Beach Flag Hospitality Gandhi Style
We welcomed the legendary watermen Steve West and Jamie Mitchell to the club recently, the advice was fantastic and to meet them and get to know them a true honour.
Jamie Mitchell enjoyed getting back to his surf lifesaving roots so much, he got stuck in to a round of beach flags but was no match for our very own
Suraj 'Elbows' Gandhi
who wasn't going to let the Aussie get the better of him!
Blackmore Theatre, 10 Bicton Street, Exmouth, Devon, EX8 2RU
See You There
one more sleep :)
Rotary Club Walk and Ride
Following on from last year we once again ventured out to Bicton for the beautiful walk around the East Devon countryside.
we even made the Paper
We will update you with our total monies raised once the collections are all in, but a fabulous effort from our youngsters with epic support from some of the parents and our very own David Tidball
Pumped up By Mitcho!
Jamie Mitchell is a huge deal for Exmouth!
Get Paddling!!!!!
Jamie Mitchell is going to 'Hit the Muff Hard'
MITCHO" MAY 21ST EXMOUTH
April 18, 2013 / Steve West
TAD & EXMOUTH BEACH RESCUE CLUB
Are proud to announce they will be sponsoring
“PADDLE WITH A PRO”
with Jamie Mitchell the 10 times winner of the Molokai Crossing.
This man is a legend and he’ll be at our Lifeguard Hut
Tuesday 21st May 2013 to coach YOU and demonstrate his art.
BBQ. Weather depending . . .
This is a day for serious watermen who want to develop their skills . Steve West, renowned author, expert OC and SUP coach and 2 time winner of the Molokai OC6 race will be on hand to assist.
BOOK AN OC1, SUP OR PRONE PADDLEBOARD TRAINING SESSION.
TO BE HELD EARLY AFTERNOON ONWARDS.
Cost £30 (on top of the sponsors contribution).
To book contact Tids tidders@tadshop.com
Mobile 078 1111 0711
After a day of training you can watch his film
“Decade of Dominance” (and even buy a signed copy).
An iconoclastic figure in the world of ocean paddle and surf sports, his achievements to date, have carved his name into the 'all-time' history books, as the, 'World's Best Ever Prone Paddleboarder', amassing an astonishing 10x consecutive World Title, Moloka`i to O`ahu Paddleboard Race wins. However, Jamie is very much more than a prone paddleboarder, being quite simply, one of the world's most accomplished and talented waterman ever.
Since entering the world of SUP, drawing on his outrigger canoeing skills, he has been both a Battle of the Paddle and ISA SUP Champion. Since 2002 he has dominated nearly every competition he has entered. As a big wave surfer, Jamie has been invited to some of the world’s most elite big wave riding events, including the Tow-in World Cup and the Mavericks Paddle-in contest. In 2007 Jamie was nominated in Billabong’s XXL Big Wave Awards, for a massive wave ridden at Todos Santos, Mexico.
Outside of competition, Jamie has earned membership into the notorious 30/20 Club, a brotherhood of elite watermen who have paddled 30 miles, or more, through open-ocean in addition to having ridden 20 foot waves in the traditional paddle-in method, unaided by a tow-in vehicle. For Jamie, the ocean is more than the blue area on a map or a weekend destination. To him, it is a way of life and an arena to embrace, explore and experience some of the greatest moments of his life.
Huge Thanks to Steve West who is one of the world's foremost ocean sports writers, educators and ocean sports participants, with a career spanned across some 40 years, as a professional windsurfer during some of its foremost pioneering days, some 20 years involvement with the sport of outrigger canoeing throughout the Pacific, as a writer, researcher and competitor and for the past 7 years a full time involvement with stand up paddle boarding.
Inshore Flood Awareness Boat Exam
On The 23rd to the 24th of February 2013 in Exeter a flood awareness exam was attended and sat by a number of our members here are a few of the days pics.
Hadrian Eat Your Heart Out!
Thanks to Ian Smith, Chris Smith, Nathan Lapwood and a young Chippendale wannabe Kieron Dinsdale.
A partition wall was erected to help with separate changing facilities at the club,
Thanks to these artisans it was built in a few hours with refreshments and bacon sandwiches supplied by Mrs BK. A big thank you to Jewsons for supplying all the materials ..
And a big THANK YOU to all involved
Swim safety need help
ITU World Triathlon Series - Grand Final 2013
In September 2013, Hyde Park is hosting the Grand Final of the ITU World Triathlon Series. Competition will be taking place over 5 days (Wed 11th Sept - Sun 15th Sept).
If any of you can help or are available for the following days just let one of the seniors know
East Devon Training Lifeguard Courses 2013
RLSS NATIONAL BEACH
LIFEGUARD QUALIFICATION
2013 COURSE DATES
We are pleased to confirm the NBLQ course dates for 2013 to be held in Exmouth as follows –
FEBRUARY Monday 18th – Friday 22nd
MARCH (WEEKEND COURSE) Saturday 16th, Sunday 17th & Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th – exam can be taken on Friday 29th March or Friday 5th April
MARCH Monday 25th – Friday 29th
APRIL Monday 1st – Friday 5th
MAY Monday 27th – Friday 31st
JULY Monday 29th – Friday 2nd Aug
OCTOBER Monday 28th– Friday 1st Nov
The course costs £240 which includes, manual, Emergency First Aid at Work certificate and assessment. To secure your place we require a deposit of £50 (see our website for terms and conditions).
The only timed element of the course is that you need to be able to swim 400m in less than 8 minutes. This is completed in a swimming pool and is 16 lengths of a 25m pool.
The link for the RLSS NBLQ syllabus is - http://www.eastdevontraining.
