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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Bryan Armen Graham

Dale Webster, surfer who rode waves for 14,642 consecutive days, dies aged 77

Guinness Book of World Records holder Dale Webster arrives at the premier of the surfing documentary movie Step Into Liquid on Santa Monica Pier in 2003.
Guinness Book of World Records holder Dale Webster arrives at the premier of the surfing documentary movie Step Into Liquid on Santa Monica Pier in 2003. Photograph: Carlo Allegri/Getty Images

Dale Webster, the Northern California surfer who paddled out every day for more than 40 years, has died at the age of 77. News of his death was shared on social media by friends and fellow surfers. No cause of death was given.

Known as Daily Dale and Daily Wavester, Webster holds a Guinness world record for the longest streak of consecutive days surfed: an extraordinary 14,642, a stretch that began in 1975 and ended in 2015. His feat required him to surf at least three waves a day, rain or shine, in sickness or in health, through frigid Pacific waters and the shark-rich lineup off Sonoma County.

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