00:04This country has rough shores, and it takes a tough person to stand up to the elements.
00:09You have to be strong and courageous.
00:11Plus, New Zealand doesn't have many people, so every last one is precious.
00:16Today I meet a man whose job it is to save those precious lives.
00:20Dude, sorry, dude. I know you need me for this bit, but I've just sent someone out in the sea.
00:24We don't need you. This bit's just for me.
00:26Oh, dude, dude, I better go. I think he is bobbing up and down.
00:29No, go.
00:30I'm torn. I want to help you out with the film.
00:32If you need to save someone, go. This bit's just for me. I don't need you.
00:36Capture this.
00:37Yeah, wait.
00:42You should get this on camera.
00:44I'm riding really fast.
00:49Awesome. Just driftwood.
00:51I thought I might have been a baby.
00:53Let's not.
01:15I'm spending the day with Terry Pohl. He's a lifeguard who enjoys saving lives and staying in shape.
01:22Is this like a reality show?
01:24No, it's more of a documentary. We're just following around ordinary New Zealanders.
01:28Ordinary?
01:29Yeah.
01:30Might be a bit out of the league. I'm not really ordinary, dude.
01:32What?
01:33Maybe go for Pete. He's more your ordinary kind of guy.
01:38You exercise a lot, I'm guessing.
01:42I'm sorry.
01:43I'm not really ordinary, but I don't know why.
01:43that would be a day.
01:44I've got some pictures and stories and I'm not only a good thing.
01:46100, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 900, 900, 900, 100, 900, 900, 115, 200, 900, 900.
01:52Hurtough, 200, 700, 700, 900, 100, 900, 900, 900, 900.
01:54Great.
01:56JLM movie stars.
01:57Mr Hollywood.
01:58Hey man, we're here.
01:59You saved the hell out of a piece of driftwood.
02:01Did you call them driftwood's parents, man?
02:03Hello.
02:05Stupid.
02:07Don't film those guys, man.
02:09Driftwood doesn't even have parents.
02:10a slave. No idea. Get out of there. You're negativity, dudes. Turn it into something
02:17positive, yeah? Terry is well known for his rather positive outlook on life. See you put
02:23yourself on the poster there. Yeah, dude, that's me. It's all about the pause, Terry
02:31Paul. You would have noticed when they're hassling me, I'm like, whoa, whoa, just dodging
02:35those hassles as they're coming through. I can feel. You ever see The Matrix? Yeah.
02:40That's what they do in that. It's my locker. Believe in yourself. You hear that, dude?
02:49Yeah, I hear it. Believe in yourself. Believe in yourself. So here's all my stuff. There's
02:55my towel. So that's the sort of thing, basically, when we get wet, you need to dry yourself straight
03:00away. So I use this to dry my whole body and I end with my hair. What are you reading?
03:07Scenario on the hair. Yeah, this is a book. I'm not reading it. I actually thought this
03:11was a VHS cassette when I got it. It was so huge, but it turns out it's actually the book.
03:16I wanted Gone with the Wind on tape, but I mean, who would read that? Look at that.
03:20You can't even really see the words. So tiny. It's like, I use that for weights.
03:27Here's my portfolio. Nice. Oh, wow. Terry pole. Yeah, dude. That's all my modelling.
03:37Legs. All legs. Yep. Legs 11, they call me. Best pins in the business. Wow. That's me advertising
03:45Fiji. You heard of Fiji, dude? Yeah. Sweet. So that worked. And tomorrow, of course,
03:51is a big day. Wow. What's happening tomorrow? Serious, dude. Yeah, what's that? What's that?
04:01Sexy legs competition, man. I've won it four times. 2008, it's 2009. Pretty happy on the beach
04:10there. I couldn't believe I won it second time in a row. 2010, on top of the world, nothing
04:16could kick my butt. And then 2012, dude, full studio shot. What happened to 2011?
04:26Got beaten. Sorry to hear that. Yeah. I don't know. I don't know. Sorry. I don't know
04:45what you're talking about. Okay. The sexy legs competition, all right? I'm on the stage. Yes.
04:50I present the legs. Okay. They're judged on finesse, style. Yes. I want to take it
04:55international. I want to bring the trophies home. So you're after travel insurance?
04:59Well, I want leg insurance. And what are the dangers? I mean, why do you need leg insurance?
05:04I mean, what? I'm a lifeguard. Okay. So I'm out there. I'm doing all the standards,
05:07you know, running, jumping, a lot of sea hopping. Sharks, is that a problem?
05:10Well, we haven't seen any sharks in the bay, but you know, you've got... Well, that's how they operate,
05:14isn't it, sharks? They don't make themselves known to you. They lurk, don't they? Cunning bastards.
05:19Sharks. And then they pounce when you're least expecting it. So I lost my first wife.
05:25You've got to keep positive, man. Yeah, I'm more of a glass half-empty kind of bloke,
05:29to be honest. Be positive. Get that glass full. Yeah? Sit on the top of the water of that glass
05:34and look over the edge and realise that the air's coming in your face. Tell that to my second wife.
05:38She was making meatballs. Now she's in a coma. Man. I don't even know how that happens.
05:42I don't even know how that happens, but it did. And she can cook. I got a bather.
05:47Yeah. I got a washer. The sex is... Well, the sex is exactly as it was before, to be honest.
05:52Mediocre. This is where your negativity comes, right? It comes from this situation.
05:56You've got to change your situation. See this? Yeah. Look at that. That's your one back home, right?
06:05My wife? Yeah. Hide it. Tuck it out of there. See, it's gone. Once that's gone, look at all the
06:10other women
06:10that are left in the world. See? These are all the other women? Yeah, look. Look at them all.
06:13I like that one over here. You like that one? Yeah. That's yours. Well, what's her name?
06:18Roxy Hanna. Is she a stripper? No, dude. No? She's got a career.
06:23I have to say, you're turning me round. Yeah, yeah. When you first came in, I thought wanker, but...
06:28But I have to say, it's... That's cool. Yeah.
06:32Listen, um... Let's do the legs! Let's look at the legs. I need to...
06:39Okay. I wasn't expecting that, but...
06:43Oh!
06:46Yeah? You done?
06:48So these are the... These are them?
06:50That's the legs? Left and right.
06:52Uh, well, the head office, um, they've given me a checklist.
06:55I just need to run through, if you're happy to.
06:58You just need to take a closer look at them.
07:00Yeah, absolutely, man.
07:03There's a... I noticed there's a... a scratch or scar there.
07:06Yeah, that's... that's... that's minor.
07:08Okay, what caused that?
07:09Yeah, I think that was an insect.
07:11An insect?
07:12That'll go. That'll go.
07:13Well, yes, you say that, but...
07:16Insect scar.
07:20Can I... do you mind if I touch there?
07:21Yeah, touch away.
07:23And you can...
07:24Yeah.
07:25Now I'm noticing some discoloration.
07:42Can you see a lot of ruins?
07:42Yeah.
07:44Okay.
08:03My...
08:04Yeah, yeah.
08:04Can you see if you don't have any space in it?
08:04Yeah.
08:05Right, yeah, yeah.
08:05Maybe you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you.
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