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Surf lifesaving

Index Surf lifesaving

Surf lifesaving is a multifaceted movement that comprises key aspects of voluntary lifeguard services and competitive surf sport. [1]

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Anzac Day

Anzac Day is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand that broadly commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders "who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations" and "the contribution and suffering of all those who have served".

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Australian Surf Life Saving Championships

The Australian Surf Life Saving Championships known as The Aussies is the national Surf lifesaving championships for Australia.

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Beach

A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles.

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Beach Flags (sport)

Beach Flags is a sporting event used by Surf lifesavers to practice beach sprinting and reflexes.

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Bondi Surf Bathers' Life Saving Club

The Bondi Surf Bathers' Life Saving Club is Australia's oldest Surf Life Saving Club, founded in 1907.

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Bronte Surf Lifesaving Club

The Bronte Surf Lifesaving Club is situated on Bronte Beach, a beach in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, Australia.

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Bronze Medallion (New Zealand and Australia)

The Bronze Medallion, signifying a qualified lifesaver, has been a lifesaving standard award of The Royal Life Saving Society - Australia and Surf Life Saving Australia for over one hundred years.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Commonwealth Pool Lifesaving Championships

The Commonwealth Pool Lifesaving Championships is an international event where swimmers from around the Commonwealth take part in lifesaving sport events.

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Competition

Competition is, in general, a contest or rivalry between two or more entities, organisms, animals, individuals, economic groups or social groups, etc., for territory, a niche, for scarce resources, goods, for mates, for prestige, recognition, for awards, for group or social status, or for leadership and profit.

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Coogee Surf Life Saving Club

The Coogee Surf Life Saving Club is a foundation member of the surf lifesaving movement in Australia.

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Cronulla District Lifesaver Rescue

Offshore 2 is no longer operational, see Surf Rescue 30 for more details.

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DLRG

The Deutsche Lebens-Rettungs-Gesellschaft e.V. (DLRG) (German Life Saving Association) is a relief organization for life saving in Germany.

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First aid

First aid is the assistance given to any person suffering a sudden illness or injury, with care provided to preserve life, prevent the condition from worsening, or to promote recovery.

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Flag

A flag is a piece of fabric (most often rectangular or quadrilateral) with a distinctive design and colors.

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Hana Hou!

Hana Hou! is an American bi-monthly English language inflight magazine.

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High-visibility clothing

High-visibility (HV) clothing, a type of personal protective equipment (PPE), is any clothing worn that has highly reflective properties or a colour that is easily discernible from any background.

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Honolulu

Honolulu is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Hawaiokinai.

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Honolulu County, Hawaii

Honolulu County (officially known as the City and County of Honolulu, formerly Oahu County) is a consolidated city–county located in the U.S. state of Hawaii.

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Inflatable Rescue Boat

Inflatable Rescue Boats (IRBs) are rubber boats with an outboard motor used in surf lifesaving.

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International Life Saving Federation

The International Life Saving Federation (ILSF) is an organisation for drowning prevention, water safety, lifesaving and lifesaving sports.

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IRB racing

Inflatable Rescue Boat (IRB) Racing, is a surf sport where local surf lifesaving club teams race Inflatable Rescue Boats under competitive conditions.

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Ironman (surf lifesaving)

The sport of Ironman was developed in 1964 in Australia by Valentine Trainor to combine the four main disciplines of surf lifesaving into a single race; swimming, board paddling, ski paddling and running.

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Jet Ski

Jet Ski is the brand name of a personal water craft (PWC) manufactured by Kawasaki, a Japanese company.

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Kayak

A kayak is a small, narrow watercraft which is propelled by means of a double-bladed paddle.

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Kiama, New South Wales

Kiama is a coastal town 120 kilometres south of Sydney in the Illawarra.

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Lifeguard

A lifeguard is a rescuer who supervises the safety and rescue of swimmers, surfers, and other water sports participants such as in a swimming pool, water park, beach or river.

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Lifesaving

Lifesaving is the act involving rescue, resuscitation and first aid.

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List of Australian surf lifesaving clubs

The following is a list of Australian surf lifesaving clubs.

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Long boat rescue

In surf lifesaving, long boats, called surf boats, while no longer used for rescues, remain one of the most popular events at surf lifesaving carnivals.

