Drop every little thing! These browsing canine are the feel-good photographs the world wants this week

Wildfires, droughts, protests, wars, elections – the information photographs coming throughout my feed have felt quite heavy. Which might be why once I noticed canine on a surfboard, I couldn’t cease trying on the photographs.

The World Dog Surfing Championships introduced over a dozen water-loving canine collectively, and the photographs are the feel-good photographs the world wants this week.

I had no concept that canine browsing was even a factor however, if you wish to see canine residing their finest life, the gallery from the August 01 occasion is an effective place to start out.

The World Dog Surfing Competition is in its tenth yr and, in addition to delivering essentially the most cute mixture of sport images and pet images, the competitors raises cash for charities annually. The occasion additionally contains pet adoptions from native shelters.

Dogs compete in browsing and methods on the board, together with a tandem competitors that has each canine and proprietor on the surfboard. A stand-up paddleboard occasion can be a part of the competitors.

The event drew a crowd to the beaches of Pacifica, California, but thanks to the work of sports photographers (and pet photographers) the whole world can enjoy the unusual competition.

Sports photographers captured the pooches on boards, many of them clad in adorable goggles, as well as shots of the dogs celebrating with their owners.

Surfing is a challenging sport to photograph, mixing fast, unpredictable action with the potential danger of water and sand for a camera.

As the owner of a lovable but hyper dog with too much energy that I’m scared to even bring in a kayak, I’m in awe of both the dogs staying on the boards and the photographers determined to capture the four-legged athletes.

Mix in epic sports photographs with costume-wearing dogs and an event to raise money for charity, and these shots are the feel-good photos that I needed this week.

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