Wayne Deane, yeah Noa’s pops, ain’t one to mess around…
If you came of age, like I did, on Queensland’s Gold Coast, when the surname Deane comes up, you don’t automatically think of boy wonder Noa.
You think of Wayne. The shaper. The minimalist surfer owning the sets on any swell of note that swings around Point Danger. One of the tough, old-school men.
Respect? Yeah, he got.
When Ballina, an hour south, started turning into some kinda bad remake of Jaws, with Great White attacks and sightings of 20-footers common, Wayne said what was on a lot of surfers’ minds.
A shark hits someone? Shoot ‘em.
After surfer Craig Ison was hit by a White at Evans Head last week, Wayne told the Gold Coast Bulletin (who thought I’d ever quote the Bulletin!), “They should’ve killed that shark. That’s what happens when a dog bites a kid, they euthanise the dog… I wouldn’t go surfing down there (Northern NSW) unless there was a drone hovering over my head keeping watch.”
According to the GCB, “Mr Deane said sharks were coming close the beaches in such large numbers and it was only a matter of time before another attack. ‘I just think something needs to be done,” he said. ‘It doesn’t matter whether they are being protected, human life is being lost and life is being maimed.’”
The Gold Coast, as the story points out has had drum-lines in place in 1962, and you want to know how many fatal attacks that’ve happened in 53 years? This little stretch of coast with the most dense surf population in the world and one that’ll surf, quite literally, at night? Take a guess. Twenty? A dozen?
Zero.
soak some mullets in moonshine add tame ’em up yaano. ..
That’s the thing, it’s not black and white. There’s a lot of grey area that you aren’t seeing, but I wouldn’t expect you to, being that you’re all 50 shades of cunt.
Case closed, loser boy.
I think you’re the back and white guy mate, you’re struggling with any nuance or ambiguity, or even a basis ability to digest the arguments. I suggest responsible risk mitigation polices and you get hysterical and interpret that as a killing spree. Clearly no respect for your fellow humans, purporting to have an intellectual argument while dishing out ‘retard, pussy, ignorant cunt, imbecile, wanker’. And worst of all, alleging I SUP on a Sunday morning. Writing you off as a troll now.
Personally give some credence to the we’re in their territory line.. and the conservation aspect.. If GWS Tigers Bronzed Whalers Grey Nurses etc are endangered they should’nt be indiscriminately hunted or culled. Also give credence to “on the record” statements of many surviving attack/encounter victims eg Fanning and the families of those who didn’t survive stating they did not want to see offending Noahs hunted down or culled.
Eh you are a Real fuckin hippy cunt aren’t talking.. “OooOooo it’s so majestic bro”. Guess what.. It’s a fuckin fish.. You got no problem takin your lady out for a nice sushi dinner, or picking which lobster out of the tank you want to kill and eat at that moment do you? You fucking moron.. We’ve clearly got a problem when we overfish the oceans, eating all the Sharks food, and then at the same time protect the Sharks?. We’ve put the whole food chain out of its natural state. Now it’s clearly obvious there’s a lot of fuckin extra sharks cruising around. Oh but you want to protect the Sharks in hope of keeping a less crowded line up? Sacrifice human lives for Sharks? fuckin idiot
Though your prose leaves a little to be desired, Mr. Cholo, I find your points salient indeed. Keep fighting the cunts, pal.
Wahhhh wahh, “sharks have been around longer”? That’s your argument? Who fucking cares.. THEY ARE FISH! You think we didn’t ice wolves, lions, tigers, bears, snakes and any other predator when we spread out on the land? Fuck yeah we did, we’re humans. It’s how we’ve survived as long as we have.. We protect our ourselves, and our youth. We feed off the land and water.
Do you eat fish? Do you own anything made of leather? If so, you’re a full blown hypocrite.
i hope the sharks read this. it’ll be on like donkey kong if they do.
i can see them waving their dorsel fins going “bring it”.
you can beat them to death with your bitten off leg like this guy.
http://www.thestatelyharold…
Plenty of vitriol for suggesting humans, as apex predators, can and should protect themselves. You’re not really advancing the debate mate. The original article puts forward the evidence for ‘proven methods’. There’s collateral damage either way; humans or animals?
2GB sydney radio to do an interview , with local lennox surfers this arvo (woody) 3.10 pm.
How do you know which one to kill? It’s not like big white sharks hang around late night bars with guilty expressions on their faces.
they are hanging around after the attacks though
Love it. He’s right. Kill them.
Are you hippies serious? Humans are generally fucking horrible to each other, kill and eat cows, sheep, pigs, fish and anything else that moves. But eliminate a GWS that has taken human life? No way, fuck that! Apex hunter, majestic creature and all this other bullshit. Its a FUCKING FISH. Cull and cull now.
I’m yet to hear a logical rational argument as to why humans refuse to protect themselves from these ‘majestic creatures’ while we are happy to slaughter others without a second thought. Negligence.
…the central question, I do believe, is whether or not the great white is endangered. If it is, maybe not a good idea to ice ’em. If they’re not, afford ’em the same rights as every other animal we bludgeon, skin, suffocate and electrocute. I do think if the population was aware of the dazzling cuteness of its lamb roast, for example, we would all be vegetarians.
Endangered is an important question. Certainly more relevant than arguing about habitat or intent. I suggest the real question is should we not expect our law makers to do everything reasonable to protect our right to enjoy the aquatic environment safely (if you agree we have this right). Our governments over-invest to mitigate almost any hazard. (There’s talk of legislating children’s clothing regulations after a terrible, but freak, playground tragedy). No need to cull indiscriminately. There are proven methods to keep popular breaks safe, and the excuse that cost is a barrier is negligent.