Ride, The: East Coast

In September 2013, professional lifeguards Trent Maxwell and Jesse Polock set out to ride 2 jetskis 3000kms from Sydney to Cairns, to raise awareness for youth mental health foundation Headspace. In their occupation, these two young men have dealt with mental health fist hand, ranging from treating drug and alcohol users, to dealing with psychotic episodes and at the harshest end of the spectrum, frequently having to retrieve those that take their own lives at a cliff ledge approximately 5kms from their workplace.