Hey AMP...THIS is why I will not go surfing with you.
 

I don't give a fuck if it is a dolphin or not....It would give a fat guy like me a heart attack either way.

http://www.naughtyjenn.com/shark.jpg

the gfy drama sharks?

*note to self.. dont take aaron surfing* lol

Yea that would be ruff to see that while surfing or swimming, i know i would freak out :D

Bethany Hamilton had her entire left arm bitten off by a tiger shark about a month ago... and she's back out there on the board. Now, you gonna let a little girl put you to shame?

lol Bethany started her own support web site? very smart girl. way to get some donations.

That's no dolphin.

i wonder whats going through his head right at that point in time :)

no shit..last time I checked a Dolphins tail fin went up and down...not left to right.

other way around... sharks tailfins are vertical, dolphins are horizontal. That's a dolphin. The photographer had the whole story on his site, but has since changed to some fancy Flash bullshit site so his editorial on that shot is missing now.

Yeap no dolphin get that fucking big

I was thinking the same thing, and I figure it's something like........."HOLY SHIIITTTTTT":winkwink:

Think happy thoughts, think happy thoughts!

Short bus kinda people do stupid shit all the time. That does not mean I am a pussy for not following their lead.

yes they do... I was just over in Kona in October, swimming with dolphins... and they get pretty huge.

Aaron, there's much worse things out there than dolphins and sharks.... get tangled up with a Portuguese Man-o-war and you'll be crying like a schoolgirl. :Graucho

Probably wondering if the shit in his pants will attract the shark.

I am sure we are saying the same thing in different ways.....sharks tail fin motion goes from left to right...either that or the Discovery Channel has been lying to me.

:glugglug

Ya see.....I don't fuck around with those things either.

With the recent flooding of your house and all...I fugure we can snorkel and fish in your living room. Lower risk for shark attacks and the like. :1orglaugh

the next question is... why did the photographer stand there and take a picture rather than yelling and getting the guys attention or atleast start to run to get or offer some help lol instead he got a good picture :)

That is probably right on. :1orglaugh

That's a good shooter for ya. Don't get distracted from your shot...Even if you are in the line of fire yourself. :thumbsup

well, it's gotta be a zoom lens cuz the guy has to be out quite a ways... probably wouldn't have heard him if he yelled anyway. And waves roll fast... by the time you would have seen that, it would've been over. He did have a shot a few seconds later where the dolphin stuck his head out of the water though.

ahhh, movement of the tailfin, yes... you're right. Yeah, we're saying the same thing. :)

That's a dolphin, but I don't think I'd have time to process that info, I'd be too busy chumming the water with peanuts and corn as I stood up and ran to shore.

I used to surf for years, and I dive and snorkel. That's definitely a dolphin....if you look the flukes they are horizontal, not vertical (the dorsal fin shows that you are looking at it from a high angle), and the dorsal fin is curved on the back edge....shark's are straight.

Although I remember one time in San Diego when I had just wiped out, and a fin was coming at me.....I freaked out until it got within 7 or 8 feet of me and then poked his head out of the water and it was a dolphin.....What a relief!

But since then I have snorkeled and dived with sharks and dolphins quite a bit, and the sharks really aren't a big deal.

I personally love the ocean and beach but for whatever reason i've never been surfing. It's definitely something I want to try if I ever get myself out to somewhere nice like Hawaii.

I live 2 blocks from Ocean Beach here in SanFrancisco but I'll never go in this water. It's freaking cold as hell and a white shark breeding ground is only like 30 miles away. Screw that!

Hawaii is whole different story. One freaking shark attack every zillion years doesn's scare me :winkwink:

I agree.. that is one scary thought going through that surfer's head as he's paddling towards the fucking thing.


