1 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:05,680 # Take me back to the sweet times 2 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:07,520 # The hot nights 3 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:09,480 # Everything is gonna be alright 4 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:11,520 # In the summertime 5 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:14,040 # Baby, in the summertime 6 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:15,640 # That is where I'll be. # 7 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:28,400 Every lifeguard will tell you, 8 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:31,720 patrolling Bondi Beach is in their blood. 9 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:35,120 But they don't all make a living saving lives. 10 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:36,400 Hello. Over there. 11 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:40,200 Part-timers also have jobs well away from the sand. 12 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:42,200 Reidy was once a garbo. 13 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:45,720 Harries, a flight attendant. 14 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:49,400 Maxi also works as a firefighter. 15 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:55,760 And Bondi's newest recruit, Mitch Palmer, 16 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:57,440 is a teacher. 17 00:00:57,440 --> 00:00:59,840 Thanks, buddy. On you get, over here. 18 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:01,720 I've been a primary school teacher now 19 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:04,000 for about four years. It's great working with kids... 20 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:05,040 Yippee-ay-yay! 21 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:06,840 ..'cause I feel like I'm a big kid anyway. 22 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:07,880 And action! 23 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:09,720 # Rocks in the treetops all day long... 24 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:11,160 I love listening to music. 25 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:13,080 # Rocking and a-bobbing And a-singing his song. # 26 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:14,160 I love just sitting in the buggy 27 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:16,200 and having a bit of a bop and sing along. 28 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:18,240 # Making my dreams come true. # 29 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:20,720 I've got a pretty eclectic taste in music. 30 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:22,560 I love a bit of '80s, a bit of '90s... 31 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:25,320 # Snoop Dogg! La-la, la-la-la. # 32 00:01:25,320 --> 00:01:27,480 ..a bit of traditional Irish music, 33 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:28,920 (IRISH FLUTE PLAYS) 34 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:31,600 ..and sometimes there's a bit of Mongolian throat singing 35 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:33,040 that gets thrown in there, as well. 36 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:34,880 (MONGOLIAN THROAT SINGING PLAYS) 37 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:43,680 I'm not sure about Mitch's singing, 38 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:45,520 but he's a great asset to the team. 39 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:47,240 Between the flags. 40 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:50,000 As a school teacher, Mitch knows how to talk to kids... 41 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:51,520 Boo! Argh! 42 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:52,680 ..and they love him, 43 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:54,760 so come school holidays, it's a great asset to have. 44 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:00,440 Today, the beach is packed with children. 45 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:02,600 What's your name? GIRL: Savannah. 46 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:06,680 Mitch and Mario are called to a young child in distress. 47 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:09,040 Yeah, we're going to find your mum. Come with us. 48 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:12,160 Come on. You can come and sit right next to me. OK? 49 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:13,200 Good. 50 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:15,040 I need help driving. Are you a good driver? 51 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:16,880 A really, really small girl was brought over to us, 52 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:18,240 knee high to a grasshopper, 53 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:21,240 lost her mum and visibly upset about that, as well. 54 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:29,360 She was really, really upset when she came over, 55 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:32,480 so it was just about trying to keep her really calm 56 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:35,760 and try and get some information from her about, you know, 57 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:38,000 what mum looked like and where she last was. 58 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:50,600 Every kid at that age, 59 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:52,280 you want to be older than what you are, 60 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:55,160 so a few questions like that can be a bit of a distraction. 61 00:02:58,080 --> 00:02:59,080 (WOMAN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) 62 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:04,240 Mitch's distraction technique pays off. 63 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:05,720 Yeah. Where were you? Over there? 64 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:11,040 Savannah calms down and the search begins. 65 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:14,280 What's your mum's name? 66 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:16,080 Serena. Zoeena. 67 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:17,640 Serena. Serena. 68 00:03:17,640 --> 00:03:19,640 Well, let's go and find Serena. Yeah. 69 00:03:19,640 --> 00:03:22,080 Well, we're gonna start over there. 70 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:30,920 Serena, just have your little girl with us, 71 00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:31,920 the buggy. 