North Shore surf safety

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even

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when it's really small we have very

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strong powerful rip currents it's very

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easy to get swept out in the rip current

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and not be able to make it back to shore

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just yesterday the lifeguards made about

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20 rescues knowing that the possibility

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of drowning is very real you know

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especially a large surf we all train my

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training consists of running the beach

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of swimming anything basically in my

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area

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but we do Mach rescues if the surf is

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big I'll tell one of my partners hey go

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go out and get pounded in the surf I'll

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come get you with a rescue tube so he'll

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go out and you know he's taking waves on

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the head and you know see how fast we

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can get to them

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whatever the oceans gonna do if someone

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needs help and you have to go get that

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person you got to be ready to do that

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you're putting yourself in a very risky

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situation but knowing that your partner

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has your back there's it builds a strong

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sense of camaraderie we have a good

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morale between us all we do this job for

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the love of the job amazing if you can

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save another person's life it's very

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rewarding for sure

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