On successful completion of your assessment a fee of £24 is payable directly to the RLSS for your award fee.
Photographer Extraordinaire Matt Round Brings You
Lifeguard Assessment through his Artistically Articulated Lens, We challenge you to scream that three times at speed towards your screen!!
The Candidates
The Prep
The Physical Requirements
The Rescue Techniques
The Peterson Tube
The Spinal Lift and Carry
Job Done
2013 Xmas Swim
So much more to follow but here's a little teaser
INCLUDING A VIDEO :)
Saunton IRB Training Days
2012 Round Up
Just what your club got up to in 2012, we kicked off proceedings with a joint litter pick, where we used our clubhouse as the base for a stroll amongst the tideline armed with graspers and bags courtesy of East Devon council's streetscene and heavily advertised by the charity surfers against sewage.
Tids spent some of his spare time offering the charity Surflifesaving GB, advice on how to help the fifty plus voluntary clubs that they are responsible for.
A few of the club members then hooked up with the British surf rowers for a taster session down in Carbis bay, St Ives and performed heroically amongst established crews for a top 3 finish in the race at the end of their 5 hours intensive training.
The British divers have a marine rescue team who performed their annual training exercises on the beach with the club of volunteers assisting and providing safety cover for their water drills.
The first triathlon of the year, Blenheim was attended by 5 members who oversaw the international field in this world renowned event for the entire weekend both on land and in the array of watercraft.
Next was the first of the years competitions our regional champs where the club although small in number are huge in heart and their efforts managed to claim Exmouth 13 medals in an array of colours across an age range of 11 to 40 keeping those elitist competition clubs on their toes.
We then tackled the task of providing a training session worthy of a premiership rugby team, hosting 40 of the squad from their top academy players to their entire first team squad. The day proved extremely popular and is set to be incorporated into their training for seasons to come.
Once more to competition we returned with a team event at Teignmouth in the lifeguard challenge to profile the Surf lifesaving scene at their annual carnival, it was another dominating performance by the club which was then followed by an appearance in the big bay dip long paddle, which is a long sea swim and prone paddleboard race.
One of our club members Nigel Snowshall was asked to provide safety cover by the air ambulance while it put its recruits through its paces in the water crash and recovery scenarios.
Two of our members Ashley Jones and David Tidball - Tids also provided a course in sea safety and awareness for the St. John's ambulance cadets resulting in certification for all of the attending children.
It's not only in the water you find out guards we leant ourselves to help in a large number to take part in the Rotary Club charity walk which despite the horrific weather we smiled through.
It was also at the rotary clubs night at the proms that the club attended to talk to the public about the safety we provide for the beach users of Exmouth.
Three more triathlons followed London triathlon was attended by 5 more members and we were fortunate enough to have 3 members provide safety cover for no other then the Olympic triathlon and six lifeguards attended the first year of the dawlish triathlon providing both safety boat and paddleboard cover.
A chance meeting in the summer with some girls paddling outrigger canoes led to our next visit from the outrigger canoe club London who following our original chat and interest, decoded on a club training away day hosted by the club on the tranquil shores of Exmouth
we also did a long charity walk in horrific weather conditions to raise money for our new defibrillator, dressed as hula men and women for the Exmouth
when considering how busy we have all been providing cover around the country the fact that we also ran lifeguard cover on the beach for all the weekends and public holidays during the period of may to the end of september
attending 427 incidents which included 12 major rescues, advice given to 374, 29 minor first aids shows how well the club can operate when stretched.
Most importantly however, the club provided training and qualification to 10 new lifeguards, 21 juniors who took their surf competencies involving surf board and ski competencies, 2 surf lifesaving coaches and 1 trainer assessor showing the clubs commitment to both continuing professional development and issuing the training for life's to be safer at sea. something we have commited to since 1986.
New AED
Courtesy of the club members hard work on the walk and collecting at the proms we are now the proud owners of a new automated external defibrillator, both of those events were organised by Exmouth's rotary club
Many thanks to the rotary for their support for the coming season.
EBRC Hosts OCUK
The
visited our coast to run an away training day and demo some of there equipment and coaching with us in East Devon
Alot of fun was had until the sun began to go down, we would happily welcome another visit and would like to direct you to
www.ocuk.org
Dawlish Triathlon
This year was the first running of the Dawlish Triathlon, they did it properly by including a SEA swim, which the club were invited along to, to provide safety cover via our Rescue Boat and a few of our guards on paddle boards.
The event went well with a healthy turn out and a well disciplined event.
heres a few of the pics
Dawlish surf lifesaving Club provided a Menu, i repeat a menu for the volunteers, this was a first and somewhat of a shock from other events.
London Triathlon
Members Maff Richardson, Keith Hoppins, Vicky Gall, Kierron Dinsdale and Fin Cawthera attended this years event and here is a few of the highlights
preparing to depart
anchoring the boat and returning to the regatta centre look at the glorious technique as Fin tries to save Kierron from drowning as he didn't wear his armbands.
preparing for boat collection the morning after
invites us to provide both boat cover
and Pontoon Lifeguards
To assist the competitors in any way that may be required come rain
Or shine
Exmouth are always the social creatures
The event comprises some 11,000 competitors across the whole weekend
The event requires a lot of energy and can be quite exhausting
which unfortunately doesn't leave much conversation for Maff on the drive home
and be advised waking Kierron is unwise
Unless you consider this beautiful
October Lifeguard Course
The club is housing an RLSS Lifeguard Course on the 15th - 19th October
If you need to get your qualification updated or think your ready to join the Lifeguard Ranks let one of the seniors know, if you interested in taking the course form outside of the club, dont hesitate to get in touch with either Andy or Sarah at