As cheering children and men frantically paddle their inflatable surfboard through the frothy Pacific waves onto the beach, one passenger placidly sits in the bow taking it all in—a large, white goat. California surfer Dana McGregor has always loved the thrill of catching a wave, but it wasn’t until he took his pet goat surfing with him one day that he truly found his calling. “I got one goat to clear my poison oak in the backyard and I decided to take it surfing on my birthday and then I just ended up surfing goats,” recalled McGregor of the day his goat-surfing journey began almost 10 years ago.

Goats go surfing, help kids overcome fear. (2021, March 24). Philippine Daily Inquirer, pp. A1, A4.