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

of interest to you as well.

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

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

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

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

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

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

WOMAN: Gidget has been
surfing three years.

This is her third season.

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

she was.

She balanced and took off.

(LAUGHTER)

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

She's the longest
competing surf dog.

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

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

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

She always surfs
the medium dogs.

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

MAN: It's a really cool sport.

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

It beats going to the dog park.

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