72 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:36,560 That Mum? 73 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:40,440 Here you go! (MUM CRIES) Hi. 74 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:44,800 Savannah and her mum, Serena, have only just arrived 75 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:46,000 from the Philippines. 76 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:53,600 It was so quick. 77 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:02,960 Thank you. 78 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:09,160 Late afternoon, 79 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:12,240 it's a bunch of bigger kids that need Mitch's help. 80 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:18,840 The teenagers are hundreds of metres offshore in a powerful rip 81 00:04:18,840 --> 00:04:20,680 on a flimsy air mattress. 82 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:25,160 If it deflates, they'll struggle to return to shore. 83 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:27,800 Well, this will be good. 84 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:31,280 How long you guys been lost at sea? 85 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:33,440 Ages? 86 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:36,880 At what point did you think, "We're a little bit too far out"? 87 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:41,200 I think they're oblivious to actually how far they'd drifted out. 88 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:42,680 We had really strong winds that day. 89 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:44,480 There's four of you, there's one of me. 90 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:45,960 One of you might have to kick! 91 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:48,600 I did leg day today, so I'll be knackered. 92 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:55,000 I hope someone's kicking! Is someone kicking? 93 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:59,800 Mitch tries a little psychology to coax the boys to paddle faster. 94 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:07,880 I guess I may have mentioned sharks 95 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:10,000 just to see what kind of reaction I got, 96 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:11,560 for my own enjoyment. 97 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:14,480 (BOY SCREAMS) 98 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:18,480 Alright, go get a wave in. 99 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:19,960 Go! Kick! Paddle! 100 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:32,760 17-year-old Mustafa and Abbas are from western Sydney. 101 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:35,640 We got caught by a massive rip, current's way too strong. 102 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:37,560 Yeah, too strong there, up there, too strong. 103 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:41,360 We went out, like, an hour ago, but now we tried to get back, 104 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:42,480 it was impossible. 105 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:43,720 A blow-up mattress, 106 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:46,640 definitely something you don't see every day at Bondi. 107 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:03,480 Mitch thinks he's finished his workout for the day, 108 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:05,040 but he's not done yet. 109 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:07,960 I was in the buggy up north... 110 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:11,760 ..and I was approached by a mother 111 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:14,160 that was pretty concerned about her son. 112 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:27,520 Do find out the teenage boy doesn't speak English, 113 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:29,320 autistic, non-verbal. 114 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:31,480 That's reason for concern, especially looking at 115 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:32,880 how far he is out the back. 116 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:37,400 The child was told he could swim to the red buoy, 117 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:39,600 but he's gone way past it... 118 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,480 And he's swimming out further. 119 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:44,960 ..and he's now 200m from shore. 120 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:46,400 We've been watching him on the shore. 121 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:48,320 We've been watching him from the tower. 122 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:50,600 Mum really was quite concerned. 123 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:52,400 And so we'd head out there 124 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:54,600 and all I had at that stage was his name. 125 00:06:57,880 --> 00:06:59,400 If he continued to swim out, 126 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:01,880 he might start to panic and stress out... 127 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:05,080 ..which definitely makes the situation more serious. 128 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:19,840 Mitch is paddling hundreds of metres offshore 129 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:22,640 to save an autistic boy way out the back. 130 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:26,720 I started paddling out and I was thinking 131 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:30,200 a stranger coming out might cause him to panic. 132 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:32,240 So, I guess just trying to be really calm 133 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:33,800 so we could get him on the board 134 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:35,440 and then getting him back to shore. 135 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:38,040 Yungwan! 136 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:39,800 Hello? 137 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:41,000 Yungwan! 138 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:42,720 Yeah, Yungwan. 139 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:43,760 On you get! 140 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:45,240 OK. 141 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:47,040 Very good. Good, good, good. 142 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:48,080 Lie down. 143 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:49,560 So when I got out the back, 144 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:52,240 I actually noticed that he was totally oblivious to Mum 145 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:54,120 and how she was feeling on the shore. 