Two Words!... Stingray Shuffle!

Stingray victim, Santa Monica South, August 23, 2013 at Tower #22

The stingrays are all over the place. Multiple hits or stings on Santa Monica South in the past couple of weeks.  Even one of L.A. County's finest recurrent beach lifeguards got hit on the foot at Dockweiler on his very first step after finishing a long swim on a workout the other day...

Stingray injury, close up

So we strongly encourage everybody to do the shuffle, the stingray shuffle, that is...  Move them feet side to side if you can, rather than stepping or running through the shallows.

And the remedy or fix is still hot water, as hot as you can tolerate, with one lifeguard attesting to how good the hot water feels.

Incident Report preparation, post treatment

Be careful out there!...

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The Hopkins Salute... along SMS

(Photos by & Copyright Will Maguire 2013.)

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Are you ready for Labor Day Weekend?...

This guy is!

Have a safe and fun weekend...

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Monday Morning Sunshine...

Santa Monica Canyon/Will Rogers State Beach

 ... there's a fog bank out there somewhere if the last week's weather is any indication but for now "the coast is clear!"...

Dateline: Santa Monica, California

Monday, August 26, 2013 at approx. 10:30 a.m. from the bluffs along Palisades Park above Santa Monica North...

 

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(All photos by & Copyright Will Maguire 2013.  All Rights Reserved.)

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Summer sunshine returns...

Will Rogers State Beach, Tower #18, Thursday A.M., August 22, 2013

Perhaps it was this week's Blue Moon, but the overcast and fog plaguing our coast lately has been replaced by beautiful blue skies and the sun is out!  Big time!...

•  Wear your sunscreen.  Know your SPF!  Cover up!

 x-ref:  http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/27/the-new-rules-for-sunscreen/?_r=0


•  And perhaps have a salad that could prevent sunburn...

Custom "County Recurrent" Watch The Water Salad from California Monster Salads

x-ref:  http://countyrecurrent.blogspot.com/2013/07/can-salad-prevent-sunburn.html

(Story and photos by & Copyright Will Maguire 2013.)

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John "Matty" Matesich Retires! San Pedro In Shock!...

Photo courtesy of Richard Mark. Photo by & Copyright Charmaine Mark 2013.

Say it ain't so!...

Just in via the lifeguard grapevine...

John "Matty" Matesich announced his retirement at the recent annual Cabrillo area party on Aug. 14th in San Pedro, Calif.  Matty (with a "y"), age 75, has been a recurrent lifeguard for the last 57 years.  Due to his recent knee replacement, he felt he could no longer perform the duties required of an ocean lifeguard.  In attendance were many of the local retired South Bay lifeguards: Ed Nelson (57 years), Chick McIlroy (56 years), Joel Gitelson (51 years), John Burich (48 years), Bob Bartlett (48 years), Vic Pappas (45 years), Kenny Atkins (40 years), Scott Linkletter (37 years), Mark Lozano (36 years), and Ed Butts (43).  Presenting Matty with the Bronze Savage was Richard Mark and Hal Dunnigan (57 years). 

Matty's next big event will occur during Mardi Gras in February, 2015 when he will be crowned King Argus XXXI.  If you have never been to New Orleans, here is your opportunity.

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We wish Matty a healthy and happy retirement that he truly deserves. Hopefully, he might do a bit of traveling now too...   :-)

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Editor's note:  Little did we know when this photo below was taken on Day #1 of the recent USLA National Lifeguard Championships in Manhattan Beach on Thursday morning, August 8th that Matty would be retiring the following week... or maybe it was Chief Bob Burnside (Ret.) telling Matty to hang up his trunks and join him in Utah for all that powder skiing...

Photo by & Copyright Will Maguire 2013.

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Close ups from the 2013 USLA National Lifeguard Championships

Tyler "Superfly" Contarsy leads in the Run-Swim-Run...

August 8 - 10th, 2013.   Below are the shots which we made separate close ups of which we hope you will enjoy as much as we have.  The 2013 USLA National Lifeguard Championships were just held in Manhattan Beach, Calif. and the adult competitions over these three days were absolutely spectacular!  These are just a few of the photos which we especially liked.  Enjoy!

Day #1: Thursday, August 8, 2013

Day #2:  Friday, August 9, 2013

 

 Day #3: Saturday, August 10, 2013

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