In 2008, the Surf City Beach Patrol completed a two-year domination of the Long Beach Island Lifeguard Tournament, which happened to be the second time in the tourney’s history SCBP won the title in back-to-back years, the other being 1979 and 1980.
Since 2009, the tournament has been dominated by two other beach patrols – Barnegat Light, which went on a six-year tear through 2014, and Harvey Cedars, which then took over the top spot and has won the previous six Island crowns.
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