.
Miranda Devine in today's SMH (Thurs, 5/3). I'd link to it but they haven't put it up yet, it seems. Do yourselves a favour ...............................
If you blokes had any idea, any idea at all, you would be getting your advice about sharks and surfing from someone who really knows.
Miranda Devine in today's SMH (Thurs, 5/3). I'd link to it but they haven't put it up yet, it seems. Do yourselves a favour ...............................
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^^^^ And she quotes Surfin Turf!
And she calls him a misanthrope!
Great piece by Miranda.
And she calls him a misanthrope!
Great piece by Miranda.
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Couldn't be bothered looking back, but surely not ST's quote. The quote she gives is in defence of the sharks, and certainly that wasn't ST.2nd Reef wrote:^^^^ And she quotes Surfin Turf!
And she calls him a misanthrope!
Now, who said what! Realsurf forum BS once again quoted willy-nilly by (cough) journalist!
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Re: game to surf dawn and dusk in sydney?
Actually it was Ringmaster she quoted!
"Dirty,stinking humans.....scum of the planet and hopefully sharks will be here for millions more years after we're extinct" was typical of one misanthropic comment on a surf website this week.
Do any journos actually talk to surfers or just lurk on here for 'typical' comments?
"Dirty,stinking humans.....scum of the planet and hopefully sharks will be here for millions more years after we're extinct" was typical of one misanthropic comment on a surf website this week.
Do any journos actually talk to surfers or just lurk on here for 'typical' comments?
Re: game to surf dawn and dusk in sydney?
I vote we all play a game to see who can be the next to get quoted in a major newspaper!
Just this week myself, Karlos and Ringo and been quoted. Who'll be next?
First prize, major bragging rights.
Just this week myself, Karlos and Ringo and been quoted. Who'll be next?
First prize, major bragging rights.
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Re: game to surf dawn and dusk in sydney?
http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transc ... 759138.htm
iggy....it's not just the sharks....BIG CROCS
I LOVE FRASER ISLAND
but yeah....everytime u surf there :?
boulders...at morton island....where that guy just got eatening few years back
fu'ck....place pumps on the tiniest swells
just can't bring meself jump overboard
i worry about the old whaling station
how long great whites live for
shit....it was only last fifty years it was shut down....a big white back from swimming around africa might remember it's a place for a good feed
p.s surfing turf....you are now officially violated....none us can ever take you seriously again
edit....oh...your off the hook surfing turf...it was ringmaster...doesn't matter than as no one took him............
iggy....it's not just the sharks....BIG CROCS
I LOVE FRASER ISLAND
but yeah....everytime u surf there :?
boulders...at morton island....where that guy just got eatening few years back
fu'ck....place pumps on the tiniest swells
just can't bring meself jump overboard
i worry about the old whaling station
how long great whites live for
shit....it was only last fifty years it was shut down....a big white back from swimming around africa might remember it's a place for a good feed
p.s surfing turf....you are now officially violated....none us can ever take you seriously again
edit....oh...your off the hook surfing turf...it was ringmaster...doesn't matter than as no one took him............
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Re: game to surf dawn and dusk in sydney?
ringa,
Being a cats supporter with a missus who spends $170 on a hair cut, misanthropic sounds about right to me.
Being a cats supporter with a missus who spends $170 on a hair cut, misanthropic sounds about right to me.
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Re: game to surf dawn and dusk in sydney?
^^^
It's all the more funnier that you're from Vic as well, can't say we've had a shark problem of late
It's all the more funnier that you're from Vic as well, can't say we've had a shark problem of late
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Re: game to surf dawn and dusk in sydney?
word of advice ... don't trust anyone who calls you misanthropic ...
Re: game to surf dawn and dusk in sydney?
Hey I'm up for the challenge. Extra points when taken out of context. Though that's a given isn't it. I do reckon Ringmaster is in the lead due to being quoted by Miranda Devine. If only I can get quoted by Gerard Henderson, then I might be able to mount a credible challenge. It'd also get me bragging rights with Yanks R Us.2nd Reef wrote:I vote we all play a game to see who can be the next to get quoted in a major newspaper!
Just this week myself, Karlos and Ringo and been quoted. Who'll be next?
First prize, major bragging rights.
Re: game to surf dawn and dusk in sydney?
Great whites have a life expectancy of 30-40 years so it's safe to go back out.mustkillmulloway wrote:
how long great whites live for
shit....it was only last fifty years it was shut down....a big white back from swimming around africa might remember it's a place for a good feed
Not sure if BB's safe yet - their meatworks officially closed in 1983 but how long before that did they stop dumping offal into Byron Bay
BTW "misanthropic"
adjective: hating mankind in general
▸ adjective: believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others
Miranda Devine suggests that misanthropy is a typical trait of RS forum posters
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