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| SMS Tower #26 |
Dateline: Saturday, June 22, 2013.
Re: Beach Reconnaissance from SMS Tower #26 to Venice Pier, the Boardwalk, the Avenues and back...
Our mission late this morning into the early afternoon began at SMS Tower #26 at Ocean Park where we observed two brand spanking new rookies being trained by OLS Alex Vicente. The rookies were Manuk and Katia. With the inshore holes and a receding tide there were plenty of examples of rip currents and patrons struggling in the holes for Alex to point out to the rookies.
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| L2R: OL Rookie In Training, Manuk Hakobyan; and OLS Alex Vicente |
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| (At the bottom of the ramp, rescue can raised, OL Rookie In Training, Ekaterina "Katia" Shatalova) |
We then walked down to Venice along the wet sand passing veteran LACo ocean lifeguards on duty and in the Avenues observed rookie candidates (from the 2nd pod) currently in training working the beach and watching the water with their yellow rescue cans and their navy blue bathing suits.
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| Watch out for stringrays... |
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| Way to keep that Rescue Can up where it can be seen!... |
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| Veteran OL John Baltz all over the preventions on Venice North |
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| OLS Rebecca Gilman at the Breakwater looking lean and fit |
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| Rookie in training... |
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| Veteran OL Mike Janney, Ave-23, working the north end of his area and watching the water... |
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| Check out the berm in front of Division and Ave-23!... |
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| Rookies in training outside garage at Venice HQ/Division |
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| "The Aloha Bowl"... Amazing and Fresh!... |
Then we walked back to the Avenues from the south side of the Venice garage and saw OLS/Paramedic Josh Rosenstein leading infant cpr with the other half of the rookies who were testing in the garage while the balance of the class were on the sand...
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| Rookie in training on north side of Ave-23 watching the water... |
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| OL Hayk on duty in the Avenues! |
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| Gotta love a rookie in training with his rescue can held high! |
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| Four Yellow Cans!... |
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| Two rookies in the water making wet prevents and a couple of rescues! |
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| OLS Kevin Curtis supervising the rookies on the sand... |
Then we went back to the boardwalk... and then back to Ocean Park...
Below, some really cool decorative tiles by Venice Artist, Adrianne Klein...
*** Video Extra ! *** Venice Drummers: The Video
Back to Santa Monica South!...
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| Call Car heading toward Venice Code-3!... |
Summer is definitely in progress on Day #2 !
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(All photos and video by & Copyright Will Maguire 2013.)
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