Check­out these great pho­tos of Frenchies surf­ing at the Surf City Surf Dog com­pe­ti­tion in Hunt­ing­ton Beach, Cal­i­for­nia. The event took place last week­end, Sep­tem­ber 23–25, 2011.

The 2011 com­pe­ti­tion results list Luigi, a French Bull­dog, com­ing in sec­ond for the Small Dog Cat­e­gory and another Frenchie, Dea­gan, win­ning Best Wipe­out. Please note, all dogs in the com­pe­ti­tion are wear­ing life jack­ets. A must-have item for sink-like-a-rock Frenchies.

Abbie Girl, an Aus­tralian Kelpie, set a new Gui­ness world record for longest canine board ride at 60 meters. See­ing as the word Kelpie also means a super­nat­ural water horse in Celtic, how per­fect is that?

Enjoy the pho­tos below, and visit the Surf City Surf Dog Press Page for cov­er­age from var­i­ous news agencies.

Images from the CBS News web­site. Click on the images to view the entire photo gallery.

Luigi shakes his head before head­ing into the water. Credit: ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images

Luigi jumps ship before the ride was over. Credit: ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images

From the ABC News web­site, comes this great image:

Luigi, Dea­gan, and friends attempt­ing to break a world record. Credit: Cindy Yamanaka/Orange County Register/AP Photo

And for those of you who have to see these dogs in action, here’s a video clip from KTLA.com in Los Ange­les, CA.

If you want to learn more about Dea­gan, and how his own­ers must spell B-E-A-C-H and S-U-R-F around him, watch the (lengthy) YouTube video of TV cov­er­age clips below. Minute 4:40 begins the best inter­view info about Dea­gan and his hobby.

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