In 1998 I was in San Diego for my first time, and decided to test out the clear warm waters with my surfing buddies at the time. I'm from NYC so I don't get to surf too often, but when I do have a chance, I jump right at it. During the day time when the waves are a bit lower than we'd like, a lot of the surfers just kinda hang out in the deeper area where the larger waves start up at. So we were all just chillin and minding our own business, when it was brought to my attention that there was a 16 foot shark swimming right underneath us. Now, the other guys were saying that they see this all the time, but for an East Coaster, looking into the water (objects may appear closer than they really are) and seeing this HUGE fucking shark, I can tell you, I've never gotten to shore quicker than that time. Also, I've never ventured out so deep since that day either. Something about the thought of a giant shark swimming underneath you, and mistaking you for lunch just doesn't seem so appealing. Perhaps I need to take up a different sport, less dangerous, like Rugby.

:2 cents:

I was out snorkeling in Molokini Crater a few weeks ago and one of the crew said he was out there on his own one day diving, and he saw a manta with a 20 foot wingspan... said he nearly shit himself. On the way back in we saw a huge manta leap out of the water.... it was awesome.

I'd piss in my wetsuit if I saw that

AaronM in speedos... hmm.

no, it does make you a pussy. come on its only a fish :1orglaugh

Big rays are AMAZING underwater.....so graceful and alien looking. They look like some creature out of a bad Scifi movie, especially when they're above you in the water.:thumbsup

I would think those sharks would be more afraid of you Aaron.

http://www.mhmgroup.com/lashow/images/IMG_6716.JPG

You lady killer you! :thumbsup

DH

its a dolphin

http://www.snopes.com/photos/surfer.asp

Origins: The photograph displayed above is indeed real, but it doesn't depict the hair-raising scene most viewers think it does.

This picture was taken by photographer Kurt Jones on 9 April 2003 at Surfrider Beach in Malibu, one of California's premier surfing beaches. But as the version of the photograph posted on the web indicates, however, the ominous-looking finned creature lurking just beneath the surface of the waves is a dolphin (possibly a bottlenose), not a shark.

A subsequent photograph of the animal taken later in the day demonstrates conclusively that it was in fact a dolphin:

http://www.surfshooter.com/D2.jpg

http://www.surfshooter.com/DolphinInfo.html
^- READ HERE
HIS OWN SITE

That happened to me fishing a few years back. Perfectly calm water like glass about a mile out to sea. There was this huge fucking spash behind me. By the time I looked I didn't see anything and it scared the crap outta me. About half an hour later I saw a manta ray jumping and realized that is what it was.

I have a bunch of shark stories but here is my dumbest one...

I was Bodyboarding at Makapu'u and a guy yells out

"BRA BRA!! FIN!! FIN!! RIGHT BEHIND YOU BRA QUICK!!"

As my board shorts get ready to turn brown I look over my shoulder expecting to see a tiger shark getting ready to take a piece outta me. Insted I see a yellow and black swim fin floating next to me. He had lost it and just wanted me to pass it back to him :)

Yeah.. its only a giant fish that eats everything it sees, is untrainable, unfriendly and has a shitload of razor sharp teeth..

I've seen sharks like that at Huntington Beach, and it's trippy going surfing and having the sharks in the waves next to you!

jDoG

Yes it is. :321GFY

Depending on the species of sharks. Most don't eat everything it sees, most come when there is blood in the water, the Tiger Sharks are ones to watch out for tho!

jDoG

you idiot. :thumbsup

try reading the rest of the thread.

:thumbsup

Tiger sharks and hammerheads just seem to be permanently pissed off with life. They are very aggressive.

The shark reef aquarium at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas just got a hammerhead. It is supposedly the only one in captivity. Put that on your to do list for Internext, although by then the hammerhead may be the only thing left alive in the tank :Graucho

You surf Hunington Pier? My buddy is from La Palma, grew up surfing Hunington Beach. :winkwink:

how the fuck can that be a dolphin when its fin is | in the picture.. dolphins have -- fins.....

I dont' think I surf at all.

you just saved me some typing thanks :thumbsup

scroll up i explain it ^^^^^

its a fuckin dolphin

the photographer himself said so

its just the angle and the distortion through the water, all you can see is that it has some fins you cant tell which way they are going

:1orglaugh OWNED

LoL I dont give a shit if you say thats a dolphin
I wouldn't be hanging around to find out I would be swimming for my FUCKING LIFE! :1orglaugh

Right cancelling this years trip to Hawaii