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Manly Life Saving Club

The Manly Life Saving Club is one of Australia's oldest Surf Life Saving Clubs, founded in 1911.

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Maroubra Surf Life Saving Club

The Maroubra Surf Life Saving Club is one of Australia's oldest Surf Life Saving Clubs, founded in 1906.

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New South Wales

New South Wales (abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Nippers

Nippers in Australian, New Zealand and South African surf lifesaving are young Surf Lifesavers aged between 5 and 14 years old.

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Nonprofit organization

A non-profit organization (NPO), also known as a non-business entity or non-profit institution, is dedicated to furthering a particular social cause or advocating for a shared point of view.

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North Bondi Surf Life Saving Club

The North Bondi Surf Life Saving Club is a foundation member of the surf lifesaving movement in Australia.

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Nova Scotia Lifeguard Service

The Nova Scotia Lifeguard Service (also NSLS) is a Canadian lifeguard service operating in Nova Scotia.

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Parade

A parade (also called march or marchpast) is a procession of people, usually organized along a street, often in costume, and often accompanied by marching bands, floats or sometimes large balloons.

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Patrol

A patrol is commonly a group of personnel, such as law enforcement officers or military personnel, that are assigned to monitor a specific geographic area.

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Patrolling

Patrolling is a military tactic.

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Piha Rescue

Piha Rescue is a New Zealand reality series following the daily actions of the Piha Surf Life Saving Club lifeguards on the famous Piha surf beach.

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Piha Surf Life Saving Club

Piha Surf Life Saving Club (sometimes called Piha Lifeguard Service) is a surf lifesaving club for the southern section of Piha, on the west coast of Auckland, New Zealand, some 45 km from Auckland City centre.

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Republic of Ireland

Ireland (Éire), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a sovereign state in north-western Europe occupying 26 of 32 counties of the island of Ireland.

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Resuscitation

Resuscitation is the process of correcting physiological disorders (such as lack of breathing or heartbeat) in an acutely unwell patient.

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Royal Life Saving Society Australia

The Royal Life Saving Society of Australia (RLSSA) has been serving Australia for over 120 years and is the leading water safety, swimming and lifesaving education organisation in Australia.

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Royal Life Saving Society UK

The Royal Life Saving Society UK is a drowning prevention charity founded in 1891 in the UK.

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Royal National Lifeboat Institution

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is the largest charity that saves lives at sea around the coasts of the UK, the Republic of Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man as well as on some inland waterways.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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Sport

Sport (British English) or sports (American English) includes all forms of competitive physical activity or games which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants, and in some cases, entertainment for spectators.

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Sports carnival

In Australian culture sports carnivals are held to perform competitions in the individual or team disciplines like athletics, swimming or Surf Life Saving.

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Surf Life Saving Australia

Surf Life Saving Australia (SLSA) is an Australian not-for-profit community organisation that promotes water safety and provides surf rescue services.

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Surf Life Saving Club

Surf Life Saving Clubs (or SLSCs) are volunteer institutions at Australia's beaches.

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Surf Life Saving New Zealand

Surf Life Saving New Zealand (SLSNZ) is the national association representing 74 Surf Life Saving clubs in New Zealand.

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Surf ski

A surf ski is long, narrow, and lightweight kayak with an open (sit-on-top) cockpit, usually with a foot pedal controlled rudder.

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Surfboat

A surfboat (or surf boat) is an oar-driven boat designed to enter the ocean from the beach in heavy surf or severe waves.

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Swimming

Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through fresh or salt water, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival.

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Sydney

Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

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Tamarama Surf Life Saving Club

The Tamarama Surf Life Saving Club was founded in 1906 and operates at Tamarama Beach, Sydney.

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The Coolangatta Gold

The Coolangatta Gold is one of the premier events in the sport of Ironman (surf lifesaving).

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The East Sydney Argus

The East Sydney Argus was a newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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United States Life-Saving Service

The United States Life-Saving Service was a United States government agency that grew out of private and local humanitarian efforts to save the lives of shipwrecked mariners and passengers.

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Volunteering

Volunteering is generally considered an altruistic activity where an individual or group provides services for no financial or social gain "to benefit another person, group or organization".

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Wasserwacht

The Wasserwacht (water watch or water guard) is a German lifeguard service.

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Waverley Municipal Council

Waverley Municipal Council (or Waverley Council) is a Local government area (LGA) in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surf_lifesaving

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