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Early surfers became accomplished rough water swimmers because, with leashes an invention for the future, they spent a lot of time swimming after their boards. They quickly learned the advantages of using swift rip currents to get out to the break and, when knocked off their boards, of swimming with the breaking surf to quickly get to shore (and retrieve their boards). Most of the early Ocean Beach/Sunset Cliffs surfers went on to become excellent ocean lifeguards because of their developed swimming strength and first hand knowledge of waves and rip currents, gained through their surfing adventures, Contents: 1. Before I Was a Lifeguard, 2. May and Mrs. Miller, 3. Malcolm the Mooch, 4. Little Mike, 5. Charles W, Hardy: Our Captain, 6. Maynard, 7. Lamar "Pops" Boren, 8. Leonard Cooper, 9. Big Frank and the Bamboo by the Sea, Gena Grigg, 11. Remembering Dick Ryan, 13. Makapuu Mooks, 14. Swim in Front of the Green Flag!, 15. Rescues and Recoveries, 16. Mouse and the Great White Shark, 17. Sunset Cliffs, 18. Kids and Rock Crabs, 19. Callahan's Date, 20. The Birthday Party, 21. The Rock Off the Rosarito Beach Hotel, 22. The Cortez Bank, 23. Coronado Islands, 24. Surfing the Tijuana Slues with Killer Whales, 25. The Sacramento Reef, 26. Webb's and Big Al and Law School, Conclusion, Where Are They Now?