And should dog owners who break the law be eaten alive by Great Whites?
Is it a male thing? Grown-men piloting remote-control helicopters with cameras?
I have a lovely memory of Bruce Irons, in the Canary Islands, spending hours manoeuvring his little bird around his hotel room from dawn until dawn with scarcely a breath drawn. Oo-ee-oo, that boy has a tremendous capacity for wakefulness.
A consequence of all the drones are the sightings of Great Whites and their “stalking” of surfers, swimmers and so on.
Last week, The Rogue Droner snatched footage of a juvenile Great White shark swimming near surfers at what used to be my favourite beachbreak on the entire east coast of Australia.
“Be aware, the surfers were attempted to be warned a number of times by swooping and hovering close to them and the shark before and during these shots,” writes The Rogue Droner on his YouTube page. “There was also someone on the beach waving at them to warn them. Thankfully all surfers and swimmers were safe.”
A few takeaways, as those institutionalised in offices like to say.
- Everyone who surfs the joint knows Forster-Tuncurry is crawling with Great Whites. So, is it a surprise that a shark is swimming in the ocean?
- Is swimming near the same as “stalking” which would mean, in that context, stealthily hunting its prey? Is this fish hunting? If it is hunting, why no eat?
- Would the world end if a fisherman hooked this fish and dragged it ashore to the delight of children?
And, if you like that show, watch this short film from three days ago titled, White Shark Hunts Dog Owners.
“Dog owners break local council dog restrictions and they may pay for their mistakes,” writes The Rogue Droner.
Punitive!
No officer, not cocaine, just a tremendous capacity for wakefulness.
Fuck they get close to shore. Heard they love the gutters and cruise up and down them looking. Dunno the truth behind that but ever since i heard it paddle much faster through the gutters to surf a back break.
Check the wang on it!
do think old mate drone flyer would feel bad if the shark had grabbed that kid while he sat and looked up at the drone?
An all french heat!
Is this a first?
Is the rising sun spray job going to scare the sharks away? Next thing there’ll be AI dog collars, if there isn’t already
Your dog too can be… Kissed by God. AI Forever dog collars only $24.95 plus postage.
Renato: “full day of competition today… 6 heats womens, 12 heats mens, then 2 heats womens”
Thats a lot of heats for Pete to get excited about boards.
if he can’t take the heats …
Yesss, no Joe.!
Pottz is in shambles, caught slippin’ “That’s right Joe.. uh, I mean Kaipo” wonder how many of those are gonna come out this event.
Yeah 2or 3 so far, ha
That’s cool, keep calling him Joe as long as it’s not joe
Kaips is cool.
Kaipo’s a poor man’s retarded Cote
That suits me.
You sassy minx
I can hardly wait till a drone records an attack, start to finish w/ fatality. Boy oh boy!
Rubish video. Expected close stuff not a shark just swiming.
Maybe the shark’s just lost his car keys?
“Fuck, where did I leave my fucken towel. Oh is that it… nope just seaweed. Maybe this cunt’s seen it? Oi, dickhead!”
So what is your new fav beachie now – surely not Bondi? I love that spot. Just wish it picked up a bit more swell from the normal prevailing direction.
Let me reassure you, it ain’t Bondi. Culburra, maybe. D-Bah? South Straddie? Blueys?
Blueys.. sharky as feeeerrrk. Stay away y’alls!! Best beachy round my way (imnsho) could possiblly be Catho cemetery end but it gets epic up and down the hallowed stretch
I shall be on the look out for you then. A place I frequent a lot.
Catho? It’s God’s country. Been sliding there since I was a wee lad in the 80’s. Go there more than any other place. You can get a wave there most days even with the crowds. I better stop talking it up. Not like it’s a secret spot though.
Enough said.
hahaha too much perhaps!?
I spent two weeks at Blueys a few years ago and after a week Surfing in the northern corner alone ,feeling like a tasty morceau in a bubbly fish stew , I spent week 2 in the relative safety of the crowd at Nth Boomerang .
Some good choices there. Glad you kept it to just the well known ones. Blueys has had crap banks for ages.
Jan Juc, obvs
there is few round here – just need drones to patrol and we all sweet
wonder who was more at risk? the kiddie or the old man?
I actually thought the shark saw that bloke and turned away……whilst waiting to see what would happen I could not stop thinking about the joy one would have after duck diving (I normally have my eyes open) and seeing that in front of you. Would have scarred the bee Jesus out of me.
that has happened to me. I can still see its eyes. I tried to hold the duck dive along as possible so I could keep my eyes on it. it kind of just halved turned and looked at me then kept swimming slowly parallel to the beach. I popped up and spun round onto the following wave and belly boarded straight up the rocks.
