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HARI SREENIVASAN: Now to our 
"NewsHour" shares, something 
that caught our eye that may be

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of interest to you as well.

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A unique surf competition 
was held near San Francisco 
earlier this month.

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The participants weren't 
your normal wave riders, but 
their four-legged friends.

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Laura Klivans of PBS station 
KQED was there and sent along 
these sights and sounds.

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MAN: We're at World Dog Surfing 
Championship here in San 
Francisco at Linda Mar Beach.

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We're going to surf today in 
the large dog competition.

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Hopefully put a lot of 
smiles on people's faces.

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WOMAN: Gidget has been 
surfing three years.

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This is her third season.

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I took her on paddle 
boarding and then threw 
her on a surfboard, and, 
lo and behold, there

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she was.

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She balanced and took off.

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(LAUGHTER)

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MAN: She's been doing 
this for 10 years.

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She's the longest 
competing surf dog.

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She has two records for the 
longest wave ridden by a dog 
in open water by herself.

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I think it's four or five years 
ago, and been unbeaten since.

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Well, today, hopefully, we can 
place in her weight division.

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She always surfs 
the medium dogs.

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(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

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MAN: It's a really cool sport.

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It's about the best thing 
you can do with your dog.

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It beats going to the dog park.

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HARI SREENIVASAN: That's 
about as cute as we 
expected that story to be.