Bondi Rescue boys go back to the basics in Bali
July 24th, 2008
SOAKING up the sun on Bali’s Kuta beach sounds blissful but for Bondi Beach lifeguards on a cultural exchange in Indonesia it has proved an unpredictable exercise that has left them exhausted.
A handful of the larrikin boys in blue, made famous through Logie-winning observational series Bondi Rescue, have been put through their paces battling wild surf and unfamiliar conditions while filming Bondi Rescue: Bali, to screen on Channel 10 later this year.
For lifeguards Ryan “Whippet” Clarke and Tom Bunting, a gruelling ocean rescue to save a French woman and her two sons was the toughest challenge of their careers.
“It’s one of the most intense rescues I have done,” former Home and Away star Clarke, 24, said.
Bunting, 27, said, without the luxury of Jetskis and paddle boards, the visit had forced them to rely on the fundamentals of ocean rescue.
Kuta beach has suffered nine deaths so far this year, with an average of 20 to 30 deaths per year.
It’s a huge death toll considering Bondi has one fatality a year.
Source: http://www.news.com.au/
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