surferstu said...

Crew were apparently surfing close to the same spot the bloke was taken yesterday and were buzzed by something big and they all got out of the water...wtf seriously?

Howfken stupid can you be, a seriously selfish act if it's true

Hopefully one of the baited lines they've se up there catch the farker if it's still lurking. But yeah you'd definitly have rocks in your head to paddle out there today...

Wannabe tough guys
At least leave the place alone out of respect for the deceased

TimKay said...

Wannabe tough guys
At least leave the place alone out of respect for the deceased

The beach where the attack occurred remains closed today but this has not stopped people venturing into the water near where the fatality happened.

“There was a lone surfer out there this morning…people that love the water and love waves, that's what they live for, they weigh up the risks,” Fisheries Departman spokesman Mr Cappelluti said.

Granted, the chances of coming into contact with the same shark at the same beach the next day are near on impossible, but personally i think paddling out at the same beach so soon after a bloke lost his life is morbid and at the very least hugely disrespectful. Remains still have not been recovered. Poor form by whoever that 'lone surfer' was.

Just heard on the radio that people are stealing the shark warning signs
WTF

TimKay said...

Just heard on the radio that people are stealing the shark warning signs
WTF

Shows the mentality of the cashed up bogans in wa.

smicko said...

I've got no problem with people surfing at all, nor do I see it as disrespectful. If anything it's a tribute to a mad keen fellow surfer, if my head wasn't stuffed full of cotton wool I know where I would've been.

It's just stupid mate. All the breaks up & down the coast and they go to the one where a 5m white pointer has just eaten someone. It's not like the surf is pumping there anyway. They either don't know or they've seen Point Break too many times and think they're Patrick Swayze. It's not crazy, or hardcore or extreme, it's just moronic. It's like the swimmers all flocking down to cott to go for a swim after the swimmer got eaten, like they had some point to prove. Look at me mom I'm base jumping without a parachute!

Or they just happened to be up that way, saw uncrowded waves, considered the odds and went for it. White sharks move around. They cruise at around 3km and are constantly moving. In all likelihood the shark is down in Perth now. I consider shark attacks as independent variables...where one attack does not always have an influence on the probability of another.

Having said that, would I surf up there yesterday on the mushy crappy wedge has been producing for the last few days just after a fellow surfer has been killed? No. Would I care if others did? No. Don't jump gun and say they are just doing it to be macho.

subasurf said...

Or they just happened to be up that way, saw uncrowded waves, considered the odds and went for it. White sharks move around. They cruise at around 3km and are constantly moving. In all likelihood the shark is down in Perth now. I consider shark attacks as independent variables...where one attack does not always have an influence on the probability of another.

Having said that, would I surf up there yesterday on the mushy crappy wedge has been producing for the last few days just after a fellow surfer has been killed? No. Would I care if others did? No. Don't jump gun and say they are just doing it to be macho.

Yeah good point.

exotoses? is that the ear thingy? My apologies for thinking a head cold would stop you but would you have surfed that wave the next day?

I was the first ranger there the other day, half hour after it happened still spinning from it. We surf there pretty regularly and keep thinking that myself and the other ranger there Saturday who if we weren't working may have been there with kids, dogs and wives either on the beach or in the water. It was a beautiful day, why wouldn't you be surfing!
We put up 8 shark/ beach closed signs from Magics through to Northy and during Saturday night 5 went missing WTF. We are trying to warn people and possibly save lives and some arse dragging moron/s go and pinch them Saturday night. If you know anyone who may have one of these signs in a shack or dunny or whatever please Pm me there's a few crew who may want to have a quiet word.
To Ben and his family and friends condolences and respect.
To the ski driver and Ben's best mate, you guys deserve bravery medals of the highest order.
RIP

Have a look around the Wedge settlement, how many stolen street signs to you see there?

Locals will hang the signs in their shacks "pool room" or even use them on the really good days to try and ward off the metro crowds

Considering the amount of police and other crew involved in the area searching for the shark the day after, Wedge would probably have been the safest place to surf along the entire coast line...

Chris6791 said...

^^ and how do you propose fisheries and police on quadbikes, on the beach, is going to make it safer?

Poke them with a stick?

Zed said...

Chris6791 said...

^^ and how do you propose fisheries and police on quadbikes, on the beach, is going to make it safer?

Police helicopters with coppers hanging out the sides firing their glocks randomly into the ocean!

That would be as helpfull has throwing jellybeans at them lol

Sign an Asiatic Bill for free trade in shark fin? Jokes, honestly I've had enough of the bitter madness that shark topics bring up on S.B.