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alex4714

QLD

8 posts

alex4714

QLD, 8 posts

5 Jun 2018 2:23pm

www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/ballina-kite-surfer-discovers-shark-tooth-in-surfboard/news-story/7a360884bc84b6e70df0df2110d2e1f1

surforkite

NSW

153 posts

surforkite

NSW, 153 posts

5 Jun 2018 5:44pm

they say if u wear a tooth round your neck u wont get taken..........this one is a guarantee.

iandvnt

QLD

581 posts

iandvnt

QLD, 581 posts

5 Jun 2018 6:13pm

i think i have body dragged back to my board faster here than anywhere on earth after kiting over something sizey. i am getting a leash, i changend my mind about them lol

dafish

NSW

1654 posts

dafish

NSW, 1654 posts

5 Jun 2018 10:08pm

My friend sent me the photos, and they are pretty scary. He told me it was Flatrock though, and that place with drumlines out the back is asking for trouble.

Bara

647 posts

Bara

WA, 647 posts

6 Jun 2018 7:43am

iandvnt said..
i think i have body dragged back to my board faster here than anywhere on earth after kiting over something sizey. i am getting a leash, i changend my mind about them lol

Yep I weighed up the leash option vs body dragging where I kite with great whites. Leash won hands down!

Alysum

NSW

1030 posts

Alysum

NSW, 1030 posts

6 Jun 2018 11:19am

It seems like all shark attacks/sightings all happen at Ballina lately ?!

dachopper

1802 posts

dachopper

WA, 1802 posts

6 Jun 2018 11:34am

Get a freedom + shark shield installed on your board. Problem solved.

ocean-guardian.com/products/freedom-surf-bundle

Surfer62

1357 posts

Surfer62

1357 posts

6 Jun 2018 5:56pm

Pick a shark by number on this site and see where they travel, amzing stuff, nth nsw epicentre for tagging juvenile great whites.

Some travel from nsw to nz and back, vic and back, sa and back, wa and back always home to nth nsw , the distances they travel can be 1000s of kms a year

Can spend hours on this site, see shark 28 travels below

www.sharksmart.nsw.gov.au/

Robbo2099

753 posts

Robbo2099

WA, 753 posts

6 Jun 2018 11:16pm

iandvnt said..
i think i have body dragged back to my board faster here than anywhere on earth after kiting over something sizey. i am getting a leash, i changend my mind about them lol

Suspect that you are far more likely to be seriously injured by a board injury from using a leash than from a potential shark attack by not using one. YMMV.

Bara

647 posts

Bara

WA, 647 posts

7 Jun 2018 3:35pm

Robbo2099 said..

iandvnt said..
i think i have body dragged back to my board faster here than anywhere on earth after kiting over something sizey. i am getting a leash, i changend my mind about them lol

Suspect that you are far more likely to be seriously injured by a board injury from using a leash than from a potential shark attack by not using one. YMMV.

injured vs bitten in half mate.

ill take a nasty gash or a fright from near drowning over that any day of the week

SibboV1

368 posts

SibboV1

368 posts

9 Jun 2018 8:18am

Even sharks snob Tasmania.

Leighbreeze

557 posts

Leighbreeze

WA, 557 posts

11 Jun 2018 6:08pm

Large schools of mullet leaving our north coast rivers.
Sharks will be on the hunt up this area.
Be advised to be very aware of sharks around these mullet schools.
Trouble is when the kiting Adrenlin kicks in it's easy to forget about the sea life.

pearl

NSW

984 posts

pearl

NSW, 984 posts

12 Jun 2018 7:02am

^^^ + bait + whales ^^^. Large white hanging there again yesterday. Not tagged!

Leighbreeze

557 posts

Leighbreeze

WA, 557 posts

14 Jun 2018 3:53pm

Yep all sorts of favourites on special for the sharks this time of year.??????

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