The last bloke who was attacked in the area , down the road at the Bull Paddocks’ end of 7 mile beach ,was 65 years old ,a local and riding a short board .
https://www.coastalwatch.co…
I wanted the shark to eat them
Is that wrong?
I might’ve headlined it differently if blood was spilled, changed happy to bad or rogue etc.
I feel bad but I can’t deny it.
Like slowing down to look at a car crash I spose.,shit, you can watch those on YouTube too.
Me too! It’s normal, i think.
Would the world care if Latrell Mitchell and the other brudda’s from Purfleet came down speared the shark, bashed and mugged the drone owner then retired to the Bellevue for a thousand schooner burgers
The world might be gripped by the spectacle, yes…
I miss the days of the highway going past Purfleet. The odd rock thrown.
Someone in the car would aways make a comment or tell an urban story from a Taree friend as you drove by.
That saying about having 5 cars in your garage means your rich, but 5 cars on your lawn means your poor, was never more relevant also.
Aussies seem to love cutting down a poor black guy equally as much as a rich white guy. Reverse Tall poppy??
Fuck yeah Purfleet chat i could do this all damn day
Thats what the kids said throwin the rocks at my Gemini!
The wildest behavior from anyone I ever saw ,during various stays at Purfleet ( loved that cheap motel at the time ) for State Titles and the Old Capricorn 2000 was my whiter than white, upper class , mad as a hatter ex girlfriend .
Enlighten us James
Spill the beans Bicko. That what we are here for. The Beach Gossip.
I’d watch Latrell do anything
You’re a sick man dizzy
I think Chas recently wrote a book about that.
So many “takeaways” here.. 1) it’s strangely reassuring to know these sea beasts swim near us but mostly are not interested. Just got in and I’m willing to bet one of these pelagic bad boys was sharing the water near me. 2) the drone operator is a cunt for buzzing those in the lineup just hoping for an attack so he goes “viral” and also a cunt for his titling of the videos in a fear inducing way, pfft stalking.. and doggo owners pay for their mistakes?? how motherfuckka.. how? 3) “a tremendous capacity for wakefulness” that’s excellence. BI loves it when he loves it!
I agree about the reassurance. The more footage like this I see, the more I feel they’re always there but just not interested.
looks obviously interested but not enough to make something of it.
wonder what takes them to the next level?
Sexless marriage? Impudent children?
Sandpapery nipples
whats the protocol for the first drone footy of someone getting hit?
publish?
If it’s me I give permission.
died doing what he loved etc etc.
Once tv networks come a knocking with cheque books im sure it would be published.
The ethical debate comes in when deciding how much cut the drone guy gives victim?
60:40, 80:20 ?
Only a matter of time till we find out i reckon.
Long as you went out swinging
Not me. I think it would be best if my relatives were not forced to see that.
Haha. Its a frequented club, with so few rewards for longterm members..
Ive often thought similar, maybe GWS leaves house of morning, hating wife n kids, blue balls, wank fatigue, receeding dorsal fin etc and just happens to run into some surfer. Classic ocean road rage if you will?
Sexless marriage is why they stayed out
Dead end job? Seals talking shit cause you’re too fat/lazy to catch ’em?
being unfortunately positioned between them and a bait ball, or big ass salmon, tuna, whatever they want to shred with those snappy ass razors for teeth!! I’ve heard the “in the way” theory about whites somewhere before as factor in getting hit by one. Bull’s .. all bets are off. Those devil fish are just straight up fuckwits.
Killer munchies
Laird says, none of the chicks were on the rags
Heart rate my best guess
Menstrual blood!!!!
I remember when I was a grom (back in the Jurassic period!) an older surfer telling me, if you see a shark it’s not serious – if it’s serious you going to look over your shoulder and it’s on ya! I think he’s pretty right.
Do you reckon the two surfers, closest to the oversized fish , saw the drone or the shark or both ?
https://www.abc.net.au/news…
A recent article on the subject from the ABC
Blissfully unaware James, blissfully unaware!
I surfed that spot a few times a year since the 80s ( had a very short term board deal with RedSun from those parts ) and always imagined them there but never saw them . Ignorance was bliss ?
Indeed it is my friend – I think it’s one of those “if a tree falls in the forest…..” thingos. RedSun, now that’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time! My board deals were my on the line of “excuse me sir are you offended if I ride your boards?”
Barton Lynch brought up a conversation he had with MR yesterday during the live stream . MR had advised Barton to pay for his surfboards because things can change so quickly , as they did at that time , that it was perhaps better to be a free agent being able to surf whoever’s board were on fire at the moment . I am sure those shapers loved you when you walked through the door DC ?