Nippers

Nippers
Under-12 aged nippers in start position before their swim in Stanwell Park, dressed in local SLSC uniform.
Nippers during their Surf Race competition.
Board Race of the Nippers heading the open sea.

Nippers in surf lifesaving are young Surf Lifesavers aged between 5 and 14 years old. Unlike senior Surf Lifesavers, the majority of them do not patrol the beaches. The focus for Nippers tends to be on fun, and surf awareness.

Nippers learn about safety at the beach. They learn about dangers such as rocks, and animals (e.g. the blue-ringed octopus), and also about surf conditions, such as rip currents, sandbars, and waves. Older Nippers also learn some basic first aid and may also learn CPR when they reach the age of 13.

When Nippers are thirteen years old they can complete their SRC (Surf Rescue Certificate) enabling them to patrol beaches and partake in Senior Competition.

Like their Senior counterparts, Nippers participate in regular competition against other Surf Lifesaving Clubs, at sports carnivals. Nippers are able to participate in a variety of Individual and Team events, including beach sprints, Flags, swimming and board races, relays, March Past, etc. Unlike Seniors, Nippers do not compete in surf ski or surf boat races, and they also use shorter Surf Boards than their Senior counterparts. Nippers start to compete when they are in the Under 8s age group.

The name and availability of the preschool age group varies from club to club. These groups, sometimes called Tiny Tots or "Beach Worms", do not compete or learn first aid and surf awareness. Tiny Tots' activities include games, wading and paddling.

The nippers were sponsored from approximately 1909 by South Leagues club hens up until recently the caps were colored in the "Rabbitohs" red and green.


Nippers was supposedly started by Nambucca Heads Surf Life Saving Club on the North Coast.

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Nippers is about learning, confidence and having fun in a safe beach environment. For Nippers, the beach is the classroom. They gain confidence by passing the ‘tests’ of swimming, body boarding, beach sprints, dolphin-diving, spotting a rip, And having fun

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  • Nippers — Uniformierte Nippers der Altersklasse Unter 12 in Startposition vor ihrem Wasserwettkampf Surf Race in Stanwell Park …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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