Getting ready to load a patient on port side, not an easy thing to do, balance points are critical.
The K38 Way of training!
Shawn Alladio working the Mavericks Surf Contest 2010
Mavericks Water Patrol
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
K38 Rescue Water Craft Training
Looks easy, but its not at all, very difficult in fact..that is what makes the difference, when something looks easy, there is a lot of great effort applied to skill!
K38 SWRT
Here is a side view of a 3 person drill, the recovery of the patient with positive vessel control and stability...
K38 Swiftwater Training
Instructors are run through the paces on the American River, this is just one of the building blocks in the K38 Way of training.
Big Ben
Ben stays steady in the current vector, while his nose pearls on the Jet Ski, he maintains control and eases off the throttle ever so gently maintiaining his position...we love this kind of training.
K38 swiftwater
What does it feel like to ride on a rescue water craft through a current vector...these guys know...
K38 Instructor training class.
K38 Instructor training class.
K38 Cary Smith
Pic I took of Cary Smith taking his instructor swiftwater course on the American River, this is the technical confined op's through the current flow in the rock pile.
K38 John Alexiou
Pic I took of John at our K38 Instructor course on the American River near Placerville, California.
Mustang Survival Swiftwater Drysuit
I've been waiting a long time to see what Mustang Survival was going to produce with their new swiftwater drysuit. Tom Pohaku Stone and I attended the IBWSS in San Diego, and headed straight away to meet with Steve @ Mustang.
Needless to say, and I need to say, I loved it. It was better than I thought it would be. We found it to be lightweigth and efficient over any other suit in terms of movement that I have trialed before.
Can't wait for my order to come in!
Needless to say, and I need to say, I loved it. It was better than I thought it would be. We found it to be lightweigth and efficient over any other suit in terms of movement that I have trialed before.
Can't wait for my order to come in!
IBWSS Kawasaki On Water Demo
Mission Bay was the site location for the Kawasaki on water demos for the IBWSS membership.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
NSBC
National Safe Boating Council director Virgil Chambers, his wife Pamela Dillon and Tom Pohaku Stone after the opening ceremony for the International Boating and Water Safety Summit in San Diego, California, 2008 proceedings.
Cal Boating Director Ray Tsuneyoshi
Ray Tsuneyoshi provided the IBWSS membership a report on the California Department of Boating and Waterways programs and new projects. Ray is native Hawai'ian and introduced Tom Pohaku Stone from Kanalu K38 for the IBWSS traditional blessing in Hawai'ian that Tom provided. Ray is a friend of boaters not only in California but throughout the world, we are honored to call Ray our friend and colleague. Mahalo!
K38 Japan Instructors
Yoshimura rides the blue Kawasaki Jet Ski LX and Kazu rides the Kawasaki Jet Ski FX-15 in Okinawa during our USMC fire rescue training.
Swimmer's First!
USMC Fire Rescue team members prepare for a full PPE swim. It's one thing to swim, it's another to swim with all your gear, then swim carry a person, so that is exactly what we do. Swimmer First.
The K38 Krew
Simon, John Arakaki, Alladio, Kazu, Yoshi and Saito-san at the end of the 3 day class. The cert's were handed out, everyone was pretty tired and ready for John John's!
K38 Japan FIRE
K38 Way of training, progresses to a 3 person pick up recovery drill, this was yet another fanatastic training course held for USMC Camp Hansen Fire Rescue personnel in Okinawa.
K38 Sign Okinawa
Scott, you and John are really true road warriors!
You are elevated into the K38 Pirates! A distinguished place of humorous rogues, you are now elevated with your clever wit and resilience to get things done before they are finished.
Thanks for getting this pic, its historical and global!
K38 Pirates!
You are elevated into the K38 Pirates! A distinguished place of humorous rogues, you are now elevated with your clever wit and resilience to get things done before they are finished.
Thanks for getting this pic, its historical and global!
K38 Pirates!
K38 Japan FIRE Okinawa
Great training picture of B Shift on the second day of class, training in Okinawa, we had a really nice rain and wind storm come by and we trained until dark, a very long day. I really loved working with these people, they are incredible, and their leadership is really inspiring to me.
throwbag drill
K38 instructors getting drilled in the subtleties of throw bag etiquette on the American River.
k38 Swiftwater
Ben Granata from the K38 UK family, snapped this pic at the Chili Bar where I was teaching an instructor course on the American River. What a great place to train, will be going back again soon!
