<\/p>\nThe Redondo Beach City council is determined to make city parks nothing more than glorified public lawns with their new “Fun and safety rules.”<\/p>\n
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No barbecues, no shade tents, no dogs, no skateboarding, no smoking, etc., etc.<\/p>\n
No barbecues in a park? <\/p>\n
What fascist city council ass wipe came up with that one?<\/p>\n
The world is now so perfect, that politicians are going after barbecuing, trying to condition us to the tyranny of a totalitarian state.<\/p>\n
The Divevets tried to get a permit, but the request was denied.<\/p>\n
The ironic thing is, there were two shade tents up for an event called “Boarding for Breast Cancer” and the parking lot was full of skateboarders, who were – yes – skateboarding around the parking lot, dodging cars.<\/p>\n
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Someone must have gotten their palm greased somewhere in the city.<\/p>\n
Anyway, the diving event:<\/p>\n
Conditions were spectacular!<\/p>\n
The barren seascape of Veterans Park was visible up to 30 feet!<\/p>\n
It’s been years since conditions were this good.<\/p>\n
Logged SCUBA Dive #393<\/p>\n
Solo Diving
\nVeterans Park, Redondo Beach, CA<\/p>\n
In With: 2800 psi
\nOut With: 1200 psi
\nMax depth: 84 feet
\nWaves: Flat
\nVisibility: 20 to 30 feet – no joke!
\nWater Temperature: 53 degrees
\nAir Temperature: 72 degrees
\nTotal Bottom Time: About 35 minutes<\/p>\n
I had a small pumpkin and carved it in 25 feet of water – I did a quick carve job of a pirate, using the store’s label as the eye patch.<\/p>\n
This “Pumpkin Carving Contest” is so rigged, I figured I will just enter a token pumpkin and stay for the beer and dive company.<\/p>\n
I continued on, down the shelf.<\/p>\n
The visibility was the best I’ve seen in a long time; I wish there was just more to see other than blocks, sand, crabs and other divers.<\/p>\n
Still no camera yet – so there’s no pictures.<\/p>\n
The pictures that you see on this post are actually from a cheap disposable Kodak film camera – how 20th Century.<\/p>\n
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The “Ass Grab” Pumpkin.<\/p>\n
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Underwater Carved Pumpkins.<\/p>\n
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The winners line up!<\/p>\n
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The Whole group.<\/p>\n
Dan was not their to interfere with the Judging, which meant that ECO Dive Center kicked the Divevets asses.<\/p>\n
As always, Professional Debriefer Paul has captured the moment:<\/p>\n