speaking of ink defense system

isnt there a an actual shark repellant available if you had some thing like that in ya back pack you could pop it just to make sure you get back to your board

ezza said...


Promise yourself, god & whoever else you can think of, to be good & start going to bed earlier and drinking less beer...

Did you make any promises on your 20m body drag
I will see what time you go to bed at oldbar

wdric said...

ezza said...


Promise yourself, god & whoever else you can think of, to be good & start going to bed earlier and drinking less beer...

Did you make any promises on your 20m body drag
I will see what time you go to bed at oldbar

I promised myself I would clean behind my ears more regularly Ric, and that I would remember to take my vitamins. There was nothing in there about beer or late nights (as if!) I don't necessarily take my own advice

I have my system set for fully automatic

Ellobuddha said...

I'd go for my trusty squid defence system and hide in my own BROWN cloud of eeerrr ink??

hamburglar said...

Addikt said...

I would start crying like a school girl...........

yer but what would you do if you see a shark in the water ?

Meet me behind the stairs after school........ ;)

i didnt read all the posts, but i do remember watching a sharks docco recently on discovery. The guy basically went out and did lots of tests to see what works best in certain situations.

one such situation was with i think a Tiger shark, scenario 1 was just floating dead still with legs dangling down, scenario 2 was swiming at a gentle pace back to the boat (both done with robotic swimmer thingos using pneumatics to move the legs).

The one just floating around was the first to get hit, the one with the gentle kicking legs and moving at an average pace was left alone.
There was something about thrashing around but I can't remember it... pretty sure dragging to your board will be the scariest but probably safest.

If i can find it on youtube I'll post it.

Charl dv said...

i didnt read all the posts, but i do remember watching a sharks docco recently on discovery. The guy basically went out and did lots of tests to see what works best in certain situations.

one such situation was with i think a Tiger shark, scenario 1 was just floating dead still with legs dangling down, scenario 2 was swiming at a gentle pace back to the boat (both done with robotic swimmer thingos using pneumatics to move the legs).

The one just floating around was the first to get hit, the one with the gentle kicking legs and moving at an average pace was left alone.
There was something about thrashing around but I can't remember it... pretty sure dragging to your board will be the scariest but probably safest.

If i can find it on youtube I'll post it.

Whilst those tests are interesting, I don't they don't take into account the shark's incredible sense of smell etc that can pick up on your secretions due to a MASSIVE arrival of adrenalin and also (literally) the body's desire to dump any extra weight and fark orf outta there!

Sharky is gonna know you aint C3PO and probably not give a fig if your are trying on your best salute the sun yoga pose.

getfunky said...

Charl dv said...

i didnt read all the posts, but i do remember watching a sharks docco recently on discovery. The guy basically went out and did lots of tests to see what works best in certain situations.

one such situation was with i think a Tiger shark, scenario 1 was just floating dead still with legs dangling down, scenario 2 was swiming at a gentle pace back to the boat (both done with robotic swimmer thingos using pneumatics to move the legs).

The one just floating around was the first to get hit, the one with the gentle kicking legs and moving at an average pace was left alone.
There was something about thrashing around but I can't remember it... pretty sure dragging to your board will be the scariest but probably safest.

If i can find it on youtube I'll post it.

Whilst those tests are interesting, I don't they don't take into account the shark's incredible sense of smell etc that can pick up on your secretions due to a MASSIVE arrival of adrenalin and also (literally) the body's desire to dump any extra weight and fark orf outta there!

Sharky is gonna know you aint C3PO and probably not give a fig if your are trying on your best salute the sun yoga pose.

i get that, but i remember these tests being set out fairly well and i was quite impressed by the whole set up, im normally quite skeptical about any form of tests that dont involve real life circumstances :P
buuut if the tv tells me its ok, then i will believe it in the hopes of keeping my excretions to an absolute minimum.