Due to the increased demand for Surfing NSW’s free CPR and board
rescue course, Surfers Rescue 24/7, the organisation has decided to release a
schedule of dates where the public can participate in the nationally accredited
three-hour course.
Surfers Rescue 24/7 provides crucial training to assist in an ocean emergency
situation and ultimately save a life. The course was sparked by a need to cover
the gap between patrolled beaches and remote beaches in an effort to reduce deaths
from drowning in NSW.
A new Surfers Rescue 24/7 webpage has been set up to ease the registration
process – surfersrescue247.com.au
Dates include:
23/8/2014 – Maroubra
06/9/2014 – Central Coast
20/9/2014 – Cronulla
04/10/2014 – Ballina
18/10/2014 – Newcastle
01/11/2014 – Northern Beaches
15/11/2014 – Port Macquarie
29/11/2014 – Kiama
13/12/2014 – Wollongong
In 2013, Surfers Rescue 24/7 won the Community Education Program of the Year at
the NSW Water Safety Awards in conjunction with the AUSTSWIM NSW Awards of
Excellence. Four-time ASP World Surfing Champion Mark Richards is a huge supporter of the course.
“I found the whole Surfers Rescue 24/7 course to be very enlightening and it
made me think about what I would do if I happened to stumble across a bad
situation that’s happening in the water,” Richards said.
“I think this is something everybody should be taught. A course like this
should be part of a school’s curriculum. It’s just as important as learning to
read or write.
“A surfer’s recreational enjoyment can often take place in some pretty
dangerous environments, so it’s safe to say that over the course of their life,
they will have to assist in a rescue or even perform CPR on someone. I think
it’s essential for anyone who surfs to have these skill sets. I thought the
course was great.”
Other professional surfers who have put their support behind the program include:
Kelly Slater, Layne Beachley, Barton Lynch, Sunny Garcia, Trent Munro, Harley
Ingleby, Glenn “Micro” Hall and Laird Hamilton.
All surfers who participate in the course will receive a certificate stating
they’re a now properly accredited.
Any surfer from the recreational grassroots boardrider to a professional surfer
of any discipline of surfing is welcome to participate in Surfers Rescue 24/7.
To find out more check out surfersrescue247.com
or email info@surfingnsw.com.au
or call (02) 9349 7055.