Lifeguard Kingston Lawrence keeps an eye on a swimmer during the World’s Largest Swimming Lesson event at Wild Rivers Waterpark in Irvine, CA, on Thursday, June 20, 2024. About 200 people took part in the lessons held in the park’s wave pool. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
About 200 people take part in the World’s Largest Swimming Lesson event at Wild Rivers Waterpark in Irvine, CA, on Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Swimmers practice floating as they join about 200 people in the World’s Largest Swimming Lesson event at Wild Rivers Waterpark in Irvine, CA, on Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Lifeguard Tyler Dickstein teaches a swim lesson as part of the World’s Largest Swimming Lesson event at Wild Rivers Waterpark in Irvine, CA, on Thursday, June 20, 2024. About 200 people took part in the lessons held in the park’s wave pool. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A swimmer practices holding her breath as about 200 people take part in the World’s Largest Swimming Lesson event at Wild Rivers Waterpark in Irvine, CA, on Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Lifeguard Tyler Dickstein teaches a swim lesson as part of the World’s Largest Swimming Lesson event at Wild Rivers Waterpark in Irvine, CA, on Thursday, June 20, 2024. About 200 people took part in the lessons held in the park’s wave pool. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
About 200 people take part in the World’s Largest Swimming Lesson event at Wild Rivers Waterpark in Irvine, CA, on Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
About 200 people take part in the World’s Largest Swimming Lesson event at Wild Rivers Waterpark in Irvine, CA, on Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
It’s not hard to argue that summer fun starts with safety.
On Thursday, June 20, some 200 people, mostly kids, practiced their swimming at Wild Rivers Waterpark in Irvine, where plenty of fun will be had this summer. It was part of an event dubbed the World’s Largest Swimming Lesson that included facilities around the region participating in the water safety campaign. The emphasis is on how learning to swim, and taking lessons, can help reduce the risk of drowning.
At Wild Rivers, the first 100 participants got to enjoy the rest of the day at the waterpark for free.
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