Silver-haired ladies cut loose on California surf

Frances Dyer (R) enjoys a boogie boarding session with a women's seniors group she helps run as they enjoy the ocean waves on International Women's Day. Photos: REUTERS/Mike Blake

Californian grannies and retired mothers are living it up on boogie boards, riding the waves like kids away from the sunset.

For these besties, there was no better way to celebrate International Women's Day on Monday than to surf away their blues together at Solana Beach, California.