Dateline: Sunday, June 26, 2016. We began today's mission at the Ocean Park/SMS parking lot behind SMS Tower #27... and walked out to Tower #28 and down to Venice to just south of the Venice Pier and made our flip turn at Buccaneer and then returned to SMS Tower #28... Here are the photos and videos of this reconnaissance mission...
SMS Tower #26, below...
And at Tower #28, it looks like the responsible OL is washing his windows!...
... and it is none other than veteran LACo OL/Ph.d., Mike Peoples!...
We stopped and said hi to Mike and he told us about the huge troth and inshore holes between Tower #28 and #27...
A set wave breaking below off of Navy St. in Venice...
Welcome to Venice!...
Arriving at Rose Ave. next... we can see how the recent storm swells have carved out the sand so that the ramp is literally on the precipice!...
Working Rose Ave. is OL Wes Hatfield...
Looking down the Rose Ave. ramp into space....
*** Video Alert ! ***
Rose Ave Tower Ramp Into Space: The Video
https://youtu.be/XlRZxg31Xtc
... meanwhile at Brooks Ave, we find OL Jack Baghamian watching the water...
Walking on toward the Breakwater, we notice one of our Baywatch rescue boats on scene outside the surf line along a huge rip current...
*** Video Alert ! ***
Baywatch At The Breakwater: The Video
https://youtu.be/DYXIOak7n2k
The Breakwater crew, L2R: OL Anto, OL Jordan, and Capt. Josh Rosenstein...
Below, (Aqua) Moose Racing in the Avenues...
Below, on a foot patrol out of Ave 23 is Rookie OL, Michael Bailey...
Working the Venice Pier tower, L2R, OL/Paramedic, Barry Snyder, and OLS Scott DeBoer
Under the Venice Pier...
As Buccaneer we say hi to OL Chris Smith who, when we asked about it, showed us his radio which allows him to listen in on the Lifeguard frequency in Central Section... gotta get me one of these...
... and then we made our flip turn at Buccaneer and headed back in the direction of Santa Monica...
Below, OL Jacob Smith setting up his signs and flags at N. Pier...
Below, at Ave 26 is Rookie OL Carlos Herrera...
Below, the Ave 23 guard on the berm...
... back up on the deck of his tower, below, is the Ave 23 guard...
Below, on the deck of his tower at Ave 21 is OL Colin Goddard...
While stopping to say hi to Colin, a couple of swimmers started to struggle between Ave 23 and Ave 21 and both guards converged and hit the water...
*** Video Alert ! ***
Rescue At Ave 21: The Video
https://youtu.be/X181sAqYn0A
Below, at Ave 19, it looks like veteran OL, Charlie Patch, heading toward the water...
Below, at Ave 18 is OL Brandon Saliba...
We stopped and said hi to Brandon at Ave 18 and decided to take a swim... and got our GoPro camera ready and then a rip current started to pull off of Ave 19 and OL Charlie Patch hit the water with Brandon backing him up and so we just started videotaping it...
*** Video Alert ! ***
Prevents & Rescues In The Avenues: The Video
https://youtu.be/yq0ZMI6v6G0
after our swim, we headed in the direction of the Breakwater...
North of the Breakwater we see OL Roald Marcova waving his rescue can on the berm with OL Max in the back ground walking toward his tower at Westminster...
Below, OL Max, making preventions...
OL Jack Baghamian, below, with his rescue can up and visible...
Meanwhile at Thornton is Rookie OL, Helene Miles, who we saw graduate from the Lifeguard Academy just a week ago and she's now on schedule in Venice...
Next, we arrived back at Rose Ave and got another shot of OL Hatfield on his ramp from probably 30 plus feet below near the water's edge...
Next up, it was Navy St., where we found OL Berris and OL Ward, two of our lady ocean lifeguards...
Returning to SMS, we find veteran OL, Justin Kirby, spot us from a couple hundred feet off...
same went for OL Nick Sullivan and OL Mike Peoples, below, at SMS Tower #28... who spot me from a couple hundred yards off with my camera...
all smiles at SMS Tower #28, L2R: OL Mike Peoples and OL Nick Sullivan...
and then we get a surprise... on the sand, off duty but still watching the water, below, L2R, Captain Angus Alexander (Ret.) and OL (Ret./Attorney, Chris Monahan...
These two guys, Sullivan and Peoples, are all over it and watching the water at Tower #28...
*** Video Alert ! ***
SMS Tower #28: Rips & Lateral Currents
https://youtu.be/5JFfaH2HbUQ
Below, Mike Peoples returning from his double wet prevent...
*** Video Alert ! ***
Mike Peoples, American Hero: The Video
https://youtu.be/A4dKghJJKuA
Below, OL Mike Peoples with OL (Ret.), Chris Monahan, who stopped by to say goodbye before heading home with the wife and kids...
We also packed it in and headed out...
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Until next time.....
"County Recurrent" News
http://CountyRecurrent.blogspot.com
(All photos and videos by & Copyright Will Maguire 2016.)
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