Puetz said...

bjw said..
@the NT guys.The croc that got him didnt cut into his flesh much. Why?
It said a 2m croc. Is that small for a croc?

... 2m is still capable of chomping ya toe or fingers off so its big enough, either way is gunna mess ya up! If you ever do one of those croc tour thingys at a croc park, hold one of the baby ones, you'll feel they are a ball of muscle when they wanna.

Cheers,

Robbie :)

ps here is a bit of an inappropriate video concidering the above, one of the kite crew who used to wrangle crocs, video of a kite/camping trip on a island woopwoop

"More commitment", "Grabbed him by the neck but he was to strong so I should have just sat on him" looks like he's a few beers in to!

Bred a little (or a lot?) tougher in the NT!

... a little up date ...

Raptor trumps Croc!!!

I got to talk to Chris, the guy in the story, and found out a few more details.

He was at Lee Point which is a regular spot we use (in fact I was there just 2 days later, on my own too, beach is used a lot by dog walkers too ) and he was using a Rebel 14m with a Crazyfly Raptor Pro. Due to the wind direction, it is a bit gusty close in and you have to kite past the reef/rocks to get into the clear air but as he took off, wind lulled and he stopped so kite went down. While drifting waiting for kite to catch a bit more air to relaunch, the croc had a go at him.

(insert news story here every one has heard by now)

With kite in the water, he didn't have the presences of mind to punch out so with kite still nose down, he had just enough wind to keep him from swimming back easily and of course could back away fast enough from the croc. The kite hindered his progress back to the beach and made it nearly impossible,,,,, because he hadn't punched out yet.

He used the Raptor to smack the croc until he could get traction on the ground and walk in to safety.


Bloody lucky dude indeed!

Cheers,

Robbie

Croc Attack or Shark Attack..............if I had to make the choice, I'm not sure what I'd take.

Shark for sure! Quicker

If i'm going out I want it in blue water not brown, brown water is always bad.

I can guarentee if something big was trying to eat me - the water is going to be extremely brown, no mater how clean it was before!!!

bjw said..
Thanks for the update Robbie. Any word on the type of bites that he received? What happened when the croc grabbed him?

... he was laying in the water more or less on his back with kite down wind and pulling him slightly, the croc came from behind him and to his right and chomped his shoulder pinning his right arm across his chest so when he eventually poked it in the eye, using his left hand which made it let go. From what I understand, he sustained 2 decent puncture wounds which is what the croc expert used to determine the size of the croc (which turned out to be 2.2m). By pulling himself out of the croc's mouth he got some good scrapes that look like he's been dragged over rocks.

The part of the story I don't understand is why the croc didn't start rolling when it grabbed him, apparently shook him??? Maybe 'cause he played dead, or the croc is sick, weak,,,,, dunno, but I'm going to catch up with him soon and will ask him.

The bad bit now is infection! Very very lucky dude hey!

cheers,

Robbie :)

Itd be worth the scars just for the story to tell.

Gazuki said..

toppleover said..
Croc Attack or Shark Attack..............if I had to make the choice, I'm not sure what I'd take.

Shark any day.

Shark; you generally don't see coming, then he takes a big chunk leaving you to bleed out in minutes.

Croc; drags you under, rolls around and then stuffs you under a log in the mud.

If i'm going out I want it in blue water not brown, brown water is always bad.

That's actually a myth. Crocs do not have to be near logs or rocks to push you under to decompose. They can and will eat you on the spot. source: Croc farms, and other tourist croc "specialists".

wrong i was using a craz fly raptor pro whit slip in foot pad i own at least 7 different board the news report never said what gear i use that day so how would u know because u seen me ones testing out a new board and u think that what i was using that day NO

we meet sorry stared reading from the top sorry

bjw said..
I'm not the best at comprehension, but I didn't get that.

Are you the dude? What happened?

No, Yes, Maybe, I don't know.

yes its me I'm the one that got hit by the croc I'm doing well I'm back at work and its grate to be getting back to normal my arm and shoulder are healing well iv been down to the beach to try and get the ball to get back in the water but i suffer from panic attack little thing set me of but I'm am trying to work on it i want to get back in to the water every time i see the wind blow so I'm trying to work up to it little bit worry when i get back in to the water and crush I'm going to freak out so yah

thank Robbie for looking in to it your one of the only people that have found out the from sum one else what happen

thank man will do