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Feb 25, 2022

Meet our surfboards

Surf rescue involves using surfboards, but they're not exactly the boards you're familiar with from surfing or SUP. Our boards are long...

Feb 10, 2022

CEO Paul Hakim meets Surf Life Saving Thailand managing director in Phuket

ILSF CEO Paul Hakim met with the managing director of Surf Life Saving Thailand, Vitanya Chuayuan, in Phuket, Thailand. The island, one...

Feb 1, 2022

ILSF releases 2022 events programming

ILSF is pleased to announce an expanded lineup of courses and activities for the 2022 swimming season. Activities will be offered on...

Jan 30, 2022

ILSF discusses drowning prevention with Israel Interior Ministry officials

ILSF executives met with officials from Israel's Interior Ministry in Tel Aviv in order to discuss how to prevent drownings along...

Jan 28, 2022

ILSF to host first-ever surf life saving sports competition at Maccabiah

Israel Life Saving Federation is hosting the first-ever Surf Life Saving Sports competition as an exhibition sport at the 21st Maccabiah...

Dec 10, 2021

ILSF volunteers at Olympic swimming qualifier competition in Eilat

ILSF water safety volunteers headed into the Red Sea as part of the water safety team for the three-day FINA Marathon Swim World Series...

Nov 26, 2021

Teens on gap year learn surf rescue skills

More than 50 South American teens on gap-year programs in Israel completed Israel Life Saving Federations’ surf rescue certification on...

Nov 18, 2021

ILSF volunteers at first-ever Ironman in Israel

Israel Life Saving Federation water safety volunteers headed out onto the water of Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) in November, 2021, as...

Oct 15, 2021

ILSF water safety volunteers safeguard swimmers at Speedo Kinneret swim

ILSF water safety volunteers headed out onto Lake Kinneret (the Sea of Galilee) before dawn on their surfboards as part of the water...

Jan 19, 2021

Our first year in action

2020 was a year of change and of challenges on both a personal and global level for everyone. We at Israel Life Saving Federation look...

Sep 16, 2020

Making history between lockdowns

It all started off in the first lockdown back in March with the decision to launch the very first Nippers and Dolphins program on Zvulun...

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