Despite living only 200 yards away from the beach I always manage to miss the annual lifeguard competition held at Main beach in East Hampton. That is until today when suddenly up sprouted the American flag...aha...competition time! Tens of tanned muscled men and women running on the hazy hot beach and swimming in the wild ocean to showcase their life saving talents. There were awards to be won but I'm sure just challenging themselves against other great lifeguards was their mission for today. I'm glad I got to watch all the excitement.
This lifeguard was taking people out to deeper water so they could be "rescued"
Lining up for the big race
