County Recurrent

Sunday, October 2, 2016

Surf Trip to California in a 1960 Studebaker!...

Dateline: Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016 at Will Rogers State Beach at Tower #15... shortly after I arrived at Tower #15 an hour early at 10 a.m. to take an off duty swim, a couple of young surfers arrived and set their boards down on the berm along with an ice cooler and beach towels..... it turns out that these two young dudes were surfing ALL DAY!... with some breaks for cokes and sandwiches in between..... How do I know? Because as I got to my car just after I got off duty at 7 pm, there they were tying their boards to the roof of their 1960 Studebaker!!! with Oregon plates!!!

Tris and Kaleb were their names and they were from Klamath Falls, Oregon!... and they had hit the road a week or so earlier bound for So. California to surf! The Studebaker was solid underneath the hood with Tris explaining that he had rebuilt it all and it was "good to go!"... It was a classic vehicle with its original interior, as well as it's, albeit faded, original exterior paint. These guys were also sleeping in it at night. Definitely, a great surf trip and memory for these young lads.

I took a few photos and a video of their car with their consent and here they are for your enjoyment.

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1960 Studebaker Surf Buggy: The Video

https://youtu.be/qxWAK5rZQWQ

I sure hope to see them again on their next surf trip so we can point them to some other SoCal surf spots!... I also told them that they were smart to take this surf trip together at their age and they smiled and said that back home their family was not so happy about So Cal. surf trip!... Classic! :-)

As I pulled away and they finishing up securing their board to the roof of their car, I yelled to them, "Happy Trails!"..... (although I was left with the impression that they may not have heard that expression before...)

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(All photos by & Copyright Will Maguire 2016.)

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Central Section Recurrent Sauna & Jacuzzi...

Dateline: Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016... just past 12 noon, we notice for the first time that the framing has gone up on the much talked about and much delayed "Recurrent Sauna & Jacuzzi" out front of Santa Monica Lifeguard Headquarters that has been just a concrete slab since at least June 2016 and perhaps earlier.....

Shown here for the first time are photos and a sneak peek video inside the soon to be opened "Recurrent Sauna & Jacuzzi"... at least that is what one Veteran LACFD Lifeguard Captain told us when we asked him about the concrete slab this past June 2016...

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"Recurrent Sauna & Jacuzzi: The Video

https://youtu.be/FwwDvs4ISoU

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... to be continued.....

Until next time.....

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

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Boat Warning At Will Rogers Tower #15...

Dateline: Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016 at Will Rogers State Beach at Tower #15 at approximately 5:40 pm... after I had spent over an hour unsuccessfully trying to dig out the mystery boat line approximately 100 feet south of the jetty at WRHQ... the on duty lifeguard at Tower #15, Wadley, was on a foot patrol and noticed a small fishing boat drifting in too close to shore..... this occurred just after I had thrown in the towel, as it were, on the failed mission to unearth said mystery line... though OLS Pat O'Neil thinks it could be one of the Will Rogers workout buoy set ups with a 20 lb anchor..... either that or a lobster trap... according to OL Jeff McConnel (Ret.).....

In any case, while Wadley was signaling and whistling to the boat to move toward open sea, I trotted over to Tower #15 and asked for the area vehicle to assist in hailing said vessel...... and then I went back to the shore line to try to get the boat's attention as well... along with my camera.... here are the photos and the video to show for it.....

*** Video Alert !

Boat Warning At Will Rogers Tower #15: The Video

https://youtu.be/cb8PbOxM1uE

After grabbing my gear inside WRHQ, I noticed that one of the Baywatch rescue boats had approached the small fishing boat... We would love to hear the explanation for the fishing boat reversing its way out to sea with the bow line and anchor in tow!?... :-)

The fishing boat must have been o.k., however, because as the next photo shows... Baywatch heads toward MDR at a fast clip...

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

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Nautical Mystery At Will Rogers!...

Dateline: Saturday late afternoon, Oct. 1, 2016... approximately 100 feet south of the jetty at WRHQ at or about the zero tide line... we encountered a boat line securing "something" under the sand that we could not pull from the grasp of the sea!... There was a loop in the line and it appears to have once served some nautical purpose, albeit unknown to the undersigned... On a second foot patrol to the unknown mystery boat line loop we took a couple of photos of it so that our nautical savvy audience could opine as to what it could possibly be...

The Photos:

Anybody recognize these nautical boat lines?...

We are thinking of performing an off duty dig at approx. 1700 hrs this afternoon, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016 to see if we can unearth what is being held by the powers that be at the bottom of the sea...

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(All photos by & Copyright Will Maguire 2016.)

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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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(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...