30 Photos
Jones Beach lifeguards. RON ESPOSITO
Guards head out in the run-swim-run. RON ESPOSITO
Guards return from the surf in the run-swim-run. RON ESPOSITO
Onlookers get ready for the main event -- the beach flags. RON ESPOSITO
Onlookers get ready for the main event -- the beach flags. RON ESPOSITO
Onlookers get ready for the main event -- the beach flags. RON ESPOSITO
Southampton Town Chief Lifeguard Sean Crowley helps set up. RON ESPOSITO
The men get ready for the rescue board relay. RON ESPOSITO
Showing off the muscles. RON ESPOSITO
Guards compete in the sprint relay. RON ESPOSITO
Guards had to deal with rough surf at Main Beach in East Hampton on Thursday, July 27. RON ESPOSITO
The women compete for the beach flags. RON ESPOSITO
Enjoying the competition. RON ESPOSITO
East Hampton Town Chief Lifeguard John Ryan Jr., bottom right, and others during the national anthem. RON ESPOSITO
East Hampton Town hosted its annual lifeguard competition at Main Beach on Thursday, July 27. RON ESPOSITO
Town of Hempstead lifeguards try to rally their mates. RON ESPOSITO
The men guards go for the beach flags. RON ESPOSITO
The women going for the beach flags. RON ESPOSITO
Going for it all. RON ESPOSITO
The women descend to the line of beach flags. RON ESPOSITO
The women going for the beach flags. RON ESPOSITO
Rising freshman at East Hampton High School Emma Hand sings the national anthem before the main event, beach flags, on Thursday night. RON ESPOSITO
East Hampton Town Lifeguard Corrina Castillo competes in the sprint relay. RON ESPOSITO
East Hampton Village Lifeguards Dylan Cashin, left, and Leah Fromm. RON ESPOSITO
T.J. Calabrese helps officiate in the beach flag pit. RON ESPOSITO
Fire Island lifeguard Kiersten DeCamp, left, and Southampton lifeguard Evie Purcell at the Main Beach Lifeguard Tournament on Thursday, July 27. RON ESPOSITO
East Hampton Village Lifeguard J.P. Amaden gets hoisted up by fellow lifeguards Avery Sharen and Frankie Hammer after winning the paddle board relay. RON ESPOSITO
East Hampton Town Lifeguard, and captain of the women's team, Bella in the rescue board relay. RON ESPOSITO
Grace Amaden is hoisted up by fellow East Hampton Village lifeguards J.P. Amaden, her younger brother, and Jack Cooper after running two legs of the sprint relay after another guard was injured in the paddle board relay. RON ESPOSITO
East Hampton Town Lifeguard Sophia Swanson gets devoured by the surf during the paddle board relay. RON ESPOSITO
