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lesley
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Post by lesley on Jul 19, 2015 15:21:52 GMT
That was scary!
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Post by momstime on Jul 19, 2015 15:26:03 GMT
WOW! Scientists say there is a fool proof way to know if sharks are in the water. Step 1. Dip hand in water Step 2. Lick arm. Step 3. If you taste salt, there are sharks in the water.
Scary. I'll stick with my Great Lakes.
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Post by moveablefeast on Jul 19, 2015 15:29:28 GMT
"oh, holy shit! Excuse me."
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Post by lumo on Jul 19, 2015 15:30:16 GMT
Holy cow! That's one lucky surfer.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2015 15:39:19 GMT
"oh, holy shit! Excuse me." But what about the announcer that says "you can see a little splash".
I'm like "uhhhhhhhh...you know that little splash has fins and teeth, right?"
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Post by freecharlie on Jul 19, 2015 15:44:38 GMT
And here I thought Shark Week was over.  Glad no one was hurt |
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Post by anxiousmom on Jul 19, 2015 15:45:21 GMT
This just showed up on my twitter feed...I watched your longer video and they said that they think that there were two sharks?? Yikes. I am not such a fan of the sharks.  In college, almost everyone I knew surfed-and pretty much all of them had shark stories. Scary, but they all back on their boards and surfed again. Both of my boys dive and they both tell stories of run-ins with sharks. I can hardly listen without getting all hot and sweaty and freaked out. |
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Post by TankTop on Jul 19, 2015 15:47:15 GMT
Oh my! That made my heart stop!
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Post by tinydogmafia on Jul 19, 2015 15:50:54 GMT
Wow. So lucky!!
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Post by gorgeouskid on Jul 19, 2015 15:51:23 GMT
OMG! I grew up surfing in great white shark territory and this terrifies me.
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Post by elaine on Jul 19, 2015 15:52:13 GMT
One of my worst nightmares is a shark attack! I'm so glad he wasn't hurt.
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Post by Woobster on Jul 19, 2015 15:55:19 GMT
"Holy shit!" is right! Wow... That guy is SO lucky to be alive. And yeah, I understand that the water safety boat is there for a reason, but there is no way they would have gotten to him in time had that shark decided to make a meal out of him.
That was terrifying to watch. I don't know how surfers get back in the water after experiencing something like that.
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Post by marimoose on Jul 19, 2015 16:02:07 GMT
That's just crazy. No way would surfing EVER be my sport. Thank goodness he was ok.
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Post by mzza111 on Jul 19, 2015 16:07:53 GMT
"oh, holy shit! Excuse me." But what about the announcer that says "you can see a little splash".
I'm like "uhhhhhhhh...you know that little splash has fins and teeth, right?"
EXACTLY! Seriously, holy shit are the only words for this! |
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Post by pyccku on Jul 19, 2015 16:11:35 GMT
WOW! Scientists say there is a fool proof way to know if sharks are in the water. Step 1. Dip hand in water Step 2. Lick arm. Step 3. If you taste salt, there are sharks in the water. Scary. I'll stick with my Great Lakes. Sorry to break it to you, but bull sharks are totally cool with fresh water. And they are cranky and aggressive. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2015 16:29:25 GMT
Wow that was scary! So glad he's OK though.
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Post by gillyp on Jul 19, 2015 17:15:23 GMT
Terrifying!!
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Post by scrappysurfer on Jul 19, 2015 17:57:34 GMT
Mick is one of my favorite surfers. I'm SO glad he is ok. I could just see the disbelief on his face as he was on the sled. Holy Shit is right!!
How devastating would it have been if he'd been bitten?!? First shark attack caught live on video. He's amazingly lucky.
If his wetsuit wasn't peed in already, it certainly is now!!!!
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Post by georgiapea on Jul 19, 2015 18:17:13 GMT
That was so frightening to watch. It seemed like a much larger shark than those who bit swimmers along North Carolina.
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Post by scrappinghappy on Jul 19, 2015 18:27:16 GMT
I grew up swimming at Jeffreys Bay and I never understood one thing. The people in the know say the beach is protected by shark nets but I don't understand how they work. It seems to me that once the sharks get through the nets and obviously they do, they can't get out and then they get hungry and then...
That was really scary!!
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Post by scrappysurfer on Jul 19, 2015 18:27:37 GMT
That was so frightening to watch. It seemed like a much larger shark than those who bit swimmers along North Carolina. Jeffreys Bay, or J-Bay as its known in the surfing world, is on the coast of South Africa and a known home for large 10-12ft+ great whites. That shark would have flossed his teeth with the sharks off of NC. Mick is EXTREMELY lucky and you can tell he knows it. |
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Post by Dori~Mama~Bear on Jul 19, 2015 18:44:23 GMT
Thank god both of those men are unharmed. that is physically unharmed that is.
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Post by momstime on Jul 19, 2015 18:54:09 GMT
WOW! Scientists say there is a fool proof way to know if sharks are in the water. Step 1. Dip hand in water Step 2. Lick arm. Step 3. If you taste salt, there are sharks in the water. Scary. I'll stick with my Great Lakes. Sorry to break it to you, but bull sharks are totally cool with fresh water. And they are cranky and aggressive. Haha I know this...but there are no sharks in my lakes. |
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Post by valincal on Jul 19, 2015 19:08:09 GMT
Freaky! Glad he's okay.
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Post by gmcwife1 on Jul 19, 2015 19:09:53 GMT
One of my worst nightmares is a shark attack! I'm so glad he wasn't hurt. Same for me, thanks JAWS, which I'm actually watching right now! |
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Post by georgiapea on Jul 19, 2015 19:32:46 GMT
Mahahahaha, "Flossed his teeth...", yeah, that's about what it looked like they would be capable of. Really much more frightening.
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Post by scrappysurfer on Jul 19, 2015 19:47:51 GMT
Apparently there were two sharks!!!
I watched an interview taken after he got back to shore and you could tell that what happened was starting to hit him and he was on the verge of freaking out. He kept saying over and over again, "I'm tripping out" lol. Sounding like the stereotypical stoner surfer lol.
He's one of the most talented surfers, I'm so glad he's ok. It would be an incredible shame if this traumatized him to the point of quitting surfing.
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Post by scrappysurfer on Jul 19, 2015 19:51:25 GMT
I'm especially glad the shark did not bite off his hotness lol.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2015 20:41:20 GMT
Thank god both of those men are unharmed. that is physically unharmed that is. absolutely, i imagine he will be reliving that moment and the possible outcomes for a while |
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