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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.