The Gul Night Surf Contest

Surfing at night, generally, is for drunk teenagers, special forces or die hard 'Point Break' enthusiasts. By and large it is not a safe pursuit, just like juggling with hungry ferrets or playing kiss-chase with lorries isn't.

That said, there is an exception to the rule. And if you're twiddling your thumbs on the weekend of the 18th-20th of June, you could go and watch a bunch of people who know exactly what they're doing surf (very well) in the early Summer darkness at The Gul Night Surf contest at Fistral Beach in Newquay.

Music, fireworks, massive lights and beaming smiles.

And no rain, as it's banned.

PHOTO CONTEST!!!

If Ned Kelly had taken off his big metal hat, picked up a surfboard and ridden a well-documented North Cornish point break, we'd wager he'd look something quite similar to our hairy adopted Australian friend Julian Gardner, seen here being shaka'd on by Bude local Ben Jarvis.
Unfortunately, Jules isn't wearing a Gul wetsuit, but we love the photo. But this leads us nicely on to our first little blog competition!
We'd like to see any photos, new or old, of people in Gul gear. This can be wetsuits, t-shirts, boardies - anything, so long as we can see the Gul logo. The shots can be faded 70's polaroids (scanned and sent over) to day-old digital snaps. Anything. The best shot, as judged by ourselves, will win a GUL T-SHIRT of their choice!

All submissions must be sent to gul.bude@btconnect.com

Get raiding those dusty albums!