skimble
TUG Member
There needs to be a lifeguard stand out in front of CBI. There's no surfing allowed out there- as is posted at tower 33.
So, this guy was surfing out in front of the resort at about 4:45 today. The idiot took a wave all the way in to the kid zone and ditched his board right between my boys who were playing in the 2 ft. white wash. His board clocked my 7 year old on the head giving him a nice scratch/bruise and a knot. Had there been a lifeguard on duty in that vicinity, that guy would not have been allowed in the water with a surfboard in such close proximity to swimmers.
I clamored about this two years ago when I noticed inexperienced swimmers being swept up in rip tides, even wrote a letter to the city.
I used to be a lifeguard for US Ocean Safety in college, and we covered beaches that were FAR less populated than CBI's. The beach in front of the resort attracts a hefty crowd during the summer, and I would venture to say many, if not most, are inexperienced swimmers, and more susceptible to the dangers.
I asked a lifeguard by Seapointe why there are no lifeguards past the Tamarack. He told me it's city beach, and he's part of the county. He also said it's a HUGE liability.
He made the suggestion that if we ever want to see lifeguards posted there, the city needs to hear it.
So, this guy was surfing out in front of the resort at about 4:45 today. The idiot took a wave all the way in to the kid zone and ditched his board right between my boys who were playing in the 2 ft. white wash. His board clocked my 7 year old on the head giving him a nice scratch/bruise and a knot. Had there been a lifeguard on duty in that vicinity, that guy would not have been allowed in the water with a surfboard in such close proximity to swimmers.
I clamored about this two years ago when I noticed inexperienced swimmers being swept up in rip tides, even wrote a letter to the city.
I used to be a lifeguard for US Ocean Safety in college, and we covered beaches that were FAR less populated than CBI's. The beach in front of the resort attracts a hefty crowd during the summer, and I would venture to say many, if not most, are inexperienced swimmers, and more susceptible to the dangers.
I asked a lifeguard by Seapointe why there are no lifeguards past the Tamarack. He told me it's city beach, and he's part of the county. He also said it's a HUGE liability.
He made the suggestion that if we ever want to see lifeguards posted there, the city needs to hear it.
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