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Al G said..
Vic Hislop the Great White shark hunter said back in the 80s "If you protect the Great White now you're going to need protection yourselves in 30 years".Looks like he was not far off with his prediction.

Yes,he hated the things.I paid 5 bucks in the mid 80s to see the 19 footer he caught in MoretonBay.He toured it around and it was at the Easter show.Same shark was on permanent display up HervyBay until he closed down a few years ago.

I read his prediction when the ban on catching them came in 1988.

A few more bad years of deaths and the government's will surely reverse the decision.

I reckon if you have a white longboard at least 10 feet long with a red nose on it, any Noah is going to think twice, because you look at least big enough to put up a fight. Anything shorter, well, you've only got yourself to blame......

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Al G said..
Vic Hislop the Great White shark hunter said back in the 80s "If you protect the Great White now you're going to need protection yourselves in 30 years".Looks like he was not far off with his prediction.

Yes,he hated the things.I paid 5 bucks in the mid 80s to see the 19 footer he caught in MoretonBay.He toured it around and it was at the Easter show.Same shark was on permanent display up HervyBay until he closed down a few years ago.

I read his prediction when the ban on catching them came in 1988.

A few more bad years of deaths and the government's will surely reverse the decision.

ditto. the thing was huge, he had it in a refrigerated truck.
the one he caught 3 years later at Phillip island was bigger.

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Macaha said..
So so many more people entering the ocean on different forms of craft and shark numbers growing like wild fire, as Cobra said more many more to come sadly. I was never bothered about them but after our attack and so many sightings and chat in the water it's freaked me

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I surf with the SWAT-T in my pocket, and have the CAT sitting on the roof of my car.

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MichaelR said..
I reckon if you have a white longboard at least 10 feet long with a red nose on it, any Noah is going to think twice, because you look at least big enough to put up a fight. Anything shorter, well, you've only got yourself to blame......

Well today the water was very green with a overcast sky,I took some comfort on my 11 footer, couple of boys said there were some fins and splashing going on behind the rock.

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Greeney said..
Vale Michael Tomson, gone at 66.
He and (especially) his cousin Shaun were in so many of the mags and movies when I was a teen.

www.swellnet.com/news/swellnet-dispatch/2020/10/09/michael-tomson-dead-66

I think Michael Thomson was in Free Ride a bit if I remember right . Great flick . Saw it at Nelson Bay cinema when on holidays up there in the 70's . Seeing surf movies like that on the big screen was unreal .

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Macaha said..
So so many more people entering the ocean on different forms of craft and shark numbers growing like wild fire, as Cobra said more many more to come sadly. I was never bothered about them but after our attack and so many sightings and chat in the water it's freaked me

I'm a bit torn by this. I'm scared shaitless of sharks, but a few years ago got involved in Sea Shepherd and Australian Wildlife Conservency.
I've now come to the point that "I want to go surfing" is not a good reason enough to cull or kill sharks.
The daughters in their early 20's surf with no fear, maybe it is just as we get old we become more aware of our mortality.
I don't know what the answer is

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Greeney said..
Vale Michael Tomson, gone at 66.
He and (especially) his cousin Shaun were in so many of the mags and movies when I was a teen.

www.swellnet.com/news/swellnet-dispatch/2020/10/09/michael-tomson-dead-66

I think Michael Thomson was in Free Ride a bit if I remember right . Great flick . Saw it at Nelson Bay cinema when on holidays up there in the 70's . Seeing surf movies like that on the big screen was unreal .

Sounds awesome m8...I watched mad wax on reel to reel in my science class in 1985, was pretty much one of my best ever days in school

I not saying a cull is needed, do sharks come on land and hunt fishermen but there is going to be more attacks due to two factors. More sharks and more humans entering the ocean, when two tribes collide there is only one winner.

Sadly legend surf photographer Martin Tullemans has passed away.



From the paper today
Tributes are flowing for one of the world's greatest surfing photographers, Martin Tullemans, who has passed away on the Gold Coast.Tullemans, 68, died in Tweed Heads Hospital after a long battle with ill health. He was lauded as one of the finest in his craft, capturing some of surfing's most iconic images which ran in magazines worldwide.One of surfing's most colourful characters, Tullemans also inspired a generation of fellow lensmen before the digital revolution. "Sadly Martin Tullemans has passed away this morning," his sister Mary Shaw posted on Facebook on Tuesday. "Loved by many. A beautiful humorous man who brightened manys' day. "His surfing images recorded the 70s to 2000 , from Kirra to Hawaii succinctly." Ms Shaw said there would be a ocean memorial for her brother at 7am on December 27 in front of the Coolangatta Surf Club.

