www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.abc.net.au/article/100265808
Dont go too close to whales folks.

What did he do ?. Finger bang it ?. Oh SA, you're so Nanny state

Bit awkward at your job interview when your criminal record comes up and you're charged with 'kitesurfing'.

Found out more gossip at my local where the whales are. After telling everyone it wasn't me I found out out the guy was super close. Close enough to touch it APPARENTLY (I doubt it). Not saying this is the case. Wildlife guys were there after receiving numerous calls. Either way. No.1 rule in life: don't be a dick. Poor guy. Probably authorities using the poor guys as a message to water craft to stay the **** away before more people come

pretty common occurrence where we kite.
I'm no dr dolittle, but i swear they are just as interested in us as we are in them.
last season whilst paddle boarding early one morning, a mother and her calf happened by.

the mumma whale was pushing the calf towards us, coming up from underneath it to lift it to the surface less than a few metres from us. it was either showing us to her baby or showing her baby to us. when SHE had had enough they both farked off.

theDoctor said..

pretty common occurrence where we kite.
I'm no dr dolittle, but i swear they are just as interested in us as we are in them.
last season whilst paddle boarding early one morning, a mother and her calf happened by.

the mumma whale was pushing the calf towards us, coming up from underneath it to lift it to the surface less than a few metres from us. it was either showing us to her baby or showing her baby to us. when SHE had had enough they both farked off.

Wow, I would have to say in all the years I have been on this forum that this is the first no bull**** pisstake post you have made (that I have seen.) There still is hope for humanity. ;) I too have had the mother whale and calf experience, and yes, they are interested in us too.

I've literally been harassed by humpbacks whilst sup paddling off south west rocks. These guys were trying to lift me with their tails, thinking it was hilarious. I had to paddle away for 30 mins till they got sick off it.

just move to japan, and take the soy sauce out while you kite

Phoney, I am specifically talking about boaties that go for a hey lets go over here and look at the whale. I am actually having a go at Jet Ski riders they are absolutely clueless (I know I am generalizing - but I have only been hit by them 2 times surfing, always at the goldie). I am a boat builder and have worked on commercial fleets and sailing boats for a long time and yes dolphins come up to you and ride your bow wake that is totally different to going over and harassing them and chasing them. This is anecdotal but again hoon's are hoon's and really don't give a rats ass if you are on the water or off it. Its blows me away when they get a fine and go WTF I was not doing anything wrong - Police say this all the time you cant be that stupid. Everyone knows the rules but then there is always a "new" stupid.

I wonder what baby hump back whale steaks go for in a Japanese restaurant?..... Ahem..... after they have been examined for science of course.

Yeah but whale watching boats can get really close and the stinking petrol machines

Plummet said..
I wonder what baby hump back whale steaks go for in a Japanese restaurant?..... Ahem..... after they have been examined for science of course.

I took this photo of a menu when I was in Tokyo in January 2020.

Plummet said..

Jono77 said..

Plummet said..
I wonder what baby hump back whale steaks go for in a Japanese restaurant?..... Ahem..... after they have been examined for science of course.

I took this photo of a menu when I was in Tokyo in January 2020.

So is that bacon made out of whale? Or bacon wrapped whale?

Either way it sounds delicious and at $8 nzd is a pretty good price.

Sashimi of raw horse meat also sounded adventurous.

Unfortunately for some reason (may have been morals) I did not try any of these treats.

Ugh, no thanks on the platypus, its far too gamey, even worse than harp seal no matter how you roast them.

It's ok if your in a boat to go check them
out but not on a kite it seems

dafish said..

lucy5 said..
It's ok if your in a boat to go check them
out but not on a kite it seems

I guess you have missed the point. The whales come to the boats, it's their choice. However, if a kiter chases them down, or heads toward them within 100 meters then that is the issue. If the kiter stopped, and the whales came to him/her then it would be the curiosity of the whales wanting to come and inspect. Then it's fair game. This has been my experience while stand up paddling around wild life. Having done some freediving with humpbacks in Tonga we were never chasing whales. We would head to an area where they were, give them some space, get in the water, and then wait. They would come to us, especially the juveniles as they were super curious. So would the mother's and calves.

lol, i am sure if a whale wanted to it could get a way from a killer kiter. And Jono what defines this morality that allows eating a cow for instance but not a horse?