I thought it was really odd that I didn’t have any pictures of the awards ceremony of the dog surfing event, but I just sort of shrugged my shoulders and moved on. And then I discovered why: I took them with my iPhone, because I didn’t have a good wide-angle lens for the SLR. I have really got to get some better lenses somewhere along the line.
Anyway, this is the pup who won first place in the ‘large dogs’ category. She is amazing at sticking to that board. She disappears into a wave, and then the wave is past her and there she is, still standing on the board, looking nonchalant.
She actually looked a lot more comfortable on a surfboard than surrounded by adoring, extremely loud fans.
I’m not above taking advantage of staged photo ops. Especially when the dog doesn’t wholly endorse the concept.