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abltsandwich
JFK = Jelly Donut




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Re: to all the surfers out there.. [Re: zZZz]
#22229661 - 09/13/15 12:39 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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I've spent plenty of time in the ocean, but never surfed. I'd love to learn how. It seems to me crashing into coral or rocks would be a bigger concern. There was one time when I was little, that I got this really immense fear of jellyfish after learning about them in school. I wouldn't go in the water after that. I watched everyone have fun in the water and that made me feel regretful that I didn't go play in the water. So next time I went to the beach I was in the water the whole time and had a blast. What a microcosm of life. Now I never really pay mind to sharks, jellyfish, stingrays, etc. outside of common sense. If I want to be in the water, and I can't see any danger then what's the use in worrying? I'd rather be enjoying my time at the beach, not wishing and worrying the whole time.
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Cosmic_Flame
THE BREAKFAST EMPRESS



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Re: to all the surfers out there.. [Re: abltsandwich] 1
#22229707 - 09/13/15 01:00 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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sharks are your friends
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Shroomslip
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Re: to all the surfers out there.. [Re: Cosmic_Flame] 1
#22229719 - 09/13/15 01:05 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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With my face against the floor I can’t see who knocked me out of the way. I don’t want to get back up but I have to so it might as well be today. Nothing appeals to me no one feels like me, I’m too busy being calm to disappear. I’m in no shape to be alone contrary to the shit that you might hear. You can't wake up, this is not a dream. You're part of a machine, you are not a human being With your face all made up, living on a screen. Low on self esteem, so you run on gasoline
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Arctic W. Fox

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Re: to all the surfers out there.. [Re: zZZz]
#22229786 - 09/13/15 01:54 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Sharks are like dogs; they only bite when you touch their private parts.
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Fairygodmother
Stranger than fiction


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Here in SA you constantly think about the sharkies while paddling. Unfortunately shark attacks here do happen. I lived right next to the ocean my entire life, and in the 28 years only one guy in this parts lost his life. We have loads of sharks. You see them, you fear them, but you know its their territory and you respect them.
The fear of them should not be enough to keep you out of the water.
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zZZz
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Re: to all the surfers out there.. [Re: zZZz]
#22229855 - 09/13/15 02:58 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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cant argue with that 
speaking of that pic u posted, it reminded me of how crazy world war 2 was ,or just how crazy war is in general. shit is like literally a cosmic war between heaven and hell.
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Achillita
Back to the basics



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Fairygodmother said: Here in SA you constantly think about the sharkies while paddling. Unfortunately shark attacks here do happen. I lived right next to the ocean my entire life, and in the 28 years only one guy in this parts lost his life. We have loads of sharks. You see them, you fear them, but you know its their territory and you respect them.
The fear of them should not be enough to keep you out of the water.
Doesn't South Africa have the most shark attacks in the world?
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deucedbi9
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Re: to all the surfers out there.. [Re: Achillita]
#22229942 - 09/13/15 04:32 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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336 said:
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zZZz said: does it ever cross ur mind that there may be sharks lurking?, or like they just dont think about that kind of stuff?..
like i'd love to start surfing but i would feel too uncomfortable sitting on my surf board with my legs hanging down like all day, completely vulnerable to anything lurking beneath..
how u do it?..

But...were a civilised country. We don't got no ferkin sharks. Sharks in the English channel?
For all your shark free serfing needs>
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Fairygodmother
Stranger than fiction


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Re: to all the surfers out there.. [Re: Achillita]
#22230010 - 09/13/15 05:48 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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We have a few each year over the whole country. But as I said, the area I'm in only one attack back in 2009. For the amount of sharks I see here, that is amazing.
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passifloracaerulea



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Fuck sharks! I saw a 15' great white when I was 13 or so swimming in depoe bay. This dude got attacked at south beach Newport in 2010 or 2011.
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nicechrisman
Interdimensional space wizard



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Re: to all the surfers out there.. [Re: zZZz]
#22230103 - 09/13/15 06:44 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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I don't surf. I've tried and suck at it. I love going to the beach though. Yeah it kinda gets to me a bit sometimes but I try not to think about it. It's the mental equivalent of being constantly afraid when you are in a car on the freeway because you might crash and die. Actually that's a lot more likely. It is a creepy feeling though sometimes being in the water and thinking about shit like that.
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Lophosaurus
suruasohpol


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Re: to all the surfers out there.. [Re: nicechrisman]
#22230206 - 09/13/15 07:32 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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I've only tried surfing one time and I was doing alright. I live a few miles away from the shark bite capital of the world. but I don't let that bother me because it's still pretty rare to get bit and I hardly go swimming anyways. I'm actually more scared of jellyfish than sharks.
Next week I'm going to this place near me that has a lazy river tube ride. Sometimes when you're floating down the river an alligator will swim like 5 feet in front of your tube. That is much more scary than a shark. We've actually gone down the river at night, when you aren't supposed to, and all you can hear on both banks of the river are all the alligators croaking. It is soooo intense that it is unbelievable because you don't know what will happen when you try to climb out of the river.
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mandrin13
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Re: to all the surfers out there.. [Re: Lophosaurus]
#22231614 - 09/13/15 12:56 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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The ocean is full of scary ass shit, stay out, I do not recommend anyone try surfing.
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Lucis
Nutritional Yeast

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Re: to all the surfers out there.. [Re: Dest]
#22231633 - 09/13/15 01:00 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Dest said: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_cougar
haha, NO! 
the only true north american cougar are older women who prowl the bars and clubs for young studs, jeez.
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ryanriot
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Re: to all the surfers out there.. [Re: zZZz]
#22231711 - 09/13/15 01:14 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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I go surfing pretty often, it's kinda like anything else that can kill you while your about your day. You just don't think about it.
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Lucis
Nutritional Yeast

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Re: to all the surfers out there.. [Re: zZZz]
#22231726 - 09/13/15 01:17 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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When I am cycling I don't think about ripping downhill at 40+mph on my bike, it has to be done. When I am running on the side of the road I don't think about the car which could swerve into me, it's just part of it.
As other have said, it's mind over matter.
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Lucis
Nutritional Yeast

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Re: to all the surfers out there.. [Re: zZZz]
#22231773 - 09/13/15 01:28 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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336 said: we have no real predator that does any real damage in terms of percentages on our population WE become our own predator in order to thin our own numbers.
Except for those goddamn mosquito's.
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Tripsurfer
Bring Back Asante!



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Re: to all the surfers out there.. [Re: zZZz]
#22231810 - 09/13/15 01:34 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Plenty of surf spots without sharks
No sharks where I live. Yeah sharks make me paranoid
-------------------- Ach en wee ben ik de klos, met mijn boog schoot ik een albatros... A philosopher is a person who knows less and less about more and more, until he knows nothing about everything.

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Dest
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Re: to all the surfers out there.. [Re: Lucis]
#22231957 - 09/13/15 02:06 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Fennario said: When I am cycling I don't think about ripping downhill at 40+mph on my bike, it has to be done. When I am running on the side of the road I don't think about the car which could swerve into me, it's just part of it.
As other have said, it's mind over matter.
Cougars have been clocked at speeds of 40-50 mph.
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Mescalean
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The.artist.in.me said: makes sense, we have mountain lions around here and they freak me the fuck out, people see them all the time...which means mountain lions see people way more often.... speaking of such things, I am going for a hike up a mountain tomorrow... haha
we have them too. they like to jack the mountain bikers off their bikes. go right for that neck kill. which all felines teeth are designed to cut between i want to say its the 1st and 3rd vert. of their main prey relative to their size. You just feel 4 daggers puncture your neck and massive paws wrapping around you claws out ripping you up. big cats are gnarly
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