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THE FINALS OF THE 2015 ICF CANOE FREESTYLE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN OTTAWA RIVER, ONTARIO, CANADA!
When Mr. Whitey looks up at the dark silhouette of a kayak against a sun-lit sky, his micro-sized brain does not always decipher that the plastic boat isn’t something to eat.
Or that the person in a wetsuit is not a shark mint.
That’s when that biting thing can happen. Darn. And here we were having such a good time.
I admit, the possibility scares me.
In the next two months, all the factors seem aligned for increased chances of great white shark encounters and attacks off the Bay Area coast.
El Niño factor: This past week, 17 miles off San Francisco, the ocean temperature … More
A jet boat driver and his navigator were lucky to walk away from a spectacular crash on the Gold Coast today – but somehow still managed to crack a joke after the high-speed crash and flip.
Driver Anthony Giustozzi and navigator Lachie Warner were roaring along during the V8 superboat champs just south of the Gold Coast, when the incident occurred.
Speeding around the course in a machine that can reach 100km/h in two seconds, the pair clipped the edge of the course during a turn, sending the boat into the air before it flipped three times.
As they pirouetted through the air, Warner’s hand flailed around helplessly before the boat slid to a halt on a bank upside down.
As helpers arrived, hurriedly shouting at each other to get the pair out, Giustozzi and Warner gave an unexpected reaction, laughing together before Giustozzi told the worried crew: “All good boys, just flip us over.”