146 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:56,120 He was having the time of his life out the back. 147 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:57,560 Your chest down here. 148 00:07:57,560 --> 00:07:59,960 Aha. Yes, yes. 149 00:07:59,960 --> 00:08:02,440 Oh, very good, very good. 150 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:03,680 Oh, my gosh! 151 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:07,280 Yungwan is finally safe, 152 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:10,440 so Mitch decides to make his day. 153 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:11,920 We started to make our way back in, 154 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:14,400 and there were some really, really fun waves that day 155 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:16,960 and we were lucky enough to snag one on the way in. 156 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:26,000 Oh! 157 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:30,040 It was the wave of my summer! 158 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:32,960 I didn't nosedive, he didn't fall off. 159 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:34,160 Tick, tick, tick. 160 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:48,720 The mother and son are on holidays from South Korea. 161 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:52,720 Good outcome. He had a great swim. 162 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:53,920 He was on his way to New Zealand, 163 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:56,080 but we managed to get him back in again. 164 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:03,240 Lost Kid Reunion Services! 165 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:05,480 Parent Finders dot com! 166 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:07,320 OK! Slash AU! 167 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:08,760 Slosh-ah! 168 00:09:18,680 --> 00:09:22,840 A powerful rip is running right in front of the tower 169 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:25,720 and Will spots a swimmer in trouble. 170 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:39,480 WILL: You could see that this bloke was with two surfboards 171 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:41,400 and he was panicked. 172 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:45,400 I just had to get out there and bring him back in. 173 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:56,800 So when I got out there, he was a bit shocked, 174 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:58,520 but he had a smile on his face. 175 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:10,000 Yeah, told him to jump on the board. 176 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:12,840 He was just stoked to be alive, I think. 177 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:18,960 He was extremely grateful that he made it back to land. 178 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:24,920 And he was, "Thank you, thank you." 179 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:26,640 You know, that's why we're here. That's what we do. 180 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:31,400 It might be a day's work for Will, but for Sydney resident, David, 181 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:32,640 it's a brush with death. 182 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:52,880 Hey, guys, please move out of this area. 183 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:54,160 Go swim up between the flags. 184 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:57,120 I got back to the buggy, sort of looked over, 185 00:10:57,120 --> 00:10:59,000 and I saw him coming towards me 186 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:00,560 and I just couldn't believe what I was saying. 187 00:11:00,560 --> 00:11:02,800 It was so strange. 188 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:06,880 David is so grateful, he has a surprise for Will. 189 00:11:18,560 --> 00:11:23,040 So I looked over, saw that he was holding a parrot. 190 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:26,920 I'd never seen anyone on the beach holding a parrot. 191 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:29,280 Especially after a rescue. 192 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:31,080 What's his name? Happy. 193 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:32,200 Happy? Yeah. 194 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:33,880 I've seen lots of dogs down the beach, 195 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:35,040 I haven't seen many birds. 196 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:36,400 Do you reckon he's having a good time? 197 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:38,200 I think so. Yeah? Think so. 198 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:39,760 I think Happy was stoked. 199 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:42,400 There's nothing sad about Happy or his owner! 200 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:44,120 My God, the life is so good. 201 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:48,080 Pretty cool to see his energy, his outlook on life, 202 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:50,240 and then, to name his bird Happy... 203 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:51,720 I really want to say thank you. 204 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:53,960 No, it's OK, mate, honestly. That's what we do. 205 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:56,560 Thank you. Thanks. No worries, buddy. Enjoy! 206 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:04,360 The weather has turned. 207 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:07,200 The only people braving the elements today - 208 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:10,840 a football team training in the rain, 209 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:14,600 and sisters testing the sacred waters of the South End. 210 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:18,080 It's been a rainy afternoon, big swell. 211 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:21,040 We hadn't really had anybody down south at all. 212 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:25,880 And then I see the guy sort of behaving a little erratically, 213 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:27,680 not your normal swimming behaviour, 214 00:12:27,680 --> 00:12:29,400 so I thought I'd drive down. 215 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:31,640 We wanted to get him out of the water pretty quickly. 