It must be the year of the shark

No shortage of threads in the other rooms.

It's became a bigger debate then abortion.
Wait for the pro-cull or pro-life political party to pop up next.

No moaning about them back home, the boys just get on with it


A NEW Zealand man has survived being attacked by a shark: driving it off with his knife, stitching his own wound onshore and going to the pub for a beer before heading to hospital.
Junior doctor James Grant was spearfishing with friends near Colac Bay at the base of the South Island on Saturday when he was attacked by what he believed was a seven-gill shark.
The 24-year-old was in about 2m of murky water when he felt a tug on his leg, which he initially thought was a mate playing a trick on him.
"I looked behind to see who it was and got a bit of a shock," he told Radio New Zealand.
He didn't see the shark and had no idea how big it was. He thought it might have been about 20cm across the jaw.
However, he wasn't scared.
"(I thought) bugger, now I have to try and get this thing off my leg."
He already had a knife in his hand and stabbed at the shark.
"I am not sure how effective it was. I guess it let go so something must have happened, put a few nicks in it."
He quickly made it onto rocks on shore.
It wasn't until he took off the wetsuit - borrowed from a friend - that he saw the bites, up to 5cm long. He was thankful for the 7mm of wetsuit neoprene.
He gave himself stitches using a first aid kit he kept in his vehicle for pig hunts.
He and his friends then went to the Colac Bay Tavern, where he was given a bandage because he was dripping blood on the floor.
The stitching was finished off when he went to Invercargill Hospital, where he was back at work on Monday.

A good read Ted.
Love those old school stories.
Too many Nancy boys around these days.
Just get on with it I say.

^^^ yeah nearly as bad as in here with the pimp threads

But seriously it's the year of google.. Cause any ****wit with no idea can now type in a few words and suddenly think they're an expert in any subject , including sharks

A surfer was flown to hospital last night in a serious condition after being mauled by a shark off the Southland coast.

The man was bitten three times, reportedly by a great white, while he was surfing at Porpoise Bay, near Curio Bay, about 8.30pm.

Witness Nick Smart told the Weekend Herald late last night that members of the public rushed to help the man - who had managed to get back to shore on his own - before his friends realised what had happened.

"His friends helped him when he got to the shallow part and ... he was in a lot of pain and wasn't saying much. We rushed to give him blankets and there was a doctor holidaying on the beach who also helped."

He said: "I could see a cut in his wetsuit. It looked to be a 10cm gash in one leg."

Mr Smart, owner of Catlins Surf school, said a friend had witnessed the attack and had seen the shark which came up underneath the man and knocked him off his surf board.

"He reckoned it was a couple of metres long - he said the dorsal fin wasn't too big."

Inspector Murray Hurst, of police southern communications, said the man suffered serious lacerations to his upper legs, and lost a lot of blood.

He was flown by helicopter to Southland Hospital.

A large crowd gathered as news of the attack spread, including a doctor and nurse.

"It was good to have the doctor on the beach, there was that initial shock and he was definitely in pain."

The attack came as a shock to Mr Smart, although there were reports of a shark hitting a surfer in nearby Colac Bay a few weeks ago.

"I've surfed the bay thousands of times and done thousands of instructions and thought of it as safe as a church."

Nick Stratford, the owner of Curio Bay Accommodation, said he had lived in the area for many years and had never seen a shark while out surfing.

"There are a whole lot of dolphins around here, but this is the first time I've heard of a shark coming near here. Sometimes we hear of someone seeing them further out, while on their boats, but never close to the beach."

Last month a junior Southland doctor made headlines around the world when he stitched up a wound caused by a shark attack while fishing near Cosy Nook, off the south coast.

James Grant fought off the shark, believed to be a sevengill, before he treated his wound and his mates took him to the hospital.

The last fatal shark attack in New Zealand waters was Auckland film- maker Adam Strange, 47, who was killed at Muriwai, Auckland in February 2013.

Additional reporting: Otago Daily Times, APNZ

Fatal shark attack in SA today,spear fishermen.

Ohhhhhh too close to home for my liking. What colour were his boardies when he came in? I guess thats a good reason for surfing with the crowd. If there are 4 of you then its a 25% chance and if there are 200 (like a normal day at Snapper) then its 0.5%. However when there is only one

The Gen room has gone shark raving mad