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Keeping Up With Goatee the Surfing Goat - Full Coverage
Latest Post:
05/13/2013 10:36 AM
First Post:
11/11/2011 08:13 AM
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Next generation of surfing goats arrives
05/13/2013 10:36 AM by Katherine Worsham, KSBY News
"Goatee," a Central Coast goat known around the world for riding the waves, has given birth to two more kids.
"Shell" and "Grover" were born on Saturday, May 11th.
Goatee's owner, Dana … Click to Read More and see additional updates
Latest Update
Next generation of surfing goats arrives
05/13/2013 10:36 AM by Katherine Worsham, KSBY News
"Goatee," a Central Coast goat known around the world for riding the waves, has given birth to two more kids.
"Shell" and "Grover" were born on Saturday, May 11th.
Goatee's owner, Dana McGregor, says it was a water birth and that both newborns weighed 6 pounds, 4 ounces each.
Goatee has been surfing with McGregor since 2011. Her first kid, "Pismo", has also learned how to surf. The two have appeared in numerous photo shoots and videos.
Local surfing goat takes "kid" for surf lesson in Pismo Beach
04/20/2012 05:15 PM by Shelby Rhodes
Move over Goatee, "Pismo," the kid is making waves.
KSBY News first introduced viewers to Goatee last winter when she was spotted surfing waves in Pismo Beach with her owner, Dana McGregor. Flash forward a few months, and Goatee is now a mother with a one month old kid named "Pismo," who took to the waves herself Friday. McGregor is finding ways to use Goatee and Pismo's popularity for a good cause.
"We've done a couple photo shoots, my buddy is doing a film, we're trying to raise money for a project in Haiti now. It's a goat farm for goats milk and stuff so that's our next project." said Dana McGregor, owner of Goatee and Pismo.
Pismo has already taken trips to Las Vegas and Hollywood.
New kid on the block hits the waves for the first time
04/20/2012 12:17 PM by KSBY News
Today we catch up Goatee the local surfing goat and her new Kid, Pismo, who hit the waves for the first time.
Watch KSBY News at 5 and 6 to see the video.
LINK: Goatee and new kid, Pismo visit Hollywood
03/30/2012 11:57 AM by Courtney Meznarich
While headed home to Pismo Beach after giving birth in Carlsbad, Goatee and her new son, Pismo made a pitstop in Hollywood.
Owner Dana McGregor made sure the moment was captured on video, and posted a link to the video here.
McGregor and Goatee made national headlines last Novemeber when KSBY News showed Goatee catching a wave on a surfboard in Pismo Beach. In mid-March, Goatee gave birth to a new kid, which McGregor named Pismo.
Goatee the surfing goat welcomes new kid
03/23/2012 12:59 PM by Courtney Meznarich
It's a boy! Goatee, our local surfing goat from Pismo Beach is now a new mom.
Goatee captured the hearts of people on the Central Coast, and then the nation, when she took to the waves in November. Her owner Dana McGregor, or dad as he likes to call himself, went on to start a charity using Goatee to help raise money.
On Thursday afternoon at 4:24p.m., Goatee welcomed a son into the world. 'Pismo' stood up for the first time within five minutes of being born, and took his first steps down a flight of stairs on Friday.
Pismo wasn't born in Pismo Beach like planned. McGregor, his mother and Goatee took a trip down to Carlsbad to visit McGregor's brother this week, and they weren't planning on coming home with a new kid. But McGregor tells us mom and kid are doing well, and little Pismo looks just like Goatee. The family will make the trip back home to Pismo Beach this weekend.
Local goat has become an international celebrity
11/14/2011 10:14 PM by Bill Halter
On Thursday KSBY News showed video of Goatee the surfing goat catching some waves with her owner Dana McGregor on Grover Beach. Our footage was picked up and shown by the Today Show, Huffington Post and multiple other media outlets around the world. The surfing goat has gotten more than 35,000 hits on YouTube and so I went to McGregor's house in Pismo Beach to see if Goatee has changed since becoming famous.
Goatee lives in McGregors back yard and is full of personality. McGregor bought the goat five months ago to help with yard work.
"The main reason I got Goatee was to clean up the property with the weeds and the poison oak" says McGregor.
Goatee pulled her weight with the landscaping job, helping McGregor clear the weeds and that was going to be it for Goatee.
"I used to live in Africa, and we ate goats in Africa and there pretty good and tasty. So my friends from Africa were coming in that we all met in Africa and we were just going to eat Goattee" says McGregor.
But McGregor had a change of heart.
"I got super close, I fell in love with Goatee."
Last Thursday on McGregor's 33rd birthday, when the ocean was calm, he placed Goatee on a surfboard and after about 30-minutes of trying, Goatee was able to stay up on the board and ride a wave to shore. After the footage aired on KSBY, McGregor says Goatee started getting recognized locally and now with so many other sites showing the video, Goatee has gone international.
"I just think it's all hilarious. It's just funny. Going with her everywhere and friends calling me up everywhere and just going, your goats famous" says McGregor who also points out the fame hasn't changed his goat.
"You know it hasn't gotten to her head yet. She doesn't even know it and that's probably a good thing."
McGregor says a national magazine has contacted him about doing a feature story and photo shoot with Goatee. He's thinking about starting a weekly online segment involving Goatee to raise money that could be used to buy goats for families in third world countries that really need them for more than just clearing poison oak. McGregor says he also plans to have Goatee serve as the mascot for the youth soccer camps he runs.
Local surfing goat getting national attention
11/11/2011 12:08 PM by Kelly Orsini, KSBY News
A story KSBY brought you Thursday about a surfing goat in Grover Beach is getting some national attention.
Check out a clip from the Today Show!
Goat surfs in Grover Beach
11/11/2011 08:13 AM by KSBY (staff)
Surfers in Grover Beach on Thursday got to see a rather unexpected surfer on the waves. Dayna McGregor brought his goat, Goatee, to the beach to ride a few waves into shore.
He says they were out celebrating his birthday, but the real celebration was over Goatee's first water adventure. McGregor told KSBY News, "She did pretty well. She got up on a couple waves..got up? We put her on a couple waves, and she was pretty succesful."
McGregor originally bought Goatee to eat weeds in his backyard, but she soon became a pet. Now, McGregor says Goatee goes everywhere with him and is even going to be the mascot for his soccer camp.
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