STOLEN KAYAK - BASTARDS

I got the photo but have no idea how to post it??

Paul,

Load it up as your Rig Pic 1 for the time being. That will put it in everyone's face on each of your posts.

Regards

!MPG:4!

!MPG:5!

Who says we need an edit function!?

Who says we need an edit function!?

Thought there was a bloody echo in here :))))

Yeah , but hows the video .

LMAO

Can't believe people are'nt more wary of something that big with TEETH :)))

Yes i have my hand reel but i just get the feeling theres nothing big out here today . LOL

I have just sent that link to the local Hobie dealer - thats incredible!!!

I have anoth great one with a shark chasing the kayak - let me know if you want it!

Can you imagine that monster coming up right in front of you like that!
Mate, I reckon I'd of peed my Y-fronts no end!

Avagoodn
Pezza

I think I would have risen a good couple of inches actually :))))))

Looks like mt cook in the background.

i was hopeing to say mail the pic to me and i will post it 4 you but after my last effort i think there will be someone better at it than me....may all kayak thieves die in heavy surf with tigersharks

That last link is working isnt it . I can watch it .

not really mt cook but i do love my stints in the mountains of the west coast of nz, next trip there end of may, in an area i have been talking about for years

Most people dont realize how awesome the NZ southern alps are . And so close to home .

thats what i keep telling aussies that are too slack or just dont seem to get around to it...EUROPEAN SCENERY RIGHT ON OUR DOORSTEP....we get a chopper to drop us into the most amazing places, and live on top of the world amongst the snow in a tent for a few days

Definitely a 'walk on water' job. :))))

That one has been debunked as a photoshop fake. I understand that the movie of the orca crashing the kayak though is real!

Has it ? Would appreciate reference if possible ?

thanks

Bugger - looks like they are both fakes.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/kayak.asp - the Orca movie is part of a Korean Powerade commercial!

The shark/kayak photo was debunked on a scuba forum by some digital photographers - it's quite clear when you zoom in on areas like the tail that there's been image manipulation. Can't find an "official" debunk.

You can also tell by teh perspective - the kayak was photograped from about 30 degrees above the horizon and the shark more like 45 degrees.

Mike

Scubaroo,

Hmm - bit of pixelation around tail and dorsal fin as you say, some sort of manipulation seems probable.

Mike - the perspective difference could be because the shark is moving in a different plane (3d possible) to the kayak(only 2d) ?

After a bit of Googling, I found this

picture discussion

seems like the consensus is that the shark pic is real!

"On the other hand, what is called in that area a Grey Nurse Shark (Sand Tiger to Americans) does tend to have that general shape, and they are well known for attacking humans."

- at this stage I had to stop reading, my eyes were watering so much from laughing. I dived near a school of Grey Nurse and then they swam away a metre above me. Grey Nurse are an endangered species - one reason is that the number of divers around their breeding grounds e.g. Wedding Cake Island off Coogee are disturbing their breeding.

Mike

Yeh, I know what you mean - there's some silly stuff there, (as in all forums), but after a bit of "sorting the wheat from the chaff", still seems that the conclusion is that the pic is real.

Found another reference that the pic was originally posted in African Geographic magazine.

Terry

Mike DiD
We use to surf of Wedding cake on coolites and the local divers from Prodive and the like would all tell us we were made because the caves down the side face of the island were full of sharks.
A few times we had to jump onto the island because we had company and we always cut out feet to shreds on the banicles.
Many a time the SLSA rubber duck had to make a dash out to save our sorry hides..
Thems were the days!!