216 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:32,920 It was pretty dangerous. 217 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:34,360 Get closer and closer and I'm like, 218 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:36,200 "Oh, OK, he's stumbling, falling over, 219 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:38,320 he may have had one or two drinks." 220 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:40,560 Back to shore. Out. 221 00:12:40,560 --> 00:12:42,720 Out. You're drifting into the rip. 222 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:45,920 The more times I PA'd him, the more I started to realise 223 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:49,520 he's actually so drunk he can't even stand up on his own. 224 00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:52,040 Drinking is actually prohibited on Bondi Beach 225 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:54,200 purely for this exact reason. 226 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:56,280 Drinking and the ocean does not mix. 227 00:12:58,680 --> 00:13:00,160 I was like, "Alright, clothes off now. 228 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:03,240 "I've got to run in and get him before a wave bowls him over 229 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:04,520 "and takes him back out again." 230 00:13:05,960 --> 00:13:08,400 The guy could barely walk on stable land, 231 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:09,880 and he's going for a swim 232 00:13:09,880 --> 00:13:12,080 when there's eight-foot swell coming through. 233 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:13,960 Oh, my God, he's still wearing socks. 234 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:16,760 He's in jocks and socks, 235 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:18,440 he's stumbling up the beach. 236 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:20,800 It can get really, really frustrating. 237 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:23,920 Half the time down here, it seems like we're saving people 238 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:25,640 from their own mistakes. 239 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:32,520 HARRISON: I was watching on, and I noticed 240 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:35,520 that he was with another group of intoxicated people. 241 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:40,360 WOMAN: 242 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:41,480 (BLEEP) 243 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:45,200 I think this was alcohol-fuelled violence. 244 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:50,960 (WOMAN SCREAMS) MAN: Hey! 245 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:52,520 (WOMAN SHOUTS INCOHERENTLY) 246 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:06,320 Minutes after Jack rescued a drunk swimmer, 247 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:08,960 a woman is lashing out at the Bondi Rescue camera crew. 248 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:16,840 I think this was alcohol-fuelled violence. 249 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:18,000 Take them off us! 250 00:14:23,160 --> 00:14:24,320 (SCREAMS) Get them off us! 251 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:41,440 We're so lucky that the police are right there. 252 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:44,080 After that incident, your heart rate's up, 253 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:45,480 you know, the adrenaline is pumping 254 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:48,000 because it's something that doesn't happen every day. 255 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:51,200 While police calm things down, 256 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:54,040 Jack keeps an eye on his rescued swimmer. 257 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:57,280 So, it turns out the guy that I helped, 258 00:14:57,280 --> 00:14:58,480 his name was Jack also. 259 00:14:59,480 --> 00:15:01,840 I'd say the only thing we have in common 260 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:03,880 is we love a swim in the afternoon, but that's about it. 261 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:07,240 (DRUNKENLY) Yeah, it's my birthday. 262 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:09,680 Yeah, just having a couple of drinks, yeah. 263 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:11,080 He's in a bit of a state. 264 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:14,160 He just started spewing his guts up, so ambulance is here, 265 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:15,240 they're treating him now. 266 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:34,360 Hopefully, next year when you come back 267 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:36,000 for your birthday, you're a year wiser 268 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:37,040 and a bit smarter. 269 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:40,720 Maybe no alcohol before you swim and swim between the flags. 270 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:50,360 Bondi lifeguards pride themselves as the best in the business. 271 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:54,600 Today, a team has come from across the world 272 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:56,440 to challenge that title. 273 00:15:56,440 --> 00:15:59,760 The Californian all-star lifeguards, 274 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:01,840 the OG Baywatch. 275 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:04,080 LIFEGUARD: Never been to Bondi, super cool beach. 276 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:05,080 It should be fun racing. 277 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:06,760 Looks like we got a little bit of surf. 278 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:09,960 There is a lot on the line today - bragging rights, you know, 279 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:12,760 especially in our home advantage, at our own beach. 280 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:14,960 LIFEGUARD: We were sort of sussing the competition, 281 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:16,560 having a look how fit they were. 282 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:18,320 And, yeah, immediately we thought, you know, 283 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:20,760 "We're going to have a bit of a tussle on our hands." 