Participants swim on around the pier during Huntington Beach lifeguard tryouts for the summer season on Saturday, February 17. (Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot )
Participants run on the beach during Huntington Beach lifeguard tryouts for the summer season on Saturday, February 17. (Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot )
A participant comes out of the water following a pier swim during Huntington Beach lifeguard tryouts for the summer season on Saturday, February 17. (Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot )
Participants ride a wave during a pier swim at the Huntington Beach lifeguard tryouts for the summer season on Saturday, February 17. (Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot )
Sidney Rouse, 17, runs out of the water following a pier swim during Huntington Beach lifeguard tryouts on Saturday, February 17. (Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot )
Participants come out of the water following a pier swim during Huntington Beach lifeguard tryouts on Saturday, February 17. (Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot )
Participants run down the beach following a pier swim during Huntington Beach lifeguard tryouts on Saturday, February 17. (Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot )
Aidan Alves, 16, holods his head following a pier swim and run during Huntington Beach lifeguard tryouts for the summer season on Saturday, February 17. (Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot )
Joslynn Young, 18, stretches followign Huntington Beach lifeguard tryouts for the summer season on Saturday, February 17. (Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot )
David Lovat hugs his daughter Elizabeth Lovat, 15, after she made a list of the top 40 participants during Huntington Beach lifeguard tryouts on Saturday, February 17. (Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot )
Elizabeth Lovat, 15, and Michael Burgard, 16, bump after both made the top 40 participants during the Huntington Beach lifeguard tryouts on Saturday, February 17. (Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot )
Taylor Bartlett, 15, takes a photo of the top 40 participants in the Huntington Beach lifeguard tryouts on Saturday, February 17. (Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot )
