National Get Gnarly Day
National Get Gnarly Day:
A day to embrace new ideas, National Get Gnarly Day is celebrated every year on the last Friday of July.
Year | Date | Day | Where |
2023 | 28th July | Friday | United States |
2023 | 26th July | Friday | United States |
2025 | 25th July | Friday | United States |
Twitter Hashtags:
#NationalGetGnarlyDay
#GetGnarlyDay
Related: Other National Days Celebrated on July:
National System Administrator Appreciation Day
National Strawberry Rhubarb Wine Day
National Talk in an Elevator Day
Why National Get Gnarly Day?
The day is meant to be a celebration of fun days and that is the major reason why you should try enjoying the day every year. It is a day to do something funny and exciting and break out of the monotony of our lives. It is a day to encourage ourselves to try something new in our lives. It could be a simple hairstyle that you want to try or changing your mode of transportation to work, or including a new fitness workout into your regime. It could be something simple or even a complex activity you want to undertake. This is the day to start a new activity or adapt to a change in routine in your life.
It is always great fun to indulge in hobbies with others, especially with friends and family. You can use this day as the perfect excuse to get together with your friends and have fun.
How can we celebrate National Get Gnarly Day?
When the objective is to break the monotony, then this day is the best time to do so. You can use the below ideas or invent things on your own to express your gnarliness on this day.
- You can find your style of gnarliness on this day. It could be as simple as redecorating or doing different things in your room. You could even have a tattoo or change the color of your hair, or add a simply different pattern to the wall of your room. Anything that you wouldn’t usually do is now the theme of the day today.
- It is also the day to start something new, like a hobby, or pursue a challenging sport today. It could be an adventurous activity as well. You can try surfing, trekking, mountaineering, skydiving, fencing, etc. on this day. This is the best day to challenge your fears.
- Nothing makes a day memorable and better than a party and with gnarliness in the air, you can make it the whackiest party ever. You can sign up your friends and family to come to the party in whacky costumes to keep things interesting. You can also challenge further by having a different cuisine, something you wouldn’t normally have on a party day. even the music and décor could be unique to make things exciting and out of the norm.
Remember to take many pictures of the gnarliest thing you do on this day and share it online with #NationalGetGnarlyDay on your post.
Interesting facts about National Get Gnarly Day:
To make this day more interesting, we have some fun facts about gnarliness in surfing here for you. Enjoy this as you plan your gnarly day this year.
- There is no specific information regarding the origins of surfing which makes it the oldest ever sport in the world. Stone carvings dating back to more than 5000 years show that the sport has been in existence for a long time.
- Gary Saavedra, a surfer from Panama, recorded the longest surf ride. He rode for nearly 3 hours and 55 minutes on an artificial wave. A powerboat was used for creating the wave.
- The maximum money made by any surfer so far is 3million USD. It was by Kelly Slater, who made this amount in the year 2009 as a professional surfer. He was also one of the most successful surfers in the world.
- Despite the odds and challenges, surfing is an expensive hobby and that is probably why not many go for it. You may have to spend as much as $600 for the initial expense alone.
- While we all know that more than one person can ride the same wave, the largest number of people to ever ride the same wave stands at 120. This was in Cape Town, South Africa, in the year 2009 when 120 people rode the same wave during the Earthwave Festival.
History of National Get Gnarly Day:
A campaign on “gNARliness” was started by the Whirlpool Corporation in the year 2016 where the letter NAR signifies North American Region. The campaign was to motivate the employees and to ensure customer satisfaction as well. Needless to say, the campaign was an astounding success and has been observed since the year 2016 on the last Friday in July every year.