284 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:22,800 How you going? What leg are you going to do? 285 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:23,800 I'm the run leg. 286 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:35,600 They're looking like tough competitors. 287 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:38,240 But, hey, you can have washboard abs if you can't move the board... 288 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:40,560 All show and no go! All show and no go! 289 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:42,520 One. Two. Three. Team California! 290 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:46,200 The boys will tussle it out over four stages - 291 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:49,720 a paddle, a swim, a run, and a board rescue. 292 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:51,920 Team Bondi, ready? 293 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:53,240 Team California, ready? 294 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:55,240 On your marks. Get set. 295 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:56,240 Go! 296 00:16:57,760 --> 00:16:59,240 (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) 297 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:02,520 The first leg is a 500m board paddle. 298 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:05,280 Go, Joel. And Joel has a cunning plan. 299 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:07,760 MAXI: Joel had a bit of a strategy to sit on the tail 300 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:09,240 of one of the board paddlers. 301 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:10,320 Kind of similar to cycling, 302 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:12,120 where you can kind of get the drag behind. 303 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:16,320 DEANO: Yeah, sitting on the wash gives you a 10%, 15% advantage, 304 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:18,360 so you can conserve a bit of energy, 305 00:17:18,360 --> 00:17:20,320 let the other paddler do the work. 306 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:24,960 It was neck and neck pretty much all the way up to the buoy. 307 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:27,680 Go Joely! Yes, Joel! 308 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:29,160 Let's go, Joel. 309 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:34,320 Yeah, Joel, I could see how dialled-in he was. 310 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:35,640 He's a great board paddler. 311 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:36,960 He trains very hard. 312 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:40,760 Joel's board skills give Bondi the upper hand. 313 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:42,880 Joel's actually... He's off the board first. 314 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:44,160 Let's go, let's go! 315 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:47,720 Let's go, Joely! Hey, Joel! 316 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:50,480 Joel's come back in pretty much neck-and-neck with the American, 317 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:53,960 and he's tagged Wally on the swim, and Wally's on his way out. 318 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:56,680 Nice paddle! That did hurt! 319 00:17:56,680 --> 00:17:57,920 Got the heart rate up! 320 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:01,000 Californians know a thing or two about swimming, 321 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,040 so Wally has work to do. 322 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:04,520 It's a solid swim. 323 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:05,720 Huge swim. 324 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:10,040 It looks like he's just sitting on him now. 325 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:11,160 Same tactic. 326 00:18:13,120 --> 00:18:15,160 As long as it looks, yeah. They're coming in now. 327 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:16,720 AMERICAN LIFEGUARD: Someone's out in front. 328 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:18,480 I think you guys are out in front, just. 329 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:19,520 It's a big kick. 330 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:22,360 And then Wally's just angling back towards the sandbank. 331 00:18:22,360 --> 00:18:25,160 Just on the way in, he's just lost the American guy. 332 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:27,480 Yeah, you guys have got your noses in front. 333 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:29,960 It looks like he's swimming away from Wally, I think. 334 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:32,120 Yeah, we're in trouble now. 335 00:18:32,120 --> 00:18:34,560 You'll be behind, Maxi! 336 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:36,920 Unfortunate with the wave selection. 337 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:39,560 The California lifeguard got a bit of a wave in. 338 00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:47,000 Team Bondi is well behind at the start of the run. 339 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:48,520 Let's go, let's go! 340 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:49,680 Go on! Push it, push it! 341 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:52,400 32-year-old Maxi is up against it. 342 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:55,280 His opponent is 19. 343 00:18:57,200 --> 00:18:59,720 I was actually quite nervous because it's been a little while 344 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:01,280 since I've raced and I'm quite competitive. 345 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:02,960 AMERICAN 1: Here he comes, he's right here. 346 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:05,080 AMERICAN 2: Oh, my God, he's beasting! (SHOUTS) Yeah! 347 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:08,200 Whoo! 348 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:10,160 JACKSON: Pulled him up a little bit, eh? I reckon. 349 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:11,560 I thought Maxi had such a good run. 350 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:14,160 He really pinned him back a little bit. 351 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:16,040 They've definitely got about a 20m lead, 352 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:17,720 so we're going to need a big final leg. 353 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:20,720 But Deano is a power swimmer, so we're banking on that. 354 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:22,080 The pressure is on. 355 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:24,280 Maxi proves age is no barrier. 