If you're a lifeguard at Jones Beach, you have to take a physical fitness test every year to prove that you're still able to do the job. He served as an expert lifeguard witness in court cases.Īnd all was well in his happy lifeguarding world until the Speedo mishegoss began in 2007. He had two wins at the national lifeguard competition. Which is to say, Roy is one of the lifeguardiest lifeguards there is.
I figure two rescues per episode, 10 years on the air, Roy would still beat him by 560 rescues. And let's just get right to it with Act One.ġ,000 rescues, that's way more rescues than David Hasselhoff did on Baywatch. We prepared today a program to listen to with the sun beating down on you, the humidity through the roof, a show of people embracing the beach, people who are sons of the beach. And can I just say, today on our program we have stories about people like him- people who love the beach, not people like me.įrom WBEZ Chicago, it's This American Life. And then he lifeguards every weekend in the summer.
Like, who's still lifeguarding at 66?Īnd then it was even more of a question when we realized that the lifeguard in the story, he has another job. We all thought lifeguarding is something you do when you're in high school, maybe a couple years after, into your 20s. And I just want to pause on that for a second- a 66-year-old lifeguard.Īll of us here on our staff, we had no idea that could even exist. At the time, he was a 66-year-old lifeguard who was suing New York state for age discrimination. How many ways are there to do that anyway? And you know, some people really love it so much.Ī while back, here on our radio show, we also had this article about somebody like that. And I think about the many hundreds and thousands of years that families have brought their kids to the water's edge to play pretty much exactly the same dumb way that we play in the sand and waves today. At some point, you're going to drink some eggnog.Īnd you know what? When I go to the beach, I try- I really try- to get into it, to have a nice time, to appreciate the waves, and the sand, and the heat. You can try to sit it out, but it's just too big. Hating the beach in summer is like being a Jew at Christmas. Hating the beach during summer- and I believe I can say this with authority from personal experience. A bunch.Īnd why? Well, because people I love love the beach. Going in the waves- totally fine for a little bit, but, like, all day? And like many people over 40, I have no desire to ever be seen in a bathing suit by anyone ever for the rest of my life.īut know how many times I've been to the beach this summer? OK, there were two quickie day trips and a seven-day beach vacation. It's hard to think of a less comfortable place to read a book than flat on a blanket under the scorching sun.
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