Dog masters

festival

UK Dog Surfing

championships

& Live Music

SAT JULY 2025

Dog Masters - the only U.K. Dog Surfing Championshipsand & Music Festival

BUY SPECTATOR TICKETS Coming soon

Dog/ owner entries Email info@shakasurf.co.uk as a application form needs to be sent to complete.

Watch highlights of 2022 below

Dog Masters Festival 2022 Highlights

After the ‘Barkingly Brilliant’ Sell out success of 2022, the UK Dog Surfing Championships is back for its 6th year in 2025 and bigger than ever. Taking place at Branksome Dene Chine Beach July 2025.

  • Live commentary and music from Hot Radio

  • Shaka Surf Street Market

  • The Mutts Market

  • The Paw Inn beach bar

  • Dog show

  • Beach Volleyball

  • Demo tent

  • Shaka Street Food Fair

  • Beach Games

  • The ‘Puppy Pad’ kids zone

  • Sunset Sessions stage

  • Headlining TBC

Do you want to compete but not sure if your dog likes the ocean ? Yes we can train your dog to be stress free in the ocean , contact Vicky PAWS ON BOARD | Dog walking | Dog Training | Dog Surfing | DORSET for classes.

***Please Note***

You are NOT permitted to bring your own food & drinks into the festival site. (We have lots of lovely traders)

Bring a blanket and enjoy the day

 Event Entrance T&C’s

· Strictly no illegal substances will be permitted into the festival site; persons entering the festival site may be searched.

· NPS (Legal Highs) will not be tolerated.

· Customers are NOT permitted to take alcohol into the event.

· Alcohol purchased in the event cannot be taken outside the event.

· Glass and illegal substances will not be allowed inside the festival site.

· No private sound systems will be permitted in the festival site.

· No admission for children under 18 will be able to enter or exit site, without being accompanied by an adult.

· Children will be advised to wear a white wrist band with their parent’s telephone number on, to ensure children are found and return to them, as quickly as possible.

· We will operate a Challenge 25 policy: so, if any customers look under 25, we will ask them for proof of age when you buy alcohol. The only forms of ID that will be accepted are photo ID, passports and driving licenses.

· Participants consent to the photography, filming/sound recording of the event as members of the audience, which may be used for promotionalpurposes.

· It is against the law to smoke in enclosed spaces, please observe the signage around the festival site.

· The promoters reserve the right to implement any restrictions/conditions deemed necessary before and during the event to ensure the safe management of the festival site.

Event Details

Doors Open at TBC
From TBC

Location

Branksome Dene Chine beach, Pinewood Road, BH13 6FB 

Review of last years 2022 Championship/Festival.

WOW What a fantastic time we had for Dogmasters Festival {Uk Dog Surfing Championships 2022.

We had live Music on the main stage with some incredible artists. We had fantastic stalls. Tasty food stalls.

Lots and lots of people getting refreshments at the Paws Inn Bar enjoying themselves.

Plus of Course, Surfing dogs on Paddleboards, with Bear yet again taking the trophy for the 3rd year running.

More to follow about a date for next year, which will be even bigger.

After the media frenzy , with Dogmasters going Viral around the world including in the USA main national paper USA today,

A 5 minute documentary on the BBC The One Show. 6 mins on ITV This Morning with TV prersenter Dr Scott entering his dog Scotty. Live on Sky News Breakfast with Kay Burley. & bBBC South Today.

Italy”s main paper and lots more across Europe, Every National paper and every local media paper in UK {i mean every single paper inc Scotland and Ireland}

We were astounded by the media interest, but why not its such a fun day.

We will be listening to Potential Sponsors for 2025 Dogmasters please contact us if interested.

More to follow on this as planning starts now.

Thanks Everyone.

Mark and Jules

and the Shaka Team


 

 After 2022s huge success, including nearly a million UNILAD hits and national TV and radio coverage, this year’s UK Dog Surfing Championships is going to be bigger and better than ever! We’ve already had national interest and featured on the BBC Radio 1 Scott Mills show on 28 October last year

Take a look here (skip to 1 hour 12 mins).

 

This year’s event aims to have a fantastic line up including

  • The Main Event: Paddleboard owner and dog tandem race heats, QF, SF and Final

  • HOT Radio bringing us all the best tunes, with Martyn the Hat and Kev Scott on compare

  • Dog (and/or owner) fancy dress - can you find a better outfit than Scooby last year?!

  • Solo Dog Surfing comp (dependent on conditions) including heats and prizes for style, longest wave, dismount, effort, tricks and most importantly tail wagging!

  • Stage : Live music (look out for more details coming soon)

  • Stalls & activities for all ages

  • Food & Drink

  • Bar

 

Book your place for 2025

Prices and booking coming soon

Spaces are limited - buy your tickets below or contact us if you have any questions