Sunday took me to Surf City (aka Huntington Beach) for the second annual Surf City dog surfing contest. The weather was disappointingly foggy — making photography very difficult — but the dogs were fabulous. The waves were so huge and challenging that the usual order of surfing was reversed, the large dogs going first, and the smaller dogs last as the tide went out. I have changed the format of the album to show each of seven dogs riding the waves from start (being carried out) to finish (wiping out or gliding in). It’s a display by some of the top dogs in surfing in the following order:
Nani, Bernese Mountain Dog; Pudge, Bulldog; Otto, Boxer; Toby, Shih-Tzu; Deagan, French Bulldog; Richochet (aka Rip Curl Ricky), Golden Retriever; Chester, Boston Terrier; George, Landseer Newfoundland; and Mr. Jones, Jack Russell Terrier.
The last in Richochet’s series shows her surfing with a young paraplegic, seventeen year old Patrick, with whom she surfs to raise money for his medical expenses. Also included are a couple of dogs in drag spectators. And, yes, Bulldogs can swim.
Enjoy.
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