RIP surfer at Tuncurry Beach , bite season has officially started.

Pretty heavy very and detailed for those involved. Been a long time coming at tuncurry we been so lucky here till now

The buoy at Forster pings off every day with tagged sharks,I'm not surprised there was an attack.It was a matter of when not if.Condolances to friends and family of the deceased,I was in the water around the same time 100 miles north.

Bob Fulton sadly passed

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Macaha said..
Bob Fulton sadly passed

Another great gone too young RIP Bobby

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micksmith said..

Macaha said..
Bob Fulton sadly passed

Another great gone too young RIP Bobby

Sea Eagles had a great win for Bozo

Greg Noll
www.swellnet.com/news/swellnet-dispatch/2021/06/29/vale-greg-noll-farewell-big-wave-legend

Brian Jackson. Legend
The last time I saw him he was on an 11 footer at Crescent on his knees powering down the line.

www.swellnet.com/news/swellnet-dispatch/2021/07/15/brian-jackson-rides-his-last-wave

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bigmc said..
Brian Jackson. Legend
The last time I saw him he was on an 11 footer at Crescent on his knees powering down the line.

www.swellnet.com/news/swellnet-dispatch/2021/07/15/brian-jackson-rides-his-last-wave

Brian had a mild stroke getting out of the water near the boat ramp at Cres.He was 77 then,so 8 years ago.That was his last day as a wave rider.
GREAT bloke,always positive and friendly.Ive known him since the mid 60s and he was always up for a chat.I last spoke with him 2-3 months ago,he needed a walker to get around.
KURRANULLAS original from the plywood days.

I had a very informative chat with him at Crescent.probably about 10 years ago,he had just come back from the skin cancer clinic with about 10 cancers removed ,he looked a mess, he only wanted to talk about 2 things Surfing. and covering up from the sun,I'll never forget that CHAT.. And have been pro active in sun smart ever since ,THANK YOU BRIAN,R.I.P.

RIP Greenroom lost his life in a tragic car accident for more info go into the sup forum.

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Macaha said..
RIP Greenroom lost his life in a tragic car accident for more info go into the sup forum.

Thanks for the heads up. I last saw him at Tom Hoyes paddle out in May. He was a funny and generous guy who charged solid waves.

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Macaha said..
RIP Greenroom lost his life in a tragic car accident for more info go into the sup forum.

R.I.P mate.
Very Sad news.

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Macaha said..
RIP Greenroom lost his life in a tragic car accident for more info go into the sup forum.

Thanks for the heads up. I last saw him at Tom Hoyes paddle out in May. He was a funny and generous guy who charged solid waves.

Thanks Macaha

Never did get to meet Greenroom but know guys who knew him well, spoke highly of him and I loved his wind ups on the forum.

RIP

Oh Mr Greenroom, one of seabreezes finest trolls,**** stirrers and frothers

You made me smile ,cringe ,laugh and froth on many a time

Rip in peace mate

Oops. Had a few beers while reading here and elsewhere about Greenroom, AKA Greenie. Then a couple of days later I went to log back in and saw that I'd changed my username from Greeney.

I think i thought, "hey, there's only one Greenie, Greeney." Can't quite recall.

Anyway, vale Greenroom. He seemed like a wonderful fella who lived live to the full. Much loved.

With that in mind, here's a Raymond Carver poem, written when he knew he was not long for this world...

'Late Fragment'
And did you get what
you wanted from this life, even so?
I did.
And what did you want?
To call myself beloved, to feel myself
beloved on the earth.

Sean Lock, that funny bloke from TV

Charlie Watts the drummer from the Stones gone . Saw him interviewed a few times . Really down to earth nice bloke

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smh said..
Charlie Watts the drummer from the Stones gone . Saw him interviewed a few times . Really down to earth nice bloke

Yeah love the story about when he punched jagger,for calling him his drummer! Just to remind Mick he was Charlie's singer!

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smh said..
Charlie Watts the drummer from the Stones gone . Saw him interviewed a few times . Really down to earth nice bloke

Yeah love the story about when he punched jagger,for calling him his drummer! Just to remind Mick he was Charlie's singer!

He seemed like a no nonsense kind of bloke . its been said that he had nothing to do with groupies either