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Proactivity vs. Reactivity When you think of first responders like firemen and lifeguards, what color comes to mind?   Red is the color most associated with danger and emergencies.   Despite efforts to prevent incidents from occurring, most professionals are there to respond to situations and stop them from getting worse.  Whenever someone has gone beyond their limits of training, they can…

It feels like forever since we last were together… So please enjoy this little poem and scroll down to check in with the Summertime family’s Spring 2017 photo gallery.     “A Deeply Tanned Soul” by Shaun McGrath Like many great families who live and who thrive, The Summertime Crew extends far and wide. Some go North and go…

Thanks to everyone who came out for the 2016 Boys & Girls Grom Teams. Saturday’s tryouts were greeted with perfect conditions for evaluating the skills of these young surfers.  Our coaching staff appreciates all the good will brought to the beach yesterday by the parents. This was the biggest turnout for the teams yet, and the staff is very stoked…

The hopefuls for the 2015 SUMMERTIME Boys & Girls Grom Teams were up at at ’em Saturday morning. Cloudy skies, dribbly NNE swell, but plenty of stoke were on tap for the 7:30am start time. Coaches Tyler, Gilly, Jess, Casey, and Shaun were attentively evaluating this year’s talent crop. If you are interested in trying out…

  The second round of tryouts went down last Saturday under ideal conditions. The water temp has warmed up even more, just above 60F.  Skies were sunny and the air temp was somewhere in the upper 60’s, some residual south swell was on tap too with offshore winds. While the tryout is more pass/fail than contest,…

  While most of the Jersey Shore was off to a sleepy start this morning, returning staff and a few new faces turned up for the first of two tryout dates for the 2015 Summertime Surf Staff Team. The water temp has warmed up a bit since last week, but it was not quite over…

Taking participants out into the ocean day after day all summer long is no joke and requires serious physical conditioning. In order to earn a Green Shirt and spot on the team, an instructor must pass a demanding physical fitness test. Here’s how we outline it: .5 mile beach jog 1 mile beach run 1…