“We saw the biggest Tiger shark launch out of the water like a rocket. Saw the full body and the guy was a TANK!"
Only three months after the Hawaiian surfer turned city lifeguard Tamayo Perry, described in 2005 as Pipeline’s most dominant surfer, was killed by a Tiger shark near Goat Island just off the main North Shore track, surfers are being warned to exercise extreme caution while surfing.
In a series of posts circulating between North Shore surfers, Tigers, one of the few sharks that’ll kill a man, alongside Whites and Bulls, have been seen pretty much everywhere along the seven-mile miracle.
“It’s not secret the tigers are out. First hand sighting at Lani’s two days ago, dad saw on rightovers yesterday and Chuns too.
“Today at 12.30 we were at my dads watching the waves at rightovers and saw the biggest tiger I’ve ver sen launch out of the water like a rocket. Fully airborne maybe 100 feet outside of the lineup. Saw the full body and the guy was a TANK. It happened so fast.
“Sharks are always there. Just hoping everyone is choosing to surf with their mates. No go solo. Stay safe and smart everyone.”
And,
“Surfing friends, just a little heads up do with it watcha want. Tiger sharks have been spotted almost every day the past week near Ehukai, Gas Chambers, Rockies and Kammies. I’ve heard of some other spots but that was secondhand. I’m not commenting either way about getting in th water… just letting ya know if you haven’t already heard.”
And alongside a photo of a ten-foot Tiger shark cruising in ankle-deep water a few feet off the shore,
“Sometimes I pretend thy don’t exist, but this guy showed up on the shore in front of the house a few weeks ago. Definitely pulls my head out of the sand!”
These sort warnings do anything to ya?
Sharks used to give me sleepless nights until the shadows of age became so dark being disappeared by one of these gorgeous thugs seems preferable to going down the nursing home route.
Thoughts?
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N. Shore about to become the new Reunion Island.
wondering what it would take to thin out the lineup at pipe, too much PC these days to revive the wolf pack, but a pack of tiger sharks would work.
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Tai-ger Van Dyke.
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They don’t have hands, but they like interacting with others…
Well that’s that. Looks like I’m not going to the North Shore this winter again.
https://www.himb.hawaii.edu/ReefPredator/Tiger%20Shark%20Active%20Tracking.htm
Ditto!
Can’t say I don’t think of them chomping my legs or worse nearly every surf. Currently on a trip to the archipelago only to have a croc show up at a well known spot the day I showed up!
A croc! Fuck man, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a bit concerned the sea cunts are conspiring to fuck me out of a decent surf.
careful bru!
Usually people wear a pair. Only one, and you’d be walking in circles.
Croc Circles…
Careful, if you get bit you might become an insufferable Christian
Or even worse, a dimwitted virtue-signaling liberal.
Obviously an abundance of food atm.
Might need to cut back on the burritos…
Some say that tiger sharks are the tortured souls of ex-pro-surfers who came to an early demise, and are haunting the North Shore to become reborn through eating the man-child of a former champ.
Darwin F. isn’t at risk due to his parents cosmic connection to the sharks through their genuine environmental concerns as shown at their farm.
But the Sl11er boy without a name may not fare so well cos of his old man’s energy hungry ‘ranch’…
so the cops give us tickets if we’re walking our dogs off leash, but these beasts are allowed to roam free.
Democrats…..disgusted head shaking emoji.
Yeah! I’ll bet the owners don’t pick up after them neither!!!
You should see how many are stuck in shelters needing rehoming. Assholes
A re-tigerment home if you will…
Tiger shark owners are the worst.
Sharks are like dogs, they only bight if you touch their private parts.
said the three fingered man.
Three times! That’s violated!
Xox
Shocker!
So one in the japs eye!
My lord!
Xox
Here in Australia, the whole damn country will bight you. https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
Sigh… I guess when I was last there, the ‘secret’ shark fishing program was still happening.
Slight tangent: at one point my Dad’s office was behind those upper floor windows.
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Mahalo CB. I am putting the guy on right at about Mason Ho’s size. Now with that being said I am calculating that bad boy to be around 16ft?
Who knows! Photo from ‘66 apparently. When men were real menehunes.
.5 percenter problems. Big ass sharks cruising the beach in front of their multimillion dollar beach houses. Bonespur will put a stop to this if elected. Maybe build some sort of wall that the tigers pay for?
I’m sure the tigers will pay exactly as much as Mexico did