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Hey, lifeguard!  Whether you’re a guy looking for board shorts, short shorts, or a gal looking for a rescue bikini or a one-piece racer tank or x-back look no farther than the Original Watermen lifeguard swimsuit line. We know Original Watermen swimsuits have been the premiere supplier of the lifeguarding industry for more than 20 […]

Lifeguard bathing suits and shorts at Original Watermen provide only the highest quality and maximum mobility. Whether lifeguards are charging to the water or running on the beach, they are guaranteed comfort and support, while still patrolling in style. Original Watermen’s lifeguard bathing suits will have your guards going from the water to the tower […]

I recently visited my friend Carl in Newport Beach. He and I both grew up there, in the same neighborhood where he now lives. He had newly returned after years living in the Midwest with his wife and four kids pursuing a career that at first was too good to pass up. After some time […]

I once saw a guy jump off of a 40-foot-high platform into a kiddie pool of water. My first thought was “this guy is crazy.” But then it occurred to me that this guy did know what he was doing. In his own way he was, in fact, a waterman. He had to know the […]

At Original Watermen, we strive to represent and acknowledge all people who live for singular excellence in any and all challenges they face. With our watermen-inspired boardshorts, trunks, tees, hats, hoodies, jackets and other apparel, we pay tribute to all the brave souls who stare down fear and facing it head on, without hesitation. True […]

The idea of open water swimming is perhaps as old as mankind, but the modern age of this sport could possibly be pinpointed to the year 1810 when poet Lord Byron swam Hellespont—known today as the Dardanelles—the strait separating Eastern Europe and the Turkish coast of Asia. When one thinks of classic Watermen, Lord Byron […]