Scary.
Virality sure is a strange phenomenon, no? Moments captured and posted to social media that then, somehow, someway infect society racing from phone to phone, direct message to direct message until a little-known man or woman is suddenly, overnight, internationally famous.
Well, lightly-known bodyboarder Dan Leyshon, who hails from Australia, is currently experiencing the burning hot spotlight as his TikTok has just received hundreds of thousands of new visitors after he posted a video of himself sitting on a blue surfboard out at Snapper Rocks when someone, or something, swims under him and provides a vigorous jolt.
Leyshon wastes no time in paddling to shore and captioned the clip “Don’t panic unless it’s time to panic.”
You must watch here and ponder greater truths like “what would I have done had the same happened to me?”
Online sleuths immediately began wondering if the bumper was a shark, a killer whale or Gold Coast legend Dean “Dingo” Morrison.
Possible but there can be no certainty.
Scary.
Hopefully Leyshon can use the new attention to reach higher rungs of fame and/or fortune.
Exciting.
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probably a northern californian toe nibbler
Was it Occy trying to drop in on him or bumping to get on the inside..??
Theory 1. The oversize middle fin of his mid-length bumping into hardpack superbank.
Theory 2. latest crowd control tactics by indrustrious central coasters
The chap gets bumped, and suddenly Feaces appears.
“Get Jazzed!”
Social = all kinds of motherfuckers. Media = plural form of the noun medium, in this case used as “a go between” much like Gabriel’s psychic. Far out. I hope there’s many more virals that take out said practitioners!
Kinda just looks like an adult learner who’s still a bit shaky sitting atop their board. There’s thousands of these cunts getting hit by invisible sea creatures everyday around the closed out, waist to chest high beaches of San Diego.
No way could that have been dingo, clearly the hit came from the inside.
Dean Morrison can only ever be found dropping in on the outside of a surfer.
Harsh but fair
At least I made no comparisons on how easily it be to mistake Dingo for a whale or vice versa.
Looks a little old for TikTok, no?
My thoughts exactly.
Thats not creepy.
As this foolish person said what was that. Indeed. Utter nonsense and transportation to the crocodile and shark combat zone in the Territory for his next surf is his sentence. Real snappers to come.
it was jmd strap-on
“Don’t comment unless it’s time to comment.”
If the comment fits, you have to co-mment it”
100% commentment..
There has got to be something better than this worthless drivel to write about Chas. (Sorry Neggy boy, but this is completely worthless, go ahead and give me some more tears and pink tits).
As much as I agree with you in this instance, do you content whores have any idea how much time good writing takes?
Even for Chas, who might be quicker than just about anyone.
Chazz you have a sweat shop full of little creative writers. Get them on ocean stories, 2000 words max.
They’re all too tired from their homework during the Australian leg to stay up all night and report back to me in the morning.
Yes, and my apologies to all writers but the content whores out here are just that. If we were writers, or whatever Chas and Dez consider themselves, we would be creating the content. Not looking to whinge or offend but after going months doing whatever it is Chas does other than BG (my guess is writing a book about Jamie Lynn), it might be okay to just continue the limited posting instead of this worthlessness. I do enjoy some of what you put out though JP.
Let’s be clear, I wasn’t defending him.
But with a little skill and knowledge of the subject, its not difficult
God, your trolling is so piss weak.
That wasn’t trolling.
It’s the truth
Yes, good writing DOES take time. That said, the comment you’re replying to isn’t criticizing the writing. It’s critical of the subject matter.
Tears and pink tits make the world go ’round
I’m happy for these flecks of drivel to appear as they are merely cues for the commentary below, which generally speaking, is 95% of the value of this site.