"I’d definitely love to get in the water with a Great White…"
The captain of a charter boat doing the rounds of Western Australia’s gorgeous Montebello Islands will be investigated by Work Safe and the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, as well as Fisheries, after witnesses say he provoked a ten-foot Lemon shark into biting hell out of him.
Aaron Moir, who is thirty-two, was treated by one of the quests onboard after getting hit on his back and leg by the shark, before being evacuated the thousand miles back to Perth
Witnesses aboard the boat claim he provoked the shark by intentionally jumping on its back and are now seeking compensation for their foreshortened once-in-a-lifetime $5000 voyage.
Moir was sacked from his previous charter boat gig in 2014 after surfing a fourteen-foot Hammerhead, telling reporters afterwards, “I was thinking, ‘Right, it’s hammer time’. Bang — I just jumped on. I tell you what though, their skin is as rough as sandpaper. I couldn’t wear undies for three days because it ripped my thighs to shreds. The guests all had a laugh. They call me the shark rider.”
The Hammerhead was unharmed and although Moir conceded he was “a bit of an idiot” he added, “It’s just a bit of fun. I’m here for a good time, not a long time… I’ve worked with sharks for a long time and I understand them and how they go. I’d definitely love to get in the water with a Great White if there was someone who knew what they were doing.”
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“What are you going to do, bite me?”
– Bite victim.
I thought you were going to go with the other great Canadians; The Tragically Hip.
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Looks like the type of cunt that yells out ” YEAH THE BOYZ”
jack ass of the month along with the jack ass jack ass
He’s being investigated for jumping on a shark. Waste of time. Let the insurance company sift through the medical bills, but this has no place in the maritime bullshit. Like he hurt or affected the shark in some way? Get the fuck out, conservation has gone too far if thats the case.
“….if there was someone who knew what they were doing.” Outside of fucking Aquaman, probably not. I think A-A- Ron’s new nickname should be Brain Trust.
Is that a West Oz thing? Looks like a West Oz thing
You’re twistin’ my lemon, man…
Yikes. That got me right in the feels.
I reckon he could get a job as bait on a (not so ) SMART dumb line ?
Pretty sure I met this guy a little while back hey. If it’s who I think it is he’s a fucken loud mouth dickead. I mean, I personally have no special love for shark conservation, but this cunt deserves to have the book thrown at him. Or at least eaten by a large tuna.
In news just to hand, the “Shark Rider” shall forthwith be known as the “Shark Victim”. In Sanskrit, this roughly translates to “karma”
I’ve known about sharks
For a long time, I know how
They go chomp chomp chomp
Who the fuck is paying 5 grand for a boat trip off Western Australia?
Fucking everyone. It’s busier than a covid clinic in Bangalore.
Probably nobody but dumbfuck is paying that for his helicopter ride to Perth.
Hello!
Thank you for your submission to this year’s Darwin Awards
Please click the attached link.
Everyone would like to thank you for your valued attempt at removing yourself from the gene pool!
Kind Regards,
Reasonable Majority
“I understand them and how they go.” Lol
Hahahaha….wow!
I’m here for an ok and appropriate length of time
If the shark had have done its job properly – no fucks would be given.
Shark Rider ppfffttt – what. a. Fucken. moron.
We need a Darwin’s Award in this planet…
Darwin’s Olympics Games.
Manhandling a Lemon Shark is such a rookie error, he needs to find a Straight Shark. More appreciative.
You can’t script this.