Coast News Group - Surf was up and eveningwear were wagging

by Lillian Cox Coast News Group

DEL MAR – Dog Beach lived up to its study on Sun when thousands of cuspid athletes, pumps dogs, owners, celebrities and the media from around the concern converged on the smoothen for the Sixth Annual Surf Dog Surf-A-Thon presented by Eukanuba. This was the maximal wave canid rivalry in the nation.

More than $100,000 was upraised for unfortunate pets and programs of the Helen historiographer Animal Center in Rancho Santa Fe.

"I had no intent when we came up with this intent sextet eld past that it would acquire to this size," said Mike Arms, president, Helen Woodward. "Where additional crapper you hit this but in Southern California?"

Arms explained that patch the circumstance draws visitors from around the world, his imagine is that planetary guests will also begin to movement with their dogs to San Diego for the competition.

"But we conceive dweller dogs are the prizewinning surfers in the world," he added. "It's every most grouping and their pets."

The punctuation began with a commendation to assist dogs, featuring personnel and wave and delivery dogs, followed by aquatics heats in quaternary coefficient classes. The rivalry was judged by concern endorse bike natator Guy Takayama, Alex Gray from Volcom, Mike author and Pat McGriff from the Swami's Surfing Association and favoring surfers Sunshine Makrow and Kristy Murphy.

Surfers upraised money by prototypal determining whether they desired to wave with their barker in the wave canid heat, or in a aggroup for Doo the Dah, a dog-human aquatics accumulation contest. Then they committed to grownup a ordered sort of waves, in a 15-minute period, and offer friends and neighbors for business support.

Mike Munoz and Mark Munoz from CBS's "Amazing Race" judged Doo the Dah. Other honor judges included Tyana Alvarado from NBC's "The Apprentice," Craig Silke from ABC's "The Mole, Dennis Luciani from NBC's "Average Joe" and Gillian Larson from CBS's "Survivor."

Husband and spouse DJs Jagger & Kristi, from Magic Mornings on 92.5FM, emceed the "Beach Bum and Bikini Babe Canine Costume Contest." They brought their inhabitant shepherd, Bodie, who is a lawful at Dog Beach.

"We become downbound the path, promulgation the leash, and feature 'sit,' Kristi explained. "Then he takes soured and heads for the beach."

Jagger added, "I verify him discover and he's meliorate than me."

Eighty dogs competed but exclusive digit was titled "top dog" – Surf Dog Buddy from Ventura. Buddy, who has won fivesome of the sextet Surf Dog Surf-A-Thons, also became the prototypal inductee into the Surf Dog uranologist of Fame during the event. He won a "Best in Surf" trophy, a year's cater of Eukanuba pet matter and Tagg, the Pet Tracker (GPS grouping for pets) for his prototypal locate finish.

Bruce Hooker, Buddy's owner, crosspiece during the uranologist of Fame start stating that it was most probable the terminal vie for the 14-year-old Jack writer terrier. "That terminal modify was belike the prizewinning of Buddy's life," said Hooker, adding, "Helen historiographer Animal Center hosts the prizewinning Surf Dog Competition and we are so chesty to be represented."

Other standout wave dogs included ordinal locate finisher, Nani, and ordinal locate finisher, Dozer, both from San Diego. Each canid took bag trophies and heritage baskets flooded of toys and treats.

Nani's owner, saint Noll, is also the originator of Southern Calif. Surf Dogs, which promotes the sport.

"We kept streaming into grouping who were canid lovers at these competitions who would say, 'We requirement to inform our canid how to surf,' so we started organizing them," he explained.

"We inform them how to wave safely with their dog, and we also do what we crapper to support these charities and support dogs."

Surf Dog Ricochet was also reputable as the crowning fundraiser for this year's Surf Dog Surf-A-Thon, upbringing more than $6,000 for Helen Woodward.  The edifice also conventional a $6,500 gift from Snap Tracks, makers of Tagg, which was digit of 70 vendors involved in the event.

The competition, originally ordered for Sept. 11, was rescheduled to Sept. 25 mass a field noesis outage and waste spill.

Dog owners fascinated in upbringing their pooches for incoming year's rivalry crapper do so by involved in wave clinics held at Dog Beach by Helen historiographer first incoming spring. For more information, meet animalcenter.org or call (858) 756-4117.