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Kiter hit whale in San Francisco Bay

Postby Dave_5280 » Sun Jul 09, 2017 2:14 pm


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Re: Kiter hit whale in San Francisco Bay

Postby badgb21 » Sun Jul 09, 2017 2:58 pm

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Re: Kiter hit whale in San Francisco Bay

Postby Mitaka » Sun Jul 09, 2017 4:12 pm

badgb21 wrote:
Sun Jul 09, 2017 2:58 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ym6e3SAuyXg

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Re: Kiter hit whale in San Francisco Bay

Postby gbrungra » Sun Jul 09, 2017 6:00 pm

The liter seemed to take it pretty well.

I would have crashed and soiled my wetsuit...

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Re: Kiter hit whale in San Francisco Bay

Postby gbrungra » Sun Jul 09, 2017 6:01 pm

The liter seemed to take it pretty well.

I would have crashed and soiled my wetsuit...

Rail slide? No... Whale Slide!

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Re: Kiter hit whale in San Francisco Bay

Postby pj sofine » Mon Jul 10, 2017 3:02 am

Good thing he wasn't on a foilboard,he'd be out buying some extra freezers.

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Re: Kiter hit whale in San Francisco Bay

Postby gbrungra » Mon Jul 10, 2017 5:23 am

pj sofine wrote:
Mon Jul 10, 2017 3:02 am
Good thing he wasn't on a foilboard,he'd be out buying some extra freezers.
On that note, what's the biggest animal ever killed by a foilboard? Probably not a humpback whale...

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Re: Kiter hit whale in San Francisco Bay

Postby POACHER » Mon Jul 10, 2017 4:35 pm

MEAT RAMP!

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Re: Kiter hit whale in San Francisco Bay

Postby Toby » Tue Jul 11, 2017 4:43 pm

this is truly amazing...but hope the whale is ok !

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Re: Kiter hit whale in San Francisco Bay

Postby Bletti » Tue Jul 11, 2017 7:08 pm

gbrungra wrote:
Mon Jul 10, 2017 5:23 am
pj sofine wrote:
Mon Jul 10, 2017 3:02 am
Good thing he wasn't on a foilboard,he'd be out buying some extra freezers.
On that note, what's the biggest animal ever killed by a foilboard? Probably not a humpback whale...
Not with that attitude... :lol:


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