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- Sugar, a five-time World Dog Surfing champion, died at 16 after battling cancer in the arms of her owner Ryan Rustan on Monday morning.
- She was a beloved figure at Huntington Beach and credited with popularizing dog surfing globally.
- Just weeks before her death, Sugar caught one last wave.
- Sugar was the first animal inducted into the Surfers’ Hall of Fame and contributed to surf therapy groups, visiting veterans.
