Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Strafing Venice South...


Dateline: 0830 hrs... Tuesday morning, Sept. 27, 2016, at Venice South... for a short soft sand run to the Venice Pier from the Venice Garage plus a swim at Ave 26... with a camera in hand, of course.....

No sooner did we start our run than we saw an off duty OLS heading back to the Venice Garage before his shift.....  Do you recognize him?  Clues: his wife is a recurrent and an attorney and he prefers an IPA, albeit, off duty...



Yessiree... near head high at the Venice Pier...


And then along came the Venice South OLS, Scott DeBoer.....


Below, a local zigzagging his way to the Pier for a surf session...


Below, a beach patron points to the ocean and asks the lifeguard if that is the Pacific Ocean...  :-)


note: Full Disclosure... actually, off duty LACo OL Toby Contarsy wanted to know what happened to the Red Flag Buoy off of Ave 26?... which went missing late last week.....

Back at the Venice Garage.....


Below, left to right, OL Bill White checks out a paddleboard and Assnt. Lifeguard Chief, Fernando Boiteux, is in the background fielding a call on his mobile...


Bill is working Navy St. today and will be driving the Honda ATV at right below (aka, the "side by side")... which we think needs another nickname.  Any ideas?... Can't call it the HONDA because of the Honda pwc/jetski at left below...


And one more for the road... have a look at this set wave at the Venice Pier with no one on it!.....


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Until next time.....

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(All photos by & Copyright Will Maguire 2016.)

Rookie Pier Jumper

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Monday, September 26, 2016

Monday Morning at CSHQ and SMS...

Dateline: Monday morning, Sept. 26, 2016... we checked in at CSHQ around 10 a.m. for a quick off duty workout and bumped into OL Ben Gottlieb taking a call (and a High Five off camera) from his fan base congratulating him on his second place finish in the Catalina to the Mainland 2 man dory race yesterday along with his dory partner, Rookie OL, Conor Verjee.  Then we hit the beach for an off duty foot patrol to SMS Tower #26 for a swim...



Below, OL Hannah SVO at SMS Tower #20...




Below, OLS Alex Vicente watching the water...




Hey Hannah!...




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(All photos by & Copyright Will Maguire 2016.)

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Sunday, September 25, 2016

Venice Portraits...

Dateline: Late morning, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016 along Venice Beach...  and in case you were wondering it was HOT HOT HOT!!!  Air temps in the 80's on the sand as in scorching dry heat...  Plus the swell was still showing itself with surf at approx. 2 - 3 foot with some very nice shape at Ave 26, though closed out along Venice North and SMS for the most part...  You might be thinking, "Prove it!"...  OK, here is the photographic and video evidence for your consumption and enjoyment...





















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Ave 26 Reconn: The Video

     https://youtu.be/YuJ3HvuvXws






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Code 3 At Ave 26: The Video

     https://youtu.be/dlJc-5dnXag








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(All photos and videos by & Copyright Will Maguire 2016.)

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