On July 17, 2011, surfers from around the world will gather at Sydney's Manly and Bondi beaches to take part in the first ever International Gay Surfers Day. Organized by GaySurfers.net, the event is a significant one in the "hetero-masculine dominated sphere of surfing," reports SX News.

International Gay Surfers Day will also be celebrated in numerous places across the globe, including France, the United States, and Brazil.