All fear is gone!
Who sang the mid-1980s banger “Didn’t We Almost Have it All?” Was it Madonna? No wait, it was totally Whitney Houston. “Didn’t we almost have it all? When love was all we had worth giving. The ride was worth the fall my friend…” etc. A fine enough song though filled with too much melancholy and one that surfers can forever erase because now we DO have it all… have it all in the form of a shark-bite resistant wetsuit.
An Australian university is testing new materials designed to lessen the impact of shark bites, researchers said Tuesday (Jan 29), in a project aimed at reducing fatalities and easing the nerves of swimmers.
Researchers at Flinders University in Adelaide have received government funding to test a new neoprene – a synthetic rubber commonly used in wetsuits – against the force of a bite from several species, including the great white shark.
The new material – provided by manufacturers the university declined to identify – aims to reduce cuts and punctures from a shark attack, thus lessening blood loss for victims.
“We are cognisant that it will not prevent all injuries as it will not prevent fractures or crushing injuries,” associate professor Charlie Huveneers told AFP.
“However, most shark-bite fatalities are due to blood loss, and the ability to reduce such blood loss along with rapid emergency responses will hopefully decrease fatalities and injuries due to shark bites.”
Are you in for full pop? Is this the final bit of news you needed to build your dream home in Reunion?
Or are you filled with too much melancholy and a disbeliever?
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not so funny we lost very good mate here in reunion !!
Haven’t read than in 30 years. GOT to find a copy now. Thanks for the reminder!
Great. So my body will just be crushed within those jaws and my head will pop off shooting my innards outwards. Like standing on a tube of toothpaste
Some people pay for that sort of treatment, honey.
One’s self is one’s greatest oppressor and villain…
Valuable social experiment , gathering important data in an attempt to answer surfing’s essential question .
Is Surfing better than Sex ?
The answer I found was that it depends on the frequency and quality of either in relation to the other. Also, that surfing could be characterised as more frustrating, but with less regret inherent in the act.
Here here .
All is well . Only come here for a giggle and not to judge or be judged .
Your photoshop guy needs a raise.
Top marks every time.
I think you may have described Al Hunt ? Don’t suppose they needed wetsuits either …..
Must be a king
[Arthur and Patsy “ride” through the village]
Large Man: Who’s that then?
Dead Collector: I dunno. Must be a king.
Large Man: Why?
Dead Collector: He hasn’t got shit all over him.
Lets not quibble about who killed who!
“I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.”
There goes the Shrubbery !
If I lived in your town right now, I think I’d come egg your house for the Whitney Houston ear worm. Cruelty!
Scientists associated with the testing have remarked that while the new wetsuit material results in decreased risk of blood loss from shark bites, they emphasize that the biggest advancement with this new technology is that it provides sound foundation to pass blame onto surfers, especially in warmer waters, who refuse to put the risk of heat exhaustion before blood loss due to a shark bite.
LT heading to Ballina to test out the new gear!
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Oh Karl c‘est formidable . Who‘d have thought that Paco Rabanne and Lord Ted Deerhurst would collaborate with Godefroy Hurley d‘Huntington on this magic metallic ensemble perfect for any surfing occasion like the SIMA Waterman‘s Ball ? They’ll be loving Longtom longtime .
“Paco Rabanne”…. somebody that has been around!
Nice
Vive la France
I could babble on but found this in Vogue .
“Arguing that “sewing is a bondage,” he made dresses not of fabric, but of earth-friendly paper and other non-fashion materials like plastic and metal, which were pieced together with wire and glue. (He’d later sell DIY kits consisting of discs, rings, and pliers.) Rabanne’s designs existed in the space between art and fashion, and they were irresistible.”
So when I saw the photo posted by Karl Largerfeld oops Von Fannningstadt Rabanne’s metallic dresses from the 60s and 70s came to mind .
Top notch designer…. For the sexiest fit lady…trust me I know!… expensive and rare!
strange looking paddles. perhaps I need to start paying more attention to the current SUP trends.
Ready for the battle at backsides
Bets on Medina dropping Rip Curl by Margie’s
Inside info?
He called off the comp, cuz Noahs. ‘member?
But dump the Curl? For Adidas?
Straight from the ski
Crack is whack
Well if they put seals on the seams it will only exacerbate the problem …..?
For several decades I have been researching sharks and am now in a position to reveal that exhaustive testing at our super, secret Shark Tank and Research Facilty in Astrograd has finally delivered the perfect solution. Begone foolish wetsuits, sharkbanz, nets and drumlines.
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Fuck ! Navy Seals . Brilliant .
The plus of seals on the seams is that though weighty, smelly and quite aggresive, they’d be like a layer of [sort of] reactive armour… also immensely warm.
Leto Atreides II from The Children of Dune ( book 3 in the Dune Series ) does something similar with sand trout ,constructing a skin which is not his own , making him invincible ,and goes on to rule the known Galaxy for 3500 years becoming less and less human in the process . Makes 11 world titles seem like a doddle ?
Reminds me of a winter stuck in a small apartment in Copenhagen reading the Dune series, becoming less human each day.
Danish Romance , work or studies ?
Romance — a wonderful woman with a love of literature with a summer house next to the North Sea. Ultimately though, my love of southern seas called me home — never has 1 foot summer slop seemed so heavenly.
I’ve often fantasized about training some pet seals to swim around me while I surf. Tastier targets.
You’re a much more empathetic human than I could ever hope to be . I dreamed of a having a pet shark which would permit to surf alone in Sydney !
I’m terrible at training animals though, so I usually just soak myself in tyrannosaurus urine. Great whites are terrified of T-Rex!
Sometimes there is just no alternative to fossil fuel ?
Why not just dream to surf outside of Sydney James!
I did and left in 92 .
oof.