NJ Lifeguards

My first arrest came at the hand of the Wildwood City Beach Patrol. I was 16. There were 3 of us. We swam out far and ignored the whistles. We were acting like jack asses. One swam out and screamed at us. We came in. Words were exchanged, then fists. Then the Wildwood PD showed up and beat the living snot out of all 3 of us. A cop was sitting on me on the beach while they cuffed me and I bit his leg. He hit me so hard I'm still feeling it 37 years later.
If lifeguards have to deal with people like my 16 year old self on the daily, then I have nothing but respect for them....

 

That may be a standard test in RI but like anything, rules get bent as the captain sees fit. Where I worked in NJ, they sometimes let the unathletic people remain on staff for the "recert."

 

you bit his leg? Wtf is wrong with you?

 

Hey, he was hungry......

 

I was wondering if he tasted like bacon.

 

Personally I love the end of summer when the lifeguards go away, and with them their designated surf zones. We had hardly any surf this summer so can't say I was bothered by them much. However, when my kids were younger def appreciated having them around, and no doubt they save a lot of lives from the teeming inland overweight masses who think the ocean is just a big lake.

 

although lg can be little douches to us surfers,they are needed for the everyday public that don't go in the ocean often.regular travelers that come to the beach,do not know anything about the ocean.

its really dangerous lol,i was watching the huntington beach cam the other day on surfline(cam of the day),and I see a person standing in waist deep water,then a wave came lol,i seen it coming,they cant touch anymore and start drifting away.then somebody,like the persons father,swims out to save him,and they both get pulled out.i was watching this for like 40 seconds thinking where the fuk are the guards,i thought I was going to see these ppl die.some time passes and the guards finally sprint into action,the ppl are almost in the lineup,the surfers didn't make an attempt to help lol unless they were waiting for them to drift to them.and it was an average day,not big at all.

now jersey doesn't compare to cali,especially in the summer,it rarely gets heavy in the summer.and when it does,they red flag it.but ppl deserve to be saved lol,but in my eyes if u don't know about the ocean u shouldn't swim in it unsupervised.

surfing in the winter in north jers,as u guys call it,it can be the swell of the decade and u can check every spot and maybe find 3 guys at one spot.thats the peak btw,when the storm subsides, crowds form.nearly every single time I surf in the winter its by myself,with nobody for miles.something happens to me I'm on my own.and I had a few sketchy situations...so when a lifeguard at a beach I surf at,at the very same spot he is standing,trys to warn me when the waves are 2 ft I just laugh at them.they never seem to listen.so fuk em,but the public does need them

 

oh yea forgot to mention,those ppl in huntington were swimming straight in,no beuno

 

Yeah I was about to sort of echo with cd surf. I'm quite familiar with "the test" I've guarded for 10 years. Im just abut retired now. TONS of guys are let slide with no certs and no training. Also a lot of times the test is modified and made easier because boss man lifeguard realizes he can't field a staff.

I don't care about overweight. Some of the least fit guys I know have no body fat. Some of the most are big haas.

I stand by everything that I said. And yes many surfers wouldn't be able to pass the test.

 

To all my fellow guards in here, stay safe and keep your eyes peeled the next few days. I'm sure we're gonna be busy here in nags head. Groundswell and nice weather= serious rips and stupid patrons. Thanks for chiming in as well. It's cool to know that there's some other guards who surf as well.

 

I always laugh when you all talk about life guards. So many b*tch about them, solution, surf where they aren't present. Or is it a Northern thing to have life guards everywhere? F*ck man, who wants to surf where a bunch of swimmers and life "guards" are anyways? I had to do that yesterday with my brother and I hated every minute of it.

 

And all you cowboy / hero lifeguards , stop acting like you're so cool, you are not.

 

You tell em buddy. The beach I go to has no lifeguards or beach taggers. But it's usually weaker than OCNJ so it's also less crowded.

 

I mean, the guards on the North Shore are legit, no question, but these fools on the E. Coast? Gimme a break, a bunch of teenage or 20 something kids that can hardly put down Pokemon long enough to give a sh*t.

 

DP, you'd be surprised in the outer banks... It can get serious here. Nags head guards are legit. We train pretty damn hard

 

I'm sure some of you are legit, but let's be honest, most are clowns.

 

Small summer surf limits you to the beaches where the tourons and life guards dwell. Bit of swell opens up the points and reefs but not much of that in the summer.

 

I guess you just say that and it makes it so. Have you actually guarded before? Do you have any evidence to back that up?

The whole northeast is a ****ing joke with the lifeguards, beach tags, paid parking, surf restrictions, etc., etc. It never ceases to amuse me when a hurricane swell hits the east coast and surfers are banned from entering the water for their safety, but nobody says **** when it's December and 10 degrees outside and the surf is as big or bigger. But I digress.

I will say that the guards on Second Beach here in RI seem very fit, and there's a senior guard that sits on the stand at surfer's end that really seems to get it. He's walking around, paddling the lineup, and generally engaged with what's going on quite a bit. He's a bit older, but you can tell he's got his **** together.

Anyway, whatevz.

 

They're not everywhere. I don't understand the *****ing. There's all kinds of rock reefs with no lifeguards up here.