tha thanks. right below you. right below you! that s a great shot! there s a shark. i think they like my feet. they like it. it s exactly what he went for. they re staying deep and they re coming up and hitting. just keep pulling them out, you know. i ve already had two bumps now that have been pretty deliberate. they look like they re getting a little bit more fired up what was that ? jimi, hello. thank you so much for joining me this afternoon for a chat. it s lovely to have you. it s a pleasure! it s a pleasure! this is the perfect time to do things like that, now that we re all at home. what makes you love working with sharks and going back year over year? the sharks, really. it s also a lifestyle, which i m slightly addicted to it, perhaps. nothing wrong with that, jimi. next question, have you ever been attacked or bitten by a shark? no, i don t think i have? well, definitely nothing serious. nothing serious. it s early. all right. ready? so in th
did the snout touching. he just he was a new man. that night, we had a lot of fun. we were so happy for jimi. he seemed to rejuvenated. oh, this is crazy! oh, this is insane! don t push me! oh, that is horrible. i know jimi very well. i ve been working with the guy for nine years now. and i would say i would know if something was obviously wrong. i didn t notice anything that morning. something was definitely
there s three now here. and these sharks are so big. they re larger than the submarine. that one s a male. right on us! this one is really interested in us. i was loving it. i was thinking, this is great. we re getting the most insane footage ever! oh, look at this one coming in! wow, big female! huge shark on the sub. oh, he just hit it with her tail. oh, she s gaping. she s all over it. oh, hey, girl! she bumped us! i was just enjoying the ride. i kind of lost where i was for a second. huge shark here. whou! this was jimi s defining moment. he got to experience these animals like no one ever had before. wow, look at this thing. i mean, to be this close to a great white shark at such great depth is just an unbelievable feeling. we obviously know and he
knows, which is obviously tough, is that he s not going to be able to dive again. that s definitely a no-no. obviously, when we first found out that news, it was not good. and it was really tough. but sharks just have to be a part of his life. so he can still swim with the sharks at the top of the water. he can still go down in his subs. so it s just about adapting now. put the light on for a second. oh, wow! wow! we were just devastated by what happened to him. but it s moments like this, memories like these that pull you through. jimi, he ll be back. i know it. whoa!
he was telling me on the flight, he was gung ho for this. what s up, jk! let s do this, guys. let s do this! are you ready? let s do it! and nicky shifl was on the trip to not only bait the sharks, but also to watch our backs, because the sharks in new zealand, they are not only some of the biggest, but they re also the most unpredictable sharks in the world. so after a year stuck at home, a 13-hour flight, a two-week quarantine in auckland, two more flights, and a two-hour ferry ride, jimi was now finally getting his chance to dive with great whites again.