Dogs compete in 10 minute heats as they attempt to catch at least two waves.

The heats are subdivided into three categories, small dogs, large dogs and tandem dogs.

Winners of the competition receive a special vacation package at the Loews Coronado Bay Resort.

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Photograph: Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images, Denis Poroy/Reuters

Story:Telegraph

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