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Chasing stingrays

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Created by Captash > 9 months ago, 14 Dec 2011
Captash
NSW, 29 posts
14 Dec 2011 2:17PM
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Had a great session yesterday at a flat water beach we call Andock Park. The blue line is about 250m out from the beach and the depth goes from knee deep to waist deep - perfectly clear water and an ideal spot for building skills on flat water.

There were lots of stingrays just sitting on the bottom in knee deep water and whenever I came near they'd shoot off and I'd chase after them. Even fully powered and cranking along they would leave me in the dust.

Anyway it was a great little game to kite toward them and see them take off. Such amazing creatures.

Oh, and we're not the only ones scared of our kite shadows, the rays get freaked out by them too:-)

Spacemonkey!
SA, 2288 posts
14 Dec 2011 3:06PM
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Yeah Steve Irwin thought that was an awesome game also.

wishy
WA, 1501 posts
14 Dec 2011 2:05PM
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Once you master one foot out boardoffs it's even more fun to do low 'hover-boosts' and tap boogeyboarders on the head with your foot.

harry potter
VIC, 2777 posts
14 Dec 2011 5:47PM
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I had a similar experience chasing baby/small sharks in the big lagoon ( Near Denham WA )

AS soon as the kite shadow was over them they would take off at an incredible rate waaay waaay faster than I could kite.

McSalty
VIC, 47 posts
14 Dec 2011 5:57PM
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Mate of mine got a barb to the thigh at Altona on Sunday - eeeesh!



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