County Recurrent

Monday, May 17, 2021

Audit #3: LACo OL Recheck Swim Course

Dateline: Monday morning, May 17, 2021 at the Training Center. Off duty reconnaissance of swim recheck course and my third practice swim. Today with the help of a small wave near the finish, I ducked under 10 minutes berm to berm in 9:45. Photos and video beforehand:

Video #1: Recheck Swim Course, 05.17.2021

----- Photos and video post-swim:

Video #2: Recheck Swim Course, 05/17.2021

Saturday, May 8, 2021

2021 OL Recheck Swim Course Audit, Saturday, May 8, 2021

Dateline: Saturday morning, May 8, 2021 at the Training Center in Manhattan Beach. Photos and videos both before and after I swam the course solo starting at 8:30 a.m. Opinion/Comment: The course as set this morning on an approx. 4 foot tide with solid surf seemed significantly longer than the prescribed 500 meters, perhaps by as much or more than 100 meters. Below are two photographs I took just before I swam the course at 8:30 a.m. this morning:

*** Video Alert: 2021 OL Recheck Swim Course Audit: Video #1 https://youtu.be/mQLluTHjBcI

--- Below, photo shot at 8:45 a.m. after I finished the swim course:

*** Video Alert ! *** 2021 OL Recheck Swim Course Audit: Video #2 https://youtu.be/qp2PzHsOE80

--- note: Video #2 shot post-swim at approx. 8:45 a.m. ======= --- There you have it. I have separately been informed that the course will "probably" be reset and measured prior to the next recheck date on Friday, May 21, 2021... #WeShallSee... --- In any event, I have since requested that the swim course "DEFINITELY" be reset and validated at 500 meters. --- Until next time..... "County Recurrent" News http://CountyRecurrent.blogspot.com *** *** *** *** ***

Thursday, April 8, 2021

Tower Audit-04.07.2021...

Dateline: Venice Beach and Santa Monica South, Wed, April 7, 2021...

__________ Until next time..... "County Recurrent" News http://CountyRecurrent.blogspot.com *** All photos by & Copyright Will Maguire 2021. *** =============================

Thursday, April 1, 2021

*Boiteux Out, DeGregori Back In!...

Dateline: April 1st, 2021 In a stunning development, effective, today, Acting Chief, Fernando Boiteux, has announced his retirement and will be returning to his homeland, Brazil, where he has been appointed Chief Lifeguard of Ipanema Beach. x-ref: https://youtu.be/_1uEy-n4IsU Additonally, effective immediately, Retired Lifeguard Chief Randy DeGregori, will be returning as Chief Lifeguard to insure continuity and to boost morale as the result of Boiteux's sudden retirement to Ipanema Beach. As part of the negotiations to bring DeGregori back, the County has ceded to several of DeGregori's demands, including: 1. All lifeguard personnel must "Get Wet Daily" rain or shine. GetFit waterproof ankle bracelets (to be worn 24/7 365 days a year) with GPS technology, and A.I. bio-data software will track in real time, the time, place, salinity, water temp., elevation, etc., of lifeguard personnel in this regard. x-ref: https://countyrecurrent.blogspot.com/2011/01/ocean-wet-daily-by-chief-randy.html 2. All lifeguard personnel must also surf on their on-duty workouts. In a deal struck separately with Costco, lifeguard personnel can pick up a soft top WaveStorm surfboard (sorry, no branded Jerry Lopez boards) at any Costco retail location or order same through the Costco website at no charge. 3. Retired OLS Nikki Hudson will return as Assistant Chief and will run the Training Center, including the daily 0600 hrs buoy swims and paddleboard drills for all Training Center staff, as well as all OL/OLS training modules, JG programming, etc. 4. Retired OL Arthur Verge, Ph.d, will return to full time active duty and will be installed as President in the newly formed recurrent bargaining unit, LACORLA (L.A. County Recurrent Lifeguard Assn.), composed solely of Ocean Lifeguards (aka, Recurrents), e.g., no OLS and no Chiefs allowed. 5. Monthly "Beat The Chief" pier swims, alternating from Northern Section (at Paradise Cove), Central Section (Santa Monica and Venice Piers) and Southern Section (Manhattan Beach and Hermosa) will be instituted effective April 2021. Each of these 0700 hr "Beat The Chief" pier swims will be followed by a beachside bonfire tended by LACoFD firefighters, hot water rinses in Sparkletts bottles tended by LACo Beaches & Harbors staff, as well as hot beverages, donuts and pastries catered by the LACo Board of Supervisors. We will continue to update this post as more information becomes available. Until next time..... "County Recurrent" News ++++++++++ ========== ---------- * = April Fools!... ======================== ========================

Saturday, March 27, 2021

Stories from SEA LEVEL, by Ed Vodrazka

Heads up, Ocean Lifeguards and Civilians!!!... This new book by State Ocean Lifeguard/LACo OL, Ed Vodrazka, is a great read. Highly recommended. I am reading it now on my iPad with its Kindle app. and it is a hoot. It is also profound. Goosebumps and tears too.

-------- Until next time..... Will Maguire, Editor "County Recurrent" News http://CountyRecurrent.blogspot.com *** No affiliation or sponsorship of Ed's book is intended or implied. It's just a good read. *** p.s. Below, a 2008 on duty photo of Ed with mustache at Zuma from the County Recurrent archives from a blog post dated 11.05.2010... excerpt: "Below, Ed Vodrazka 2008 at Zuma - with 'stache, and who also reported that, "My wife convinced me to shave it off after 35 years." Our condolences to you and your mustache, Ed!"