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Yes, this is a real thing that people do.
According to a Miami Herald writer who horse-surfed with Beach Horses in Bradenton Beach, Fla., you’re led into the ocean bareback on a horse, and once the animal is submerged in water up to its shoulders, you’re free to stand up on its back and “surf.”
Invention – Longreach bazooka saves people who are drowning
by Marshall Brain | October 7, 2010
Imagine a typical beach rescue scene. A person is far out in the water, drowning, and is in need of immediate help. It takes a long time to swim out and retrieve the victim, as shown here: What if you could shoot a bazooka-mounted life preserver at the victim instead and save valuable minutes? That [...]
Maybe it’s because I’ve been editing a host of safety-related articles lately, or maybe I’m just a worrier (most people who know me would say it’s likely the latter), but the mention of a friend’s upcoming beach trip had me immediately thinking, I should do a blog post on beach safety. So here it is, folks.
So you are off to the beach for your summer vacation, and you would like to build a sand castle. But you want it to be something special. You want to build a great sand castle at the beach… This first video demonstrates the OPPOSITE of what we are talking about – this video has [...]
Last week, I ran out of soap, so I dug up an old bar I stole from a beach condo a couple of summers ago. As soon as I lathered up in the shower, I was overcome by a really happy, carefree feeling. Why? Because the smell of the soap immediately took me back to that long weekend at the beach — not a cloud in the sky for four days straight, perfect sunbathing temperatures (hot, but not too hot), and all of my closest friends around me.
My favorite color is green, so I was pretty psyched to find out that the sun flashes emerald at sunset.
It’s called the “green flash.” If you go to the beach, stand where your line of sight is parallel to the horizon, and watch the sun sink, you might — *might* — see a flash of green light right before the sun disappears and everything goes dark.
Thank you, American Journal of Epidemiology, for alerting the world to the dangers of bugs burrowed in the sand of beaches we love. That’s just what we needed — something else to worry about.
A study published in said journal found that digging in the sand raised your child’s chances of having diarrhea by a whopping 44 percent. Kids under eleven who are buried in the sand have a 27 percent chance of some loose stools. They surveyed 27,000 people over a four year period to obtain the results. After folks went to the beach, the recorded their activity and then received follow up calls several weeks later for a series of health questions – presumably starting with, “does your child have diarrhea?“
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