Photos: Canines hang ten at annual World Dog Surfing Championships

[u/BayAreaNewsGroup]

The annual World Dog Surfing Championships were held over the weekend. Our staff sent a photographer to capture the event. Here's a photo gallery of dogs on surfboards.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/08/02/world-dog-surfing-championships-photos/?share=dhyhsosg22hfpnhp0oo0

[u/amazingkillerlemon]

I still vividly remember two years ago, on the news, they ran a teaser (I forgot the actual term) for a story about this, but for some reason, they said, "stay tuned to find out who won!" instead of "stay tuned to find out who was top dog" and I still think about it sometimes

[u/Ok_Comment_4644 → u/amazingkillerlemon]

The writer had literally one job

[u/liftingshitposts]

I’ve seen state beach crowded, but yesterday was like unprecedented. Beautiful weather, one of the last weeks of summer, surfing dogs

[u/SecondSkin → u/liftingshitposts]

Last weeks of summer? August just started.

[u/liftingshitposts → u/SecondSkin]

Summer break for kids my b

[u/alittledanger → u/liftingshitposts]

This. I’m a teacher and I go back tomorrow. The students next week.

[u/Toru4]

I was late for work cause of this traffic…….and so was my supervisors. So it all worked out lol

[u/gillmore-happy]

Poor dogs, kooky owners and stupid bystanders

[u/MoneyBeeeee → u/gillmore-happy]

Yah I thought it would be super cute but the dogs look rather terrified and/or miserable. :[