Fark, shark!

[blamebrampton]

I'm guessing most people have seen Mick Fanning's escape from that shark at J-Bay in South Africa. If you haven't, the video is below, but I warn you, it's not the sort of thing you want to watch if you're planning to go into the water this week.

Mick kicked and punched the shark and was able to get away, despite losing his board. Another surfer, Julian Wilson, started powering in towards him to get him onto his board, while jetskis and boats swiftly closed in on the two of them and hauled them out of the water while shark sirens blared and everyone else rushed onto dry land.

After the incident, Fanning realised his Mum must have been watching the broadcast and so went out in front of TV cameras so he could show her he was OK. Wilson was interviewed and started off with a standard courageous 'Well, it's just what you do, isn't it?' before he got further into the story and said 'and then the wave came up and I couldn't see him' and he dissolved into tears because he thought he'd just watched his mate die.

And I just want to give them a jolly big hug and call them good boys, if it wouldn't all sound as though I was being a middle-aged lady treating them like labradors.

Comments

[incandescent.livejournal.com]

I did see that! I particularly enjoyed his contained terror as he beat that shark back. I mean, I thought he really kept ahold of himself, considering.

They were so sweet. My poor slashy brain kept telling me they had to be sleeping together or at least in the throes of UST before I smacked it soundly and told it to stop.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

He did everything right, but I'd be amazed if he got a good night's sleep this week. Still, it must be nice for him to see how much all his fellow surfers love him. They're good lads! Good bronzed lads with tousled hair and homoerotic subtext;-)

[incandescent.livejournal.com]

Oh man, I'd forgotten the bronzing...