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Viewfinder: Lifeguard Training at Craigville Beach

Intense workouts and critical skills are the focus of this summer-long class that meets 2 days a week for most of the summer.

If you are on the beach on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, you may see a group practicing drills in order to become certified lifeguards. When they aren't learning procedures in a classroom setting, they are practicing rescues on the water, and staying in shape with tough workouts. I captured a couple days of the training.

Check out the photos, you may see one of these faces one day if you are in trouble out in the water.

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