HEADING INTO TODAY OUR OFFICIAL
STATEWIDE TOTAL STANDS AT
26,906.
THE TIME NOW IS 8:04.
AMAZING RESCUE TEAM BECAUSE
OCEAN SAFETY IS HOSTING TRYOUTS
TO EXPAND THEIR OHANA.
THAT'S RIGHT, DALLIS
ONTIVEROS JOINS US LIVE THIS
Reporter: GOOD MORNING,
KRISTINE AND KELLY.
THAT'S RIGHT, THE TRY-OUTS ARE
RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER,
FEBRUARY 26TH RIGHT NOW TOWER 1
B.
TO GIVE YOU MORE INSIGHT ON WHAT
TO EXPECT, BEER JOINED BY ONE OF
THE LIFEGUARDS FROM OCEAN
SAFETY.
THIS IS MELANIE.
GOOD MORNING, ALOHA, MELANIE.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
MY NAME IS MELANIE BARTELLS.
Reporter: HAPPY TO HAVE YOU
HERE.
YOU'RE ONE OF THE VERY FEW WOMEN
APART FROM OCEAN SAFETY THAT IS
A LIFEGUARD.
WHAT MADE YOU WA WANT TO JOIN IN
THE FIRST PLACE?
WHAT MADE WE WANT TO JOIN,
BEING A LIFEGUARD, IS WE HAD A
COUPLE IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN OUR
LIVES THAT WE LOOKED UP TO AND
INSPIRED US AND THERE WERE TWO
OF THE MOST BEST WOMEN
LIFEGUARDS THAT STARTED, FIRST
STARTED OFF.
THEY ARE BOTH FROM THE WEST SIDE
AND THAT'S WHERE I'M FROM.
THERE WERE HAMMERS IN AND OUT OF
THE WATER AND THEY JUST PAVED
THE WAY FOR US AND GAVE US HOPE
TO ONE DAY WE CAN DO THIS JOB
TOO AS WELL.
Reporter: ABSOLUTELY.
AND BEING A WOMAN IS VERY
IMPORTANT TO HAVE MORE YOUNGER
GIRLS.
YOU GUYS CAN ACTUALLY MAKE THIS
GOOD TO HAVE BALANCE IN OUR
DEPARTMENT AND TO HAVE MEN AND
WOMEN SIDE BY SIDE, YOU KNOW, IN
THE OCEAN SAFETY JUST HELPING
PEOPLE AND DOING WHAT WE LOVE,
BEING AROUND THE OCEAN.
Reporter: ABSOLUTELY,
MELANIE.
YOU'RE PREACHING SO MUCH TRUTH
RIGHT NOW.
IT'S AWESOME YOU'RE FOLLOWING A
LEGACY TO GET TO INTO THIS.
PART OF OCEAN SAFETY ESPECIALLY
HEARING WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY.
REQUIREMENTS GO, LET'S TALK
ABOUT IT BECAUSE I KNOW THERE
ARE SOME CHALLENGES COME AROUND
FEBRUARY 26TH AND 27TH.
CAN YOU SHARE WITH THAT?
YEAH, SO WITH THIS TRYOUTS,
IT'S VERY FUN.
BEING PREPARED.
I GOT TO SAY MAYBE GET SOMETHING
REALLY HEALTHY TO EAT THE NIGHT
BEFORE, GET A GOOD NIGHT'S REST,
GET READY AND BE PREPARED TO DO
A COUPLE OF EVENTS.
THERE'S THREE EVENTS INVOLVED.
ONE OF THEM IS VERY CRUCIAL.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE ONE JUST TO DO
ANOTHER ONE.
SO THE ONE THAT I WOULD STRESS
ON TO PEOPLE TO PRACTICE FOR IS
THE PADDLE BOARD.
EVERYBODY UNDER ESTIMATES THE
PADDLE BOARD.
IT'S DIFFERENT FROM RIDING A
SHORT BOARD OR A LONG BOARD SO
BEING ABLE TO MANEUVER THIS
ESSENTIAL TOOLS WE USE IN
TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT AND BE
ABLE TO PADDLE AND ONCE YOU GET
PAST THAT, MAN, YOU'RE ON TO THE
NEXT PHASE AND IT'S VERY
EXCITING, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU
GET INTO THE RECRUIT TRAINING
CLASS.
YOU'RE IN FOR SOME FUN.
AND IT'S A GREAT THING TO BE A
PART OF AND TO BE ABLE TO MAKE
IT PAST THAT AND BE ABLE TO USE
THIS UNIFORM.
IT'S GRATEFUL AND YOU FEEL
REALLY GOOD.
YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE DOING
SOMETHING GOOD FOR YOUR
COMMUNITY AND FOR THE NEXT
GENERATION.
Reporter: ABSOLUTELY AND WE
SAW JOEY GIVE A GREAT
DEMONSTRATION ON HOW TO PRACTICE
WITH THAT PADDLE BOARD.
OF OCEAN SAFETY, ANY
RECOMMENDATIONS OR WHAT YOU CAN
DO TO PRACTICE?
PEOPLE ARE OVER HERE ALREADY.
THEY ARE TRAINING.
THEY ARE GETTING READY FOR THIS
THEY ARE WORKING ON THEIR
WEAKNESSES.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PADDLE
BOARD, YOU COULD ALWAYS RENT
BOARDS.
YOU CAN GET ONE FROM COSTCO AND
THEN RETURN IT AFTER YOU MAKE
THE TRYOUTS.
THAT'S ALWAYS GOOD.
YOU CAN COME DOWN TO THE BEACH
AND I'M SURE ANYBODY WILL BE
HAPPY TO LEND YOU A BOARD AND
YOU'RE DOING IT FOR A GOOD
THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD.
Reporter: MELANIE, YOU SAID
PART OF OCEAN SAFETY.
THANK YOU GUYS AND OCEAN
SAFETY.
IT'S GREAT TO BE A PART OF YOU
GUY'S FAMILY.
THANK YOU, AND KEEP THEM SAFE.
Reporter: IT'S ALL OHANA AND
ALOHA HERE.
WE'VE GOT ONE MORE LIVE
INTERVIEW ON WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN
IT COMES TO THE OCEAN SAFETY
TRYOUTS COMING UP IN THE NEXT
HALF HOUR BUT IF YOU WANT A
PREVIEW OF WHAT TO EXPECT, HEAD
OVER TO OUR WEBSITE KHON2.COM.
WE HAVE ALL OF THE INFO THAT YOU
NEED TO KNOW.
REPORTING FROM THE SCREEN HERE,
DALLIS ONTIVEROS, KHON2 NEWS,
WORKING FOR HAWAI'I.
THANK YOU, DALLAS AND THANK
YOU OCEAN SAFETY.
WE'LL HAVE THE DETAIL ON THE