lifeguarding stories

On Duty At The Busiest Beach In The World: Lifeguarding Copacabana Every day, tens of thousands of people descend on the sun-drenched sands of Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro. Stretching for about 2.5 miles along Brazil’s Atlantic coast, it’s the Busiest Beach In The World. There, swimmers, surfers, soccer players, street vendors, and families collide […]

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 […]