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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

World Dog Surfing Championships scores its 4th Year of Fun

Photo by Jack Owicki

 

The competition was strong, the waves variable, the weather mild, the dogs stoked, and thousands of fans of the sport enjoyed the 4th Annual World Dog Surfing Championships in Pacifica near San Francisco, where over 3 dozen top dog surfers participated in the event.

Photo by Jack Owicki

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS:

  • WDSC Spirit of Surfing Award: Faith
  • WDSC Surf Dog Mahalo Award: Teddy
  • ART OF DANCING IN THE RAIN All Heart Award: Abbie Girl

FINAL COMPETITION RESULTS:

Wag Hotels Small Surf Dogs Award

  1. Carson
  2. Delilah
  3. Prince Dudeman

Pet Renu Medium Surf Dogs Award

  1. Cherie
  2. Giselle
  3. Tristan

Rockaway Ricky Memorial Large Dogs Award

  1. Rothstein
  2. Skyler
  3. Koa

DOOG Tandem Dogs Award (Dog/Dog/)

  1. Rothstein and Charlie
  2. Samson and Delilah
  3. Rusty the Surfing MinPin and Giselle

Pedro Point Brewing Tandem Human/Dog Award

  1. Skyler/Homer Henard
  2. Derby & Kentucky
  3. Team Koa

WDSC Top Dogs Award

  1. Cherie
  2. Rothstein
  3. Carson

 

Photo by Jack Owicki

Other awards were presented for the Top Ball-Fetch-in-Water Competition presented by Peninsula Clean Energy and the Dog Beach Fashion Competition presented by California Canine.

Photo by Jack Owicki

 

 

The 3rd Annual World Dog Surfing Championships came to Northern California

 

The competition was strong, the waves variable, the playing dolphins in the background a bit distracting, and thousands of fans the sport enjoyed the 3rd Annual World Dog Surfing Championships in Pacifica near San Francisco, where over 4 dozen amateurs and top dog surfers participated in the event.

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS:

  • WDSC Spirit of Surfing Award: Abbie Girl
  • WDSC Shredder of the Year Award: Skyler the Surfdog
  • WDSC All Heart Award (tie): Beans the Whippet / Rusty the Surfing Min Pin

FINAL COMPETITION RESULTS:

Small Surf Dogs Award

  1. Gidget
  2. Prince Dudeman
  3. Samson

Pet Renu Medium Surf Dogs Award

  1. Giselle
  2. Tristan
  3. Abbie Girl

Stunt Puppy Large Dogs Award

  1. Derby
  2. Teddy
  3. Kalani

DOOG Tandem Dogs Award (Dog/Dog/)

  1. Teddy and Derby
  2. Gidget the Pug & Prince Dudeman
  3. Samson and Delilah

Pedro Point Brewing Tandem Human/Dog Award

  1. Skyler/Homer Henard
  2. Giselle/partner
  3. Derby & Kentucky

Goughnuts Top Dogs Award

  1. Gidget
  2. Derby
  3. Teddy

 

Other awards were presented for the Top Ball-Fetch-in-Water Competition presented by Goughnuts and the Dog Beach Fashion Competition presented by Just Food for Dogs.

More at www.DogSurfingChampionships.com

 

Publication Release: The Dog’s Guide to Surfing, 3rd Edition

TasteTV and TCB Cafe Publishing and Media are pleased to announce the publication of the new 3rd Edition of the genre-making book, THE DOG’S GUIDE TO SURFING.

The book that created and launched an actual international sport: Competitive Dog Surfing. Here is the premier guide to the surfing lifestyle from the view of surfers who love to hang ten with man’s best friend. “The Dog’s Guide to Surfing” brings the greatest stories, profiles lessons, advice, tips, movies, gear, and surf wear to anyone who has ever wanted to catch a wave with their four-legged pals.

Whether you just like to stroll on the beach, play in the water, or get in the line-up, “The Dog’s Guide to Surfing” shows how to really be a surfdog.

The 3rd edition is now 224 pages, and contains over 90 additional pages above the 2nd Edition, including new surf dog profiles of some of the world’s best dog surfers, as well as important dog surfing events from California to Florida, and from Texas to Australia.

Recently featured in SURFER Magazine‘s article, “How to Teach Your Dog to Surf“.

Available Now on Amazon

Norcal World Dog Surfing Championship awes San Francisco Bay Area

It was a great day for the first time Norcal Dog Surfing event (aka the World Dog Surfing Championships), and over 400 dog and surfing lovers came out to check out the stars, including local media outlets such as KQED, NBC, KPIX (CBS), the Bay Area News Group, and more. (see press coverage and some videos here)

Ratings were led by veteran solo dog surfers Abbie Surfs and Brandy the Pug, in close pursuit by tandem dog surfer Skyler, doing her first foray in solo surfing.

There were four heats in all: 2 for small/medium dogs, 1 for large dogs, 1 for the top dogs (trophies)

Top Dogs (trophies)
1. Abbie (Michael Uy, www.instagram.com/abbiesurfs/ )
2. Brandy (Jonny Dorman, www.instagram.com/brandy_the_pug/ )
3. Skyler (Homer Henard, www.instagram.com/skylerthesurfingdog/)

Small/Medium Dogs
1. Abbie (Michael Uy, www.instagram.com/abbiesurfs/ )
2. Brandy (Jonny Dorman, www.instagram.com/brandy_the_pug/ )
3. Wes (Christine Campopiano, www.instagram.com/westhesurfdog/)

Large Dogs
1. Skyler (Homer Henard, www.instagram.com/skylerthesurfingdog/)
2. Barb (Linda Lyman, Pawssage.com)