Going to Carolina!
We’re amped to return to North Carolina for our 2nd Annual North Carolina Surf Responder Summit in Wrightsville Beach on May 11-12, 2024, hosted in partnership with legendary East Coast Surfing Hall of Famer and Wrightsville Beach’s own Ben Bourgeois.
Mahalo nui to our “Partners in Safety” Patagonia, YETI, Sea-Doo, Surfline, and Tower 7 for helping to bring this training to Wrightsville Beach.
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SUMMIT CURRICULUM
Ocean Risk Management
CPR
First-Aid and Medical Interventions
Spot Analysis
Safety Equipment
Emergency Action Planning
Mindful Breathing & Energy Management
Water Rescue (Unassisted Rescue, Surfboard Rescue, C-Spine Extrication, Rescue Scenarios*)
****PLEASE NOTE*** This Summit will not feature the MRV rescue portion of the Water Rescue Module. Instead, students will role-play rescue scenarios where they will synthesize learnings from both days into tangible, practical rescue situations that are most common to this region.
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LOCATION
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INSTRUCTORS
Greg Long
Jon Hoover
Kaipo Kelley
Ben Bourgeois
Jessie Kilgour
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REGISTRATION FEE
$614.99 USD plus applicable fees and taxes, includes:
BWRAG Certificate of Completion (qualifies you to purchase the Patagonia PSI Vest)
HSI CPR Course Completion Card
**Refunds for Registration Fees will be issued in full for cancellations that are requested at least 10 days prior to the first day of the Summit. No refunds will be issued for cancellations that occur fewer than 10 days before the first day of the Summit.
Meet Your Instructors
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Greg Long
MASTER INSTRUCTOR
2x BIG WAVE WORLD TOUR CHAMPION
WINNER OF 2009 EDDIE AIKAU INVITATIONAL
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Jon Hoover
MASTER INSTRUCTOR
WATER SAFETY SPECIALIST
RETIRED RESCUE BOAT CAPTAIN
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Kaipo Kelley
SENIOR OCEAN LIFEGUARD
FIREFIGHTER/PARAMEDIC
PROFESSIONAL OFFSHORE SAILING MEDICAL OFFICER
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Ben Bourgeois
FORMER WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TOUR COMPETITOR
EAST COAST HALL OF FAME
SOLO TRAVEL SPECIALIST
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Jessie Kilgour
FIRST RESPONDER: OCEAN, MOUNTAIN, FIRE, EMT
REAL WATERSPORTS HEAD COACH
