"Most people think I have mental problems, clearly they are projecting their own fears and insecurities - I love that."
Oh child abuse is a many-splendored thing. It can make one man weep and yet another man sing but let’s be honest here, between us, between just you and me… is feeding a two-year-old baby girl to “man-eating” Great White sharks one step too far? A bridge across the river Kwai?
Please, don’t get me wrong, I love going on ill-advised adventures with small children, having just sailed to Mexico with a boatload plus zero permission slips from their mothers, and also know that Great White sharks generally man eat, not baby girl eat, but… still.
I feel disconcerted.
Stomach churned.
Off.
Maybe I’m just overly-sensitive. Maybe I’ve got the wrong idea and the young baby girl will go strong and viral but… I don’t know. Let’s read the serious Daily Star piece then discuss amongst ourselves.
One man’s campaign to get up close and personal with great white sharks has seen him take his young son and daughter diving with the deadly animals.
Andy Brandy Casagrande says sharks are often misunderstood, and humans need to respect them in order to coexist in the ocean. And cinematographer Andy has taken his son Ace, who’s six, and daughter Nova, who is just four, diving with the sharks to teach them all about the giant ocean predators.
“Sharks are the politest predators on Earth, but you also need to have a mutual respect with them,” Andy says.
“Most people think I have mental problems, clearly they are projecting their own fears and insecurities – I love that.”
With a career that spans over 20 years, it’s not hard to understand how Andy secures such eye-popping photographs, but what’s even more compelling is the relationship now being built between his children Ace and Nova and the ocean.
Great Whites are the world’s largest predatory fish and can weigh up to a staggering 357st.
They can tear an adult apart in a single bite.
But even their intimidating rows of over 300 razor-sharp teeth haven’t stopped Andy from introducing his kids to the king of the sea.
“We took our two kids Ace & Nova to see Great White Sharks – and even cage dive – at the ages of 2 and 4 years old in South Africa,” says Andy.
On and on the story goes but… I’m just going to come right out and say it. Why in the world did the Daily Star use an ampersand between Ace & Nova in a completely normal news story? Are Ace & Nova a brand?
A brand sold at Target or H & M?
I don’t think so.
It should be Ace and Nova but also Great White sharks eat people for breakfast. Especially people who have just taken up surfing.
They can smell fear of failure.
More as the story develops.
Please notice the area code on these slippers.
It’s a sign.
There will be an attack soon. Possibly during the Pipe event.
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The other night I went to see my kids’ primary (elementary) school production of The Lion King.
Now I have the sound of children bellowing ‘The Circle of Life’ stuck on repeat in my head.
I’m just bringing that to the table as a philosophical standpoint, to say that Elton John and his collaborators should be
killed andfed to the sharks, alive.I first thought that was
A raw photo of child birth
Then I saw the teeth
Sometimes they do have teeth
“Sharks are the politest predators on Earth…” tell that to the dead seals. (also the name of my new band, if I actually had a band or could play an instrument.
any parent who teaches their child to surf is doing essentially the same thing!! Don’t surf!!
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I’m going to open a store called ‘&’ but will insist it’s pronounced ‘Ampersand’
Also it will be full of potted plants and quirky furniture with no price tags and people will be unsure what it is that we actually sell.
Will you dress up as a sexy yet bored 40-something woman? And drive a white Audi.
may I add; drives too fast generally, especially near schools at home-time.
Is secretly worried about wealthy husband who has been travelling overseas a bit too much recently
…as she m peers, hypocritically, through the curtains to gaze longingly upon the exposed sweaty butt crack of the lawn-mowing guy, who probably surfs…
With a slight edit that could be a fairly decent haiku
You just described my target demographic.
That’s my every day attire
You’ll need a pseudo-cafe attached to it, with no staff to actually serve coffee, apart from the grumpy, over-dressed lady-of-a-certain-age who is miffed that you’ve asked.
Fucking genius. Make sure you demand all employees get a ‘&’ tattoo to show full committal to you wonderous vision.
That’s it Chas, I am officially done…. with caring at all about the welfare of these savage man-eating devil beasts. We must eradicate, and immediately!
That’s the spirit!
How’s the negotiations with Jayden coming along? Any update?
We must!
Is LongTom gonna be covering Haleiwa and Sunset? Im hoping so.
PS #shark
He’s complaining about getting paid to watch surfing allreads.
What a spoilt brat!
I’ve taken my daughter to watch two whores scissor each other in a Perspex box up in Melbourne. It’s called the $1 peep show and it’s a fucken rip off.
Vocational misguidance.
An effort to steer her away from lecherous men?
Na just showing her what it is like visiting her mother in jail.
Perspex Box would be a great name for one of the more challenging URBN SRF waves
Andy Brandy? Really?!
Hardly believable. Not nearly as unbelievable as taking a 2 & 4 year old cage diving. I can’t imagine any company allowing that, and certainly not having insurance that would allow that.
Andy sounds like a big fucking liar from a big house, which is probably pequeño.
Ha! I didn’t even fully read. Andy Brandy Casagrande! I’m dying!
Why he would name his daughter Nova and not Sandy is one for the string theorists.
Possibly the greatest name to ever appear on BG
Andy Brandy Casagrande sounds like a character from a Beatrix Potter book. In fact, he appears as the lead character, a harbor seal of his namesake, in her book The Tale of Andy Brandy Casagrande, that follows his adventures to convince his colony that sharks are misunderstood and not to be feared, only for him to be eaten by one.
With his little wife Mandy Sandy.
Most people think I have mental problems and they aren’t projecting anything, they are absolutely correct…and I love that
Exactly. And if you deny it, it’s not true. People say ignorance is bliss. I say delusions are bliss.