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These hilarious pictures show how radical pooches came together for the Dog Surfing World championships.
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Record crowds for the event were drawn in to watch the four-legged wonders battling through the whitewash at Del Mar beach in San Diego, USA., on Sunday 13/9/09).
Delighting onlookers, canines of all shapes and sizes, from pugs to Burmese mountain dogs, competed against each other for the coveted prize.
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The top-dog award was eventually scooped by gnarly pooch Buddy.
Proceeds from the competition went to organisers and hosts, the Helen Woodward Animal Centre in Rancho Santa Fe.
A centre representative said this years figure was expected to smash last year’s takings of £28,000.
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“It just doesn’t get any greater than San Diego showing its love for dogs and its love for surfing,” said animal centre president, Michael Arms.
“What could be more fun?”
Arms estimated that the crowd at the “world’s largest dog surfing event” to be nearly 4,000, doubling attendance numbers for 2008.
Next year, the organisation aims to take the Surf-A-Thon for dogs to a global level with competitors from around the world.
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Money raised at the event is used to send staff from the animal centre, in the role of educators, on international trips to other animal shelters and animal rights groups.
Words by Liam Miller
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