Rescue statistics bigger than last summer
Despite a slow start to summer, the numbers rescued on New Zealand beaches look likely to exceed last years tally. Surf Lifeguards have saved 1,574 lives since this summer compared…
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Success for RLSSNZ in Australia
A squad of eleven young New Zealand lifesavers, representing RLSS-NZ competed at the 2005 Australian National Pool Lifesaving Championships with much success. A total of eleven medals were won by…
SLSA Interstate Championships
Queenslands Zane Holmes won his second Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain IronMan Series by a wave at Sydney’s Coogee Beach, ahead of former champions and rivals Ky Hurst and Shannon Eckstein. A ‘footy…
Honorary President Malaysia passed away
The Life Saving Society Malaysia (LSSM) announced with sadness to ILS the death of Honorary Life President, Tun Dr. Hamdan Sheikh Tahir, on January 20.
Personal Watercraft Rescue Guidelines
As personal watercraft (Jet Skis and similar devices) become an increasingly common tool of lifesavers worldwide, the United States Lifesaving Association has published, “Training and Equipment Guidelines for Rescuers Using…