6th Annual Surf Dogs Competition Has Surfing Dogs [Video]

The sixth annual Loews Coronado Bay Resort Surf Dog Competition took place this past weekend in Imperial Beach, California. Each dog had ten minutes to catch his or her best two waves, and was judged under the harshest of microscopes, being scored in categories like confidence level, length of ride and their overall ability to “grip it and rip it.” The winners, listed below, won their very own pet vacation at the resort. The resort doesn’t hold the competition solely to produce adorable Internet videos; the competition has become a successful fundraiser for nonprofit organizations, with this year’s event helping DonorsChoose.org, which allows public school teachers to post classroom needs and project requests for individual donors to choose from and sponsor. See? Adorable doggies make a difference in the world.

Category 1, small dogs:

1st Place, Abbie Girl, an Australian Kelpie

2nd Place, Moo, a Mix

3rd Place, Toby, a Shih-Tzu Mix

Category 2, large dogs:

1st Place, Kalani (aka Little Surfer Girl), a Golden Retriever

2nd Place, Shadow, a Golden Retriever

3rd Place, Taj, a Lab

Category 3, tandem:

1st Place, Zoey, a Jack Russell Terrier surfing with owners Scott And Tyler Chandler

2nd Place, So Cal Surf Dogs, (five dogs total)

3rd Place, Abbie Girl surfing with owner Michael Uy

(Loews Coronado Bay Resort Surf Dog Competition via Daily Picks and Flicks)