The Dogs of San Francisco

I got SO MANY pictures from the dog surfing championships! And SO MANY of them were of the face a small child that was inexplicably being held up on someone’s shoulders BACKWARDS and jiggled back and forth a few dozen feet in front of my camera. If you’re going to hold your child up, you could at least let them watch the dogs surfing? I dunno.

Also a lot of them were of people’s cell phones which they were holding up over their heads. And most of the rest were out of focus — did I mention I reeeeally need to replace my lens? — or over or underexposed. That last was intentional, I used exposure bracketing.

Anyway, I’ll be posting them gradually, but to start with let’s see Koa. Koa was the champion in 2024, and it wasn’t hard to see why: she was easily the most enthusiastic pup. As soon as they started heading down towards the water, she started barking her head off and trying to rush them, and she did not stop barking the entire time she was surfing. Just so much happiness she couldn’t keep it in. She is also a cancer survivor and eleven years old. And, frankly, an inspiration to me. If she can surf, maybe it’s not even too late for me!