Where Are They Now? Micha Burden

Besides working modeling assignments and recently getting married, Micha Burden, one of America's top open water swimmers, will represent the Los Angeles County Lifeguards in its annual competition against Victorian State Surf Life Saving Association of Australia in The Wieland Shield in January.

Lifeguards - who are an abundant source of local knowledge of the waterways around the world - are often open water swimmers' best friends.

At The Wieland Shield the Californian and Australian lifeguards will continue to exchange ocean lifesaving knowledge, skills and techniques that they have done over the past five decades. Micha and her California lifeguards (Jeff Barrett, Micah Carlson, Danny Ching, Maggie Hogan, Pat Jacobson, Renee Locarnini, Brian Murphy, Mike Murphy, Alison Riddle and Shane Scoggins) will continue the tradition.