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Who’s better? Remarkable video captures dolphins leaping next to California surfers

Who rides waves better?

A video captured a pod of dolphins joining a group of California surfers in a remarkable up-close encounter.

The dolphins swim next to and leap within feet of the surfers in the video out of Carpinteria, posted January 24, 2022.

This video taken by Jim Russi, who said he filmed it at the popular surf spot Rincon Point.

“In my 40-plus years of traveling the world, photographing waves and surfers for the magazines, this is the best example of who the ‘real surfers’ are,” Russi said of his video.

Storyful contributed to this report.

This story was originally published February 4, 2022 at 3:29 PM.

David Caraccio
The Sacramento Bee
David Caraccio is a video producer for The Sacramento Bee who was born and raised in Sacramento. He is a graduate of San Diego State University and a longtime journalist who has worked for newspapers as a reporter, editor, page designer and digital content producer.
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