How common are shark attacks on kiteboarders?
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perroloco
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How common are shark attacks on kiteboarders?
I've been kiteboarding in a lagoon as a begginer. Now as an intermediate I'm heading for the ocean. I kiteboard in Acapulco Mexico and 300 km away in Zihuatanejo there have been numerous shark attacks on swimmers, two of them fatal. How common are shark attacks on kiteboarders?
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Re: How common are shark attacks on kiteboarders?
or how about your chances of being gunned down by a mexican drug lord..... probably a lot more chance of that happening....
I like to think Sharks dont like the sound a kitesurf board makes when it hits the water.... in Capetown there are loads of great whites about - and no kiter has been attacked...
so i think you are pretty safe, riding and doing jumps....
then again if you lose your board.... then you are dangling in the water like a tasty piece of bait like the ones the shark cage diving boats hangover the side .... easy pickings.
dont lose your board......
I like to think Sharks dont like the sound a kitesurf board makes when it hits the water.... in Capetown there are loads of great whites about - and no kiter has been attacked...
so i think you are pretty safe, riding and doing jumps....
then again if you lose your board.... then you are dangling in the water like a tasty piece of bait like the ones the shark cage diving boats hangover the side .... easy pickings.
dont lose your board......
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Re: How common are shark attacks on kiteboarders?
if u r too paranoid or a fraid, just install a shark shield on your board or on u and u ll be safe. usually for surfers and divers but well, if u lose your board and hang around sharks, u might want a shark shield lol or try to bodydrag faster than the shark can swim =)
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Re: How common are shark attacks on kiteboarders?
I don't think there has been a shark attack on a kitesurfer, at least I know of no reports, correct me if I'm wrong.
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Re: How common are shark attacks on kiteboarders?
The only sharks i've seen at our local spot are the boys on a night out in Lynn....
I've only seen them attack hippos and manatees though...
I've only seen them attack hippos and manatees though...
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Re: How common are shark attacks on kiteboarders?
Back in the 90's a mako attacked a guys board in a race. Can't remember the exact place, but I think it was South Africa.
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Re: How common are shark attacks on kiteboarders?
This is the one. It may be the only attack recorded and was a bite on the board.pebbles wrote:Back in the 90's a mako attacked a guys board in a race. Can't remember the exact place, but I think it was South Africa.
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http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1 ... 80S6212766