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Watermen Lifeguard Ambassador Series: David McKeeman (19), San Diego Welcome to the Watermen Lifeguard Ambassador Series. This weeks featured Ambassador is San Diego California State Parks Lifeguard, David McKeeman. We had a chance to interview David about his team taking gold while breaking the course record for the California Gold endurance race, training routine, heroic […]

Watermen Lifeguard Ambassador Series: Dan Pogonowski “Pogo” (37), Ocean City Beach Patrol Welcome to the Watermen Lifeguard Ambassador Series. This weeks featured Ambassador is on Training Officer at Ocean City Beach Patrol in Maryland, Dan Pogonowski. We had a chance to interview Dan about his heroic rescues, training routine, and favorite equipment. Read his interview below: […]

Watermen Lifeguard Ambassador Series: Torey Hurst (22), Lifeguard and EMT for Barrier Island Ocean Rescue & Crew Chief at Ocean City Beach Patrol Welcome to the Watermen Lifeguard Ambassador Series. This weeks featured Ambassador is Ocean City Beach Patrol Crew Chief, Torey Hurst. We had a chance to interview Torey about her saving lives, training […]

Watermen Lifeguard Ambassador Series: Amy White (28), Paramedic & Belmar Beach Patrol Lifeguard Welcome to the Watermen Lifeguard Ambassador Series. This weeks featured Ambassador is Belmar Beach Patrol Lifeguard, Amy White. We had a chance to interview Amy about her competing in the Around the Cape Row, training routine, heroic rescues, and favorite equipment. Read her […]

Surf Therapy: Supporting Gnome Surf’s Mission At Watermen, we get to work with a lot of great organizations and people, but every once in a while, we come across an organization that really sticks with us. Gnome Surf is one of those unique organizations. A nonprofit based out of Little Compton, Rhode Island, Gnome Surf […]

Lifeguarding America’s Frontier: Surfing Alaska’s Icy Waves Alaska isn’t the first place that comes to mind when you think of surfing, yet the state’s rugged coastline offers some of the most untamed surf on Earth. From Yakutat to Kodiak, frigid swells roll across from the Gulf of Alaska, breaking on rocky beaches under watch of […]