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 ...

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. EVENT INFO

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.

SLSA Powercraft Training Manual 8th Edition. This Learner Guide, which includes your Assessment Portfolio. Access to IRB operating procedures (state/club). Access to fully-equipped IRBs, including all PPE required. What is this course about? How will this course be assessed? What are the key safety issues when driving an IRB?

AUSTRALIAN IRB & INTERSTATE CHAMPIONSHIPS: 20-23rd July 2023 The Australian IRB & Interstate Championships 2023 is a competition matching the best representative Inflatable Rescue Boat (IRB) teams from Australia’s Surf Clubs, States and Territories. This actioned packed event will showcase the expertise of each Club in the use of IRBs, Surf

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 …

The 2024 Surf Life Saving WA IRB Racing Championships are being held at Trigg Beach on Sunday 23 June 2024, with events starting at 8am. These championships will be guided by the SLSA Surf Sports Manual 37th Edition (Revised) and subsequent amendments. These can be accessed via the SLSWA website at this link.

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:

Candidates successfully completing the course will receive the SLSA IRB Crew Certificate and unit of competency PUASAR015A Crew small powercraft in a rescue operation. This unit forms a part of the nationally recognised PUA313310 Certificate …