Anna Quinlan

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Learning to surf can be a daunting endeavor. If you’re lucky enough to have an experienced friend guide you through the gear choices and give you some tips so you don’t look like a total kook, you’ve still got to contend with variable weather, wave conditions, and you better acquire a taste for saltwater. Just in case all that wasn’t intimidating enough, now you have to face the fact that there are dogs out there who can probably handle a wave better than you. On a recent weekend in Huntington Beach, California, 64 dogs competed in the 7th annual Petco Surf City Surf Dog Competition. The weekend-long event features a multi-heat dog surfing contest with prizes in four different weight-class divisions and even tandem heats with the dogs’ owners. Photographer Dominique Labrecque was there to capture the action.
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The weekend-long event features a multi-heat dog surfing contest with prizes in four different weight-class divisions and even tandem heats with the dogs’ owners.