Buddy Bohn: A True Waterman

(Photo source: The Beach Reporter. "On July 28, Buddy Bohn was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Lifeguard Medal of Valor ceremony in Redondo Beach, an event he helped found in the early 1980s.")

Just in from Adam Sandler:

Will:

Don't know if you caught this terrific profile on lifesaving stalwart and current Lifetime Achievement Award winner Buddy Bohn in The Beach Reporter.

"Buddy Bohn can see it in a rookie’s eyes. When a lifeguard makes their first rescue, and it all becomes real. You can see in their eyes if they want to do it forever or if it’s too much responsibility for them,” Bohn said. “You’re dealing with life and death. You’re trying to prevent all the trauma and heartache that goes with losing somebody. That’s your motivation.”

Link to complete story:

http://www.tbrnews.com/articles/2011/08/11/manhattan_beach_news/news05.txt

Best,

Adam

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World Bodysurfing Championships: August 20 & 21, 2011 at Oceanside Pier

Just in from LACo OL, Scott Hubbell:

"Hello to all Bodysurfers,

It’s summer and time to shed the wetsuit and get ready for the 35th annual World Bodysurfing Championships.

This year's event will take place August 20 and 21 at the Oceanside Pier.

*** ENTRY Deadline Extended to August 18th! ***

Heats will begin at 6:30am each day and will be ending sometime in the early afternoon. All semifinal and final heats will be on Sunday morning. Once again, we will serve lunch to all competitors on Saturday. Entry fee includes the popular World Bodysurfing t-shirt.

If it all works as planned we will also have great surf. You will find an entry form attached to this email or you can get one at www.worldbodysurfing.org. Help us build the sport by sharing this link with your ocean loving friends. We welcome first-time competitors!

*** ENTRY DEADLINE EXTENDED *** All entries must be received by August 18th. If you have any question or would like to judge (judges are compensated) or help in any other way please contact Tim at castim@cox.net. Thank you all for your enthusiasm for this contest and the sport of bodysurfing.

See you in the lineup.
Aloha,
Tim"

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LACOLA Wins 2011 USLA Lifeguard Nationals!

Dateline: Saturday, August 6, 2011; Cape May, NJ

LACOLA won its 25th 'Consecutive' National Title yesterday overcoming a lead by Monmouth County, NJ going into the final day of competition in a come from behind team victory. The Top Three Team Point Totals are as follows:

1. LACOLA 679 points
2. Monmouth County NJ 629.25 points
3. Sussex County DE 189.75

Congratulations to the entire team !

FYI and By The Way: LACOLA has won 38 titles overall and 25 consecutive. LACo has won every year since 1986 (credit: unnamed/anonymous "County Recurrent" source).

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Live Online Results To Be Available; Re: 2011 USLA Lifeguard National Championships

Dateline: Cape May, NJ; The Venue for this year's Nationals, Aug. 3 - 6, 2011 !

Heads up!

Live Results To Be Available Online!

Just in from Chris Brewster, USLA President:

"The results will be live online. They are included as soon as the race is finished and the results are posted."

www.uslanationals.org

Lifesaving Aye,

B. Chris Brewster
Email: brewster@lifesaver1.com

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note: Here is the direct link to the schedule of events starting tomorrow, Thurs., August 4th:

http://www.usla.org/?NationalsSchedAdult

Thanks CB !

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LACo Central Section Wins 2011 Taplin Relay!

Dateline: Hermosa Beach, Calif., Saturday Nite, July 30, 2011.

Venue/Event: The International Surf Festival, Judge Taplin Bell Relay.

*** Video Alert! *** Check out this short video which sets the stage and shows the layout of the racing venue and the crowd on hand just minutes before the start of the 2011 Taplin Relay.... oh yeah! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMm3DVW-Q18



LACo Central Section's Taplin relay team has won the Taplin Bell Trophy honors again! Congratulations to these LACo Ocean warriors who trained very hard to make this happen.




*** Video Alert! ***

2011 Taplin Relay: The Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx8fhfXCx9c

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Outstanding performance by LACo So. Section as well for their second place finish.

And just as noteworthy was the Third Place Finish of the visiting Aussie team from Half Moon Bay SLSC in Melbourne, Victoria, esp. given that they had only 9 days to train on our American dory... and they trained on it each and every day. Their paddlers were esp. fast and clocked the fastest split of all the teams during this year's Taplin Relay and caught up to the second place LACo So. Section team by the end of the paddle segment.

One Aussie paddler performed a perfect turtle maneuver under a breaking wave, popping back up on top of his board on his knees and continuing on with his paddle, stunning the crowd which after having caught its collective breath and realizing what had just happened then let out a collective cheer!

Lots of excitement this nite, esp. during the dory segment. Hopefully, we can get a soundbite from the likes of Jay Butki to describe for us all here what what all witnessed during the dory leg of the Taplin with the gusting onshore wind and constant and consistent pounding shorebreak.

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Aussies To Challenge For Taplin Trophy!

(Photo above by Adam Sandler shows 2011 venue of Intracrew (July 29) and Taplin (July 30) just north of Hermosa Pier, Hermosa Beach, Calif.)




(A portion of the Famous Taplin Relay Trophy is shown above)

A team of Aussie lifeguards from Half Moon Bay SLSC, of Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA will be challenging the rest of the field this Saturday nite at Hermosa Beach Pier for the 2011 Taplin Relay. At tonite's Medal of Valor dinner at Seaside Lagoon in Redondo Beach, Calif., the Aussie team was in attendance as guests of our LACo Lifeguard Dept. and LACOLA and the International Surf Festival.

We've included a few photos we snapped of the Aussie team:

In the photo below, the Aussies react to the gag gift presented to Rob McGowan by the Aussie team manager (close up of said gag gift is shown further below)






LACo OL, Kip Jerger, shares a laugh, below, with a couple of the Aussie competitors


Above and below, as a gag, the Aussie team manager presented LACo Capt. (Ret.), Rob McGowan, with a miniature Taplin Bell



Video Clip! Aussie Team Manager Thanks Their Hosts Here in So. Calif., at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSaa-po-wDg

note: if the link above does not take you to the video, then please copy and paste the URL into your browser.


This is an event you will not want to miss!

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Seal Beach Lifeguards: On Duty And On It!

Dateline: Seal Beach, Calif. Saturday, July 23, 2011.

The City of Seal Beach Marine Safety Dept. and its lifeguards hosted the recent CSLSA Regionals this past Saturday, as well as the Junior Lifeguard Regionals the previous day. What a Great Host City and Lifeguard Dept. And what a great venue.

We've decided to post some of the photos we took on Saturday so that our readership can share some of the sights and sounds, so to speak.

Enjoy!











































And these last two photos below are repeats except that they have been embellished with a Fisheye effects application, which highlight and emphasize the greatness of this venue and its lifeguard personnel.




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