World Dog Surfing Championships Livestream Hybrid Event Make Sports History
The World Dog Surfing Championships and TasteTV thank all of the fantastic dog surfers (and humans) who took part in the 2020 Livestream Hybrid Event. To our knowledge no other sports has ever attempted to organize and produce an event that utilizes the video and tech capabilities of Zoom to broadcast a live competition via livestream from multiple locations and multiple teams.
This was an historic, first-of-its-kind event, including both the heats live-streamed directly from various beaches across North America, as well as featuring recorded video from 2020. Realtime viewers and aficionados of the sport watching on Facebook Live numbered in the several thousand, and the amount of fans continues to grow daily as they watch and share the video replay of the event on Facebook.
Because of the unique nature of the Championships and the scarcity of live sports events at this time, enjoyment of the dog surfing event was extremely high. A side effect was that judging was an unexpected challenge due to the great coordinated efforts of all of the surf dogs.
Teddy and Derby at the World Dog Surfing Championships
Below are the final results:
VIDEO HEATS
Highlight Reels
1 Carson
2 Charlie (tie)
2 Delilah (tie)
2 Flofy Tiny Surfer (tie)
2 Rothstein (tie)
2 Samson & Delilah Tandem (tie)
Small Dog Video
1 Carson (tie)
1 Flofy Tiny Surfer (tie)
1 Rusty (tie)
1 Tristan (tie)
Large Dog Video
1 Faith (tie)
1 Koa (tie)
Very Large Dog Video
1 Charlie Surfs up
2 Lily Lilo the Lab
3 Beezel
Tandem Dog Video
1 Brandy, Derby, Carson, Faith, Flofy, Rusty, Tristan
2 Rusty and Faith
Tandem Human/Dog Video
1 Koa and Oak (uncontested)
Fetch-Frisbee Video
1 Lani
2 Bamboo & Bobby Ellis
LIVE HEATS (LIVESTREAMED)
Small Dog Heat 1: LIVE
1 Carson
2 Delilah
3 Samson
4 Ziggy
Medium Dog: LIVE
1 Cherie
2 Tristan
Large Dog: LIVE
1 Faith the Surfing Pitbull (tie)
1 Rothstein (tie)
Very Large Dog: LIVE
1 Charlie Surfs Up
2 Derby
3 Teddy
Tandem Dogs Heat 1: LIVE
1 Derby & Teddy
2 Rusty & Faith
3 Samson & Delilah
Tandem Human/Dog: LIVE
2 Bamboo & Bobby Ellis (tie)
1 Derby & Kentucky
2 Quadruple tandem/Koa & Oak (tie)
WATCH THE CHAMPIONSHIPS REPLAY HERE ON FACEBOOK LIVE
