The SHARKSKIN Australian and Interstate Inflatable Rescue Boat (IRB) Championships are an opportunity for the best IRB crews from across the country to compete against each other over one action-packed weekend promoting the skills required to complete a successful IRB rescue. 2025 Dates: 17 July – 20 July 2025. 2025 Location: South West Rocks ...

Inflatable Rescue Boats (IRBs) are rubber boats with an outboard motor used in surf lifesaving. IRBs have been used for all forms of surf rescue, retrieval, and service by Surf Lifesaving in New Zealand, Australia, and Del Mar, California since the late 1980s.

An experienced and qualified IRB Driver (may be the IRB trainer). SLSA Powercraft Training Manual 8th Edition. This Learner Guide, which includes your Assessment Portfolio.

the sharkskin national irb championships 17-20 July 2025, South West Rocks (NSW) An opportunity for the best IRB crews from across the country to compete against each other over one action-packed weekend promoting the skills required to complete a successful IRB rescue.

OAM Trophy for the Australian IRB Open Championship point score. The best crews from each State will also compete for the SLSA Interstate IRB Championship Trophy and contribute points to the Alan B Whelpton AO Perpetual Shield (for the overall Interstate point score of Ocean, Pool, Surf Boat and IRB Interstate Championships). INFORMATION SUMMARY

Thundercat Inflatables are the only approved SLSA IRB manufacturer using RTE composite infusion for all floorboards and transoms. This process enables all products to be exact weights and strengths every time.

Surf Life Saving Australia (SLSA) in collaboration with Surf Life Saving (SLS) State/Territory Centres have undertaken an evaluation of the organisation’s Inflatable Rescue Boat (IRB) specification to reconfirm the intent of the single class specification and …

This course leads to the SLSA Award IRB Crew Certificate. You will also develop knowledge and skills to enable you to demonstrate competence in the nationally recognised unit of competency:

Hold their IRB crewpersons award and be currently proficient as required by SLSA and have logged twenty (20) hours specific in-water IRB competition driving or crewing training under the supervision of a currently accredited SLSA Coach – IRB Events Elective.

The SLS Inflatable Rescue Boat (IRB) is a motorised inflatable boat crewed by two (2) lifesavers/lifeguards to conduct SLS operations in the surf zone and near shore environments. The primary purpose of an IRB is to safely, but quickly negotiate the white-water surf zone to reach a person requiring