356 00:19:24,280 --> 00:19:27,400 He's made up ground on the young Californian. 357 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:29,760 Let's go, Deano! Get on him, Deano! 358 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:32,200 Got to stick with you, mate. I was looking back. 359 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:34,720 I could just hear your breath on the back of my back. 360 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:35,920 I was like, "Oh, no! He's coming." 361 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:39,240 For the final leg, Deano must swim to the buoy, 362 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:43,400 then signal Jackson to paddle out and bring him back in. 363 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:46,320 The first pair back win the race. 364 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:48,320 Dean's got a lot of local knowledge, and he noticed 365 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:50,480 that there was actually a sandbank to the northern side. 366 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:53,360 So he actually took a nice line. 367 00:19:53,360 --> 00:19:56,720 And by the time he was finished dolphin-diving over the sandbank, 368 00:19:56,720 --> 00:19:58,640 he found himself tying with the lead. 369 00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:03,400 Super-fish Deano approaches the buoy. 370 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:06,240 Team Bondi is back in the race! 371 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:26,160 It's the final leg of Bondi versus Baywatch. 372 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:29,640 Deano's super swim has put the lifeguards on level pegging. 373 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:31,000 It's close! 374 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:35,280 AMERICAN: There we go. Let's go! 375 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:37,400 Now, Jackson and his Californian counterpart 376 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:40,480 have to pick up the swimmers and sprint home. 377 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:45,680 Jacko's having an amazing paddle. 378 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:47,480 We're still in front. Still in front. 379 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:49,880 Deano and Jacko bringing it home. 380 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:52,280 Board-rescue style, mate. 381 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:56,680 As I'm pulling Dean on the board, I literally forgot how limby he is. 382 00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:57,920 He's like an octopus. 383 00:20:57,920 --> 00:20:59,120 Dean's six foot six. 384 00:20:59,120 --> 00:21:01,560 And I just realised we're going to have to share this board 385 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:04,240 and paddle in together, and we've never done it before. 386 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:05,480 Go right! 387 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:07,320 Finding a bit of unison was tough. 388 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:09,760 Go to the bank! Go to the bank! 389 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:13,160 California might just have a slight lead now. 390 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:14,920 We just passed him. We just passed him. 391 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:17,160 Wind is helping us come in. Let's see, though. 392 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:18,200 Little bit of an edge. 393 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:19,840 We can still get lucky. 394 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:21,680 Come on! 395 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:25,080 Don't write the boys off. We'll come home. 396 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:27,400 The Bondi boys can't get in sync. 397 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:29,320 I'm on it. 398 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:30,720 We didn't really have the rhythm 399 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:32,800 to keep up with the Californian guys. 400 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:34,640 They'd obviously paddled together before 401 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:37,320 and it's such a big thing to know your partner's rating 402 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:40,080 and what their strengths are. 403 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:43,080 Whereas Dean and I were foreign to paddling together. 404 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:47,000 You did well! 405 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:53,600 MAXI: What's up, boys? 406 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:55,400 AMERICAN: Team California won! 407 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:57,640 Come on, boys! Bring it home! 408 00:21:57,640 --> 00:21:59,920 Came in, bit of a sombre feeling. 409 00:21:59,920 --> 00:22:01,560 Dean and I are running up the beach, 410 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:04,160 we'd just been pipped by the Californian lifeguards, 411 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:07,080 but, you know, it was all in good fun and such a great event. 412 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:10,480 To the victor, goes the spoils. 413 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:15,320 The Californians take home a culturally appropriate trophy - 414 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:17,760 a pair of Bondi budgie-smugglers! 415 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:19,920 It's an absolute blast, I would love to come back here 416 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:22,680 and do it again with them. It was just a good crew at Bondi. 417 00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:24,400 Unreal, boys! Thanks. Thanks, you guys. 418 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:25,720 Yeah, thank you! 419 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:28,320 JACKSON: At the end of the day, congratulations to California. 420 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:29,880 You came away with the goods. 421 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:32,200 Next time, we'd like a bit more swell. 422 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:33,760 Feel like we'd have the upper hand!