OCBP oversteps its bounds

lifeguards are gay.
same thing basically happened to me in seaside 15 years ago.
go down to their gay 'headquarters' tomorrow morning and confront them with what they did and how wrong it was.
i did that and they never showed up in court,and i got out of even appearing before a judge=no court costs or anything.
then be stoked that you have a ticket from a cop for 'failure to obey lifeguard.'

 

So you have lived here for 14 years and you didn't turn around once and see two giant yellow lifeguard stands and fflags? Not to mention that you would prob know that surfing is not allowed between 10 and 5:30. And now your whining about a $50 fine? I don't know man your storydoesnt make that much sense.

 

That does sound lame as ****. A lot of these lifeguards are college dudes who just come out for the summer for a job. Thats it. You'll be surprised that a lot of these guys aren't even residents of your town or whatever town they happen to be guarding in. Didn't you call them out on why they didn't identify themselves as lifeguards?


And Beachbreak not trying to get all pc on you, but are you going for some kind of record to see how many times you can call things[having nothing to do with sexuality] gay?

 

uh,the definition of 'gay' has changed since it meant happy,then ****sexual,and lifeguards are gay

 

Yea dude obviously I sponge, but I know about the surfing beaches. I was out at the same spot earlier that day with my buddy who rides a shortboard. He went down to 47th-46th, I stayed with a pack of younger spongers on 48th, I stayed right up on the flag. Gotta recognize your position in the water, you weren't paying attention.

 

When I was a guard (and no I'm not gay) we were required to carry a can when we went into the water. There was never a mistake then.

 

Sorry, but I have to agee with Moose. After about a week, you know surfing beaches, swimming beaches, lifeguard shifts, etc. 14 years.... since i didnt paddle out there, i didnt know that it was the surfing beach that day You didn't notice anyone on surfboards?? Come on dude... The guard should have identified himself as BP, but oh well. Good luck

 

It should have been obvious, as others have said, since you can only surf in a defined area. You should have heard whistles too as no doubt they were whistling at you before they swam out and said something. The lifeguards can be a hastle, but you never know when you will need them, so show respect. On that note some are harder to show respect to than others.

 

ditto.

i didn't carry a can when i went out to "play" but i certainly made sure to take one when doing something "official".


& just b/c you don't like something doesn't make it "gay". as i tell my students, "gay" is not a synonym for "stupid".

 

Sounds like they were doing there job to me, you were boogie boarding in one of the designated surf zone. You can sponge anywhere, why would you want to be where all the surfers are? It is so obvious the area is zoned for surfing only.

What is annoying is how some lifeguards make you wait until exactly 5:30 pm before you can paddle out versus others. I was waiting to paddle out, it was 5:25 pm, I could see many surfers paddling out a few streets down and it was not the surf zone so I ran down to the water and started to paddle out. The lifeguard whistled at me and made me get out, there was no one in the water. I pointed up the beach at the other surfers, but he still would not let me go until exactly 5:30!!!

 

even thought that maybe you could've just asked if you could paddle out rather than just assuming? i'd bet that if you had, the guard would've been fine w/ it. he prob. kept you out just to make a point. it WAS, technically, still "guarded hours" when surfing is prohibited.

 

Yeah, out of town guards operate differently. They should never be disrespecting surfers. That 5:30 stuff is BS. I get it, they do that everywhere, but if no one is out... Come on. Thats lame.

And although I agree with most people who are saying that this guy "should have known" about the surf beaches, if some lifeguard is out "surfing" he is not on duty. Now, if a guy in bright red trunks paddles out from the beach on the giant 12 foot labelled "LIFEGUARD" board and tells you to do something... Then you listen. This is a guard, who is on duty. If ANYONE is out already surfing in the zones, they have NO AUTHORITY whatsoever. Same goes for my area. I know the life guards. And just because you are on your "break" from work and you paddle out. You get NO PREFERENCE. You dont get a free spot in the line up. You will NOT drop in on me. They are citizens when they are in the water. When they are on duty, on land and come out and command something. You must respect them back and listen... But if ANYONE talked to me the way this guy said they did, I would have reacted the same way. Tell em to fu** off. You should have paddled back south, but still cuss them out first. Sounds like they cried wolf and then ran in to get backup, because they were kids with big mouths and no balls... If you wanna paddle up and threaten someone, you better carry it out or else you are just a little bi**h. Thats funny to me that they paddled in and got help. Clowns.

 

i always find theres a break breaking better than the surfing beach. why would you sponge in a crowded surfing beach when you can be anywhere?