#EarthDay2017 At The Beach...

Dateline: Saturday, April 22, 2017 (aka, #EarthDay2017) at Santa Monica State Beach and Venice Beach, California...

Santa Monica State Beach, at Ocean Park...

Gotta love all those #stickers!  Lots of trademarks there!...  Do you recognize some of these action sports trademarks represented by stickers?...

#BeachTrash is a fact of life near the water's edge in both Santa Monica and Venice, unfortunately, and the agencies responsible for its clean up have dropped the ball and it accumulates day after day... Shown below are a couple of crushed aluminum cans, an empty orange colored pack of PALL MALL® cigarettes, and a green plastic medical marijuana container...  (x-ref: #trademarks as #beachtrash).

 

Above and below, Venice Beach.....

How about an empty pizza box to share your day at Venice Beach?...

Cigars, booz and marijuana... Welcome to Venice Beach!...

the Venice Breakwater lifeguard tower, below...

Lifeguard on duty, watching the water and protecting lives...

Nice shape to the surf at the breakwater too!...

Wetsuits and surfboards... lots of trademarks are registered for these goods...

Watching the water and saving lives!...  Those are BUSHNELL® binoculars, by the way (x-ref: trademark trivia).

Venice Boardwalk...

#skateboards are popular along the famed Venice Boardwalk...

Weekend Breakfast of Champions at Zelda's Corner: #donuts #bacon and #coffee...

Lots of trademarked goods available at this shop on the Venice Boardwalk just opening for business for the day...

Three classic VW Vans being used by a local surf lesson company parked at the Rose Ave. beach parking lot in Venice...

Navy St. lifeguard tower with a lifeguard Honda ATV (aka, the "mule") on the sand...

Beach Yoga classes on the sand by the shoreline at Santa Monica lifeguard tower #29...

Below, "Running with Fins (on)"...

Below, a classic pair of CHURCHILL® swim fins...

Santa Monica Lifeguard Tower #20, below at Bay St...

Unlicensed vendors selling cheap styrofoam body boards covered in cheap nylon fabric and that break easily in the surf, as well as umbrellas, are a staple at Santa Monica State Beach.  The umbrellas are decent but the styrofoam body boards are a nuisance and should be more heavily monitored and confiscated by the police.  They are a danger to those who use them because they can easily break in the surf and as a result thereof can strand someone in the ocean who really should not be there in the first place because they are often non-swimmers...

In the foreground, as well, is typical #beachtrash often present near the world famous Santa Monica Pier that the City of Santa Monica does not pick up or dispose of on either a daily or regular basis.

Lifeguard on duty next to the Santa Monica Pier...

Low tide at the beach on a Saturday.... it's hard to beat!...

West Coast beach volleyball tournament for college students ongoing behind lifeguard tower #24 at Santa Monica State Beach.....

Beach Exit, Stage right... time for a nice cold glass of cold brew coffee.....

Respectfully submitted,

William E. Maguire
Law Offices of William E. Maguire
Santa Monica, Calif.
www.TrademarkEsq.com

(All photos by & Copyright William E. Maguire 2017.)

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