A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record. Robyn Benincasa, 47, paddled non-stop for 90 miles around California's Huntington Beach Harbour. The athlete, from Cardiff by the Sea, California, spent 24 hours standing on a surf board while struggling against the pain of her artificial hip. 'I did this for all of the amazing women I know who are recovering from medical setbacks. I want to show what's possible when you choose not to focus on what you've lost, but on being the best of what you are today,' Robyn said…
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
Dogs catch waves at the Coronado Bay dog surf championships Saturday 22nd June 2013- DOG SURFING mutts have never looked so gnarly .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
A BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .