Just wondering if anyone has copped a fish to the face while kiting?
I witnessed a good friend of mine get belted in the face while surfing at Broken head once and it left quite a mark on his cheek (it was very funny). If you go sailing in the open ocean there are flying fish everywhere so I imagine it would be pretty normal to see them whizzing past, and get falconed by one occasionally?
do you class a Great White as a fish?
If you do, then I've had experience.
If you don't, then I can't comment.
I've been hit in the nuts with one... Wasn't an actual flying fish, just one that jumped out of the water.
Very funny for all watching at the time...
i got clobbered in the face by this massive fish.. was so fricken funny, i was laughing my head off lol
Laurie Byrne, who is a *** hot surf board shaper from Currawong, (nsw south coast) was surfing in Indo heaps of years ago and was hit whilst surfing a wave, The force, where it hit, was enough to paralyse his arm. He re learnt how to shape and now, quite a few WCT guys ride his boards. So, getting hit by a fish does happen. Getting struck by lightening would be higher!!!!!
I've been chasing after one of these birds and I touched the birds feathers while he was running away from me in the middle of the ocean.
And in return lots of times when I was packing my kite those damn seagulls crapped over me.
used to get fish on the tramp all the time when sailing catarmarans...
have come close to taking out a pelican with my kite, scared the bejeezus out of it
once had a tiny fish get stuck in my t-shirt when surfing
stabber you girl, so the internerds give you a red thumb, is it for the things you say or your p00fy bluesteel avartar photo...? who cares
H.T.F.U sunshine, you don't hear surfingboye sooking
Why, does surfingboye sometimes get red thumbs?
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Certainly very popular on the surfing forum
I saw a guy get hit in the face by a stingray while surfing along the wave at my local... Didnt hurt him but was a serious WTF moment.
Same place a guy who went to my school got killed by a bullshark...
croc bit the tail of my sea kayak
sorry. no pic, but can show you the stain in my boardies
When I was over teaching in Cape Verde/ Sal, heard of a windsurfer being impaled through the leg by one of the bigger species of flying fish there, called justly; exocets. Another guy had his rib broken by one. Amazing fish. They fly for up to 40metres or more. Good target practice.
A mate of mine was kitting allong and a stingray jumped out of the water and barbed him in is upper thigh! It left a massive hole in is thigh that took for ever to heal. He is now known by some as "stingray dave" pretty funny! sorry Bigwave.
Hi Guys,
I got hit in the chest by one whilst ocean yacht racing many years ago in the night. I wondered WTF had hit me for a few seconds, til we noticed the fish flipping around the cockpit floor.
It was a common task to have to go around the deck in the morning and throw all the dead flying fish back overboard so they wouldn't foul sheet ropes and winches and become something to slip on.
Amazing fish!
KH
i don't know whats better, the jumping fish, the brazilian rex hunt or the top gun music....