K38 SAKE
Japan had a lot of K38's available if one looked around, so we started collecting them...here our sake at a local dinner house brought the bottle much to my enjoyment!
K38 Japan Heavy Rescue 2
USMC Camp Hansen FIre.
Heavy Rescue 2 loads the JET SKIS after a full day of training during a storm in Okinawa.
Heavy Rescue 2 loads the JET SKIS after a full day of training during a storm in Okinawa.
K38 Japan FIRE class picture
USMC fire rescue RWC team members strike a pose in the class pic. Okinawa proved to be kind with warm water, clear depths and the best students ever. Here is the A shift in a moment of rest, which was unusual.
K38 Okinawa Class Photo
This is a group shot with B Shift from the USMC Fire rescue RWC team. We had a blast training in Okinawa, and a better time at John John's wih the crew.
K38 Japan USMC Fire
Heavy Rescue Unit 2, gets their rig ready to deploy their Jet Skis in Okinawa during the K38 training course. There was a tail end of typhoon weather that caught the island, lots of rain and winds, good for training
K38 Japan FIRE 1264
Shawn Alladio and Yoshimura at the Castle in Okinawa, taking a break from training
K38 Japan FIRE 1202
Yoshimura, Saito, Shawn and Simon.
Pic of us wearing the quakeysense sponsored apparell for the K38 Japan courses, this pic was taken in Okinawa April 2008.
Thanks to quakeysense and Hot Products, Maris and Kawasaki
Pic of us wearing the quakeysense sponsored apparell for the K38 Japan courses, this pic was taken in Okinawa April 2008.
Thanks to quakeysense and Hot Products, Maris and Kawasaki
Sea Doo Wake Board Edition PWC
PWC WAKE BOARD EDITION
I took these pictures at the Yokohama International Boat Show in Japan. This was at the Sea Doo display for their 2008 model line production units. They showcased their wakeboard edition PWC since the demographics have changed greatly in the past 10 years for users, this is one of the focus products of Sea Doo.
Always read the warning labels and abide by what the manufacturer recommends. These warning labels are for the safety of all the users.
The Ballast tanks are removeable in pieces. There is also a side holder for a single wakeboard on the port side of the craft. The extendable wake boarding line pole runs through the reboarding handle on the stern deck.
Water is run from the pump through water hoses, the deck of the plastic material has grooved texture for reboarding on the craft and sits snug inside the footwell and stern reboarding section of the craft in the aft section.
The drain plug is easy to open to remove the water from the tanks, it appears to be quite a simple system that is well fitted to the craft itself.
K38 Goes to Okinawa
K38 Okinawa 2008
USMC Camp Hansen Fire Rescue Training, April 2008
I arrived in Okinawa to the familiar tropical atmosphere of warm air currents and beautiful colored waters. I was soon to be working again with my team mates from K38 Japan to train the USMC based fire rescue personnel under the guidance of thier Chief (Eric) who worked diligently for several years to create the RWC (Rescue Water Craft) program.
B Shift Group Photo
Eric and Scott got the ball rolling and I got to play in their court. Our game was good. The players are solid. Six consecutive days of training, no complaints and the men are good to go!
A Shift Group PhotoTwo Shifts (A&B) were trained back to back with an K38 Open Water Rescue Boat Course, the course employed Kawasaki LX Ultra's and a STX 15 were used with Lifsleds.
Special Thanks to: K38 Japan instructors, MARIS, Plus One Marine Shop and the firefighters who serve you.
Sunday, April 06, 2008
K38 UK Swiftwater Instructors Course
K38 UK Swiftwater Instructors Course
Apr-6-08 12:07am
Apr-6-08 12:07am
Ben is working in the current vector, this was one of a myriad level of skill building drills that eventually would layer up to the real world situations that a water rescue professional would encounter.
All skills were developed to learn technical handling of the RWC (Rescue Water Craft). Most operators I have observed worldwide do not understand the difference between 'riding' and 'technical' use of a personal watercraft.
Essentially, due to this lack of knowledge and understanding, they run the liability risk of impact injury or equipment damage, and worse yet, a rescue or patrol attempt that creates unnecessary stressors.The K38 Way of Training.....a good foundation to build upon!Thanks again Ben!See you in Hawai'i!
Shawn
Shawn
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