Not a single girlish squeal to be heard. Hard as fucking nails.
It’s been a heavy few days. Death and crazy Brazilians and surf media moguls latching onto nonsense hype pieces I wrote because I couldn’t think of anything good.
Which is amusing, right?
I’m not rubbed raw that certain circles snagged our stuff. I know it bugs Chas, but I think he’s overreacting a bit. After all, we are the TMZ of surfing. I’m proud of that label. TMZ makes a ton of money. I want money. Real money. Ruin-your-life money. Not surf industry money.
So when “legitimate” outlets borrow my empty hype I can’t help but smile. Really lays bare the state of the media. Hopefully it’ll make people expect more.
Not from me, of course. What you see is what you get. I’m totally into slow news day low effort “borrowing.” We’re all livin’ in glass houses!
I’m doing it today.
Because yesterday was heavy, today I want something soft. Too much existential weirdness on my plate. I want something easy to swallow.
Not that a shark attack is light fare, usually. Gore and blood and maimed limbs fucking suck. But near misses are damn neat.
Homeboy gets hammered from behind by a Great White. Fucking thing eats his fin! Then he fends off another two attacks and escapes to safety.
Not a single girlish squeal to be heard. Hard as fucking nails. Kept his shit together, made the right choices, got away unscathed.
Just needs a new set of fins. I’m sure there’s a company that’ll toss him a pair gratis.
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If the guy didn’t have a pair of humongous balls he would’ve paddled faster!!!
Really coulda edited his video to about 20 seconds… waste my time watchin a man swim backwards with one fin!
That’s what got me, he was so calm. I think I’d have died of shock!
Balls, shear balls. The long fins definitely saved his leg, maybe even his life. That and his calm approach. I probably would have shot that sucker in the head and panicked when it didn’t work.
A little bit of fight and a little bit of flight – that’s how you survive.
Fuck. That.
#sharkswantgoproselfiestoo
#notallsharks
Finally a use of the gopro I can get behind. And he can have my fins too, I dont think I’ll be using them this winter.
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Agreed, this is justifiable GoPro footage. Beats the filipino guy surfcasting for striper with the mouth mount cam… a sight to behold, truly.
mouth mount and surf are words that dont belong in the same sentence… whoops I just did it.
mouth mount is the technical translation of what i say to girls in Prague
Gimping can be compulsory or discretionary…
nice swallow tail!
Amazing to see how well that fish blended into its environment. Which encounter was gnarlier this guy’s or Mick’s?
Tell me where this is so I never fucking go there, ever.
Geeze this is from Refugio an area I frequent. Glad he was ok.
and a spear gun vs a great white is like a blowdart against an elephant
Looked like it helped though.