BEAT OFF An untrustworth Lifeguard,
often used in jest
BLITZ Multi victim rescue
BOGUS Phony, weird
BUD One of the guys
BUFFASORUS One who is in shape and looking
good
BUFFED In shape, looking good
CAN FLIP A technique of spinning the can
one or two revolutions and catching it (used to impressed)
CREW The guys/girls that work a certain
beach (for example,The Will Rogers Crew)
CRUISER A pickup artist, usually male
DIDGE parking free
DIP A break on a hot day when a lifeguard
walks into the water to cool off
DIRT BAG Bum
DUMPED Knocked over by a wave
FIND THE BOTTOM (Before you find the
air)
FLUFF AND BUFF To get ready, shave
and shower
GIVE ME SOME AIR Lifeguard frogmen diving
in from overhead chopper
GO OUT A session. Usually a surfing,
surfshiing, windsurfing or other form of fun exercise
INSIDE Close to shore (Stay inside, will
ya, Kid!)
L.D. Long distance swimmer, Usually one
whoe soes not know what he/she is doing
MINI SHIFT Less than eight hours
OUT OF TOWER Brass Lifeguards that have
risen to a position away from the beach
OUTSIDE Past the surf line
PATROL Walk
S&R Search and recovery
SCHEDULE The tower hours and days off that
a lifeguard works
SET A group of waves
SHINE Forget it
TOWELSIDE MANNER The attitude/rapport that
a lifeguard has with the public, especially women
TUMBLE DRY To get caught in the circular
force of a big wave after it has broken; a very humiliating experience
WATCH THE WATER lifeguarding
WORKOUT A physical break from the pressur
of watching the water
