National Lifeguard Championship 2013

Schedule of Events – USLA National Lifeguard Championships THURSDAY, AUGUST 8 9:00 AM – Water Course 1 & 2 Board Race: Open M/W (Heats) Surf Boat Race: M/W (Heats) Surf Boat Age Group M/W (Finals) Landline Rescue: Open (Heats) Taplin Relay: Open M/W (Heats) Rescue Race: Open M/W (Heats) Board Rescue: Open M/W (Heats) Surfski […]

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August 5, 2013

Kevin Kolar (Class of 1986) Inducted into the Smith Point Hall of Fame

Kevin Kolar started his ocean lifeguard career in 1986 at Smith Point Park, under the Legendary Joseph W. Dooley. During his tenure, as a Senior Lifeguard, Mr. Kolar maintained the outstanding record of “0” drownings. Kevin Kolar as one of the country’s top land pullers has led the Smith Point team to numerous Local, Regional and […]

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July 29, 2013

D.J. Simonton (Class of 1990) inducted into Smith Point Hall of Fame

D.J. Simonton started his ocean lifeguard career in 1989 at Smith Point Park, under the Legendary Joseph W. Dooley. During his tenure, as a Senior Lifeguard, Mr. Simonton maintained the outstanding record of “0” drownings. DJ as one of the country’s top beach flaggers and a sprinter has led the Smith Point team to numerous Local, […]

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July 29, 2013

2013 Long Island Lifeguard Championship

Results … 1st Long Beach – 47 2nd Rehoboth – 39 3rd Fire Island – 38 4th Smith Point – 36 5th East Hampton – 27 6th Jones Beach – 23 7th West Hampton – 22 Dedicated to: Joseph W. Dooley Bernie Kolar Members and their families of the Armed Services Corporal Christopher Kelly, USMC              […]

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July 28, 2013

Smith Point Lifeguards Defend Title At East Hampton Main Beach Tournament

Publication: The East Hampton Press & The Southampton Press By Cailin Riley   Jul 22, 2013 4:34 PM Lifeguards from Mastic to Montauk gathered at East Hampton Main Beach on Thursday to compete in the annual East Hampton Main Beach Ocean Lifeguard Tournament, a summer tradition that gives the guards a chance to show off […]

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July 22, 2013

Delaware – USLA Mid-Atlantic Regionals

Congratulations to the Rehoboth Beach Patrol for placing 1st overall at the Mid Atlantic Regional Lifeguarding Championships on July 10, 2013 ~ Results & Pictures below! 1st ~ Rehoboth Beach, DE 152 pts. 2nd ~ Smith Point, NY 112 pts. 3rd ~ Sea Colony, DE 91 pts. 4th ~ Fire Island, NY 63 pts 5th ~ Ocean […]

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July 12, 2013

4th Annual Smith Point Alumni Party

This is going to be our 4th Annual Smith Point Alumni Party. Last year it was great to see and catch up with everyone. We had 50 former and current lifeguards present! We hope to see all of you there. If you have any questions please call Mike Blum.

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July 12, 2013

Rip Current Awareness Week continues…

Rip current From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Riptide (disambiguation). Rip current mechanism: breakers cross sand bars off the shore, the water travels back to sea through the gap in the sand bars, creating a fast “rip” current A rip current, commonly referred to simply as a rip, or by the misnomer rip tide, is a […]

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June 3, 2013

A Fond Farewell

“That Others May Live” is the slogan of the USAF Pararescue. It also happens to be the calling of a few Smith Point Lifeguards. In just a few days three of our very own, Mike Hartman, Steven Galveo (Rookie of the year – 2010) and Tom Daly (Rookie of the year – 2012) will be answering that call. […]

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March 3, 2013