First-ever dog inducted into Huntington Beach’s Surfer Walk of Fame!

Pup joins Kelly Slater and Ian Cairns in glorious memorialization.

Those who have not watched the new Demi Moore/Margaret Qualley film The Substance are truly missing out. Those who have, were treated to a fine show that featured many twists and turns, though it is the opening bit of interest to us, here. The sequence features a younger Moore receiving her star of the iconic Hollywood Walk of Fame. What is particularly absorbing, in the scene, is how those stars are actually embedded into the cement.

It is a painstaking process requiring much art and skill.

Intriguing, though I note because, today, Sugar the Surfing Dog became the first animal to be inducted to Huntington Beach’s Surfer Walk of Fame alongside Kelly Slater and Ian Cairns.

The 14-year-old pup was rescued by Ryan Rustan who reportedly battled drug addiction and mental health issues before adopting her. The phenom went on to win multiple World Dog Surfing Championships, Surf City Surf Dog and Purina Pro Plan Incredible Dog Challenge titles.

“I never would have imagined in my wildest dreams that [Sugar] is exactly why I’d turn my life around, right here,” Rustan told The Los Angeles Times. “This is just so special.”

Mayor Pro Tem Casey McKeon declared from the dais, “We were working hard to try to find something to immortalize Sugar. We’re really grateful that the (Surfer Hall of Fame founding Aaron) Pai family made this happen today. Sugar will be forever immortalized in the Surfers’ Hall of Fame, that’s pretty amazing.”

Truly.

But back to the walk itself, it appears Huntington Beach has surfers and/or their dogs scribble in wet cement with a stick. Very rural patio. Maybe a more elevated process should be devised?

Well, David Lee Scales and I did not discuss any of that during our weekly chat though did have a long and passionate back-and-forth about soup. Scales prefers bone broth bases, chicken noodle topping his list. Lobster bisque is my favorite followed closely by French Onion.

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