Transcript: Forget The Frisbee, Cool Dogs Catch Waves

SCOTT SIMON
NPR Weekend Edition - Saturday
07-18-2009
Forget The Frisbee, Cool Dogs Catch Waves

Host: SCOTT SIMON
Time 13:00-14:00 PM


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SCOTT SIMON, host:

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. Southern California, the birthplace of surf culture, has a new trend: surfing dogs.

(Soundbite of laughter)

SIMON: I'm not sure I believe this. Do they hang 11 if you count the tail? In any event, apparently surfing dogs are even entering competition. Gloria Hillard has more.

(Soundbite of dog barking)

GLORIA HILLARD: At first, the surfing class seemed a bit out of control. Some of the students were running in circles, two Boston terriers were engaged in a game of ...

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