Los Angeles County Firefighter Gene Rink, who works at Fire Station 88, attended the Paddleboard & Lifeguard Expo in Hermosa Beach on Sept. 19.
Rink has competed in and won the 32-mile Catalina Classic Paddleboard Race, which begins at the Isthmus of Catalina Island and ends at the Manhattan Beach Pier, multiple times, and set the record of 5:21:34 in 1987.
-Olivia Damavandi