Surfers in Sussex?

This morning Martyn came up with the nice idea of a ride down to the sea at Birling Gap, taking a picnic. Really glad we did - it was a fine day, and a spot of coolth off the Channel was really welcome. The Gap fascinates me, with the strata of black flint in the white chalk cliffs, and views either way to the Seven Sisters. The cliffs at Birling are gradually being eroded, and a couple of the Coastguard cottages have already gone over the edge. We took a short stroll after lunch up on to one of the higher cliffs, staying a respectful distance from the edge. They go down kinda perpendicular-like. But while we were having lunch on the beach we were entertained by three young men on their surf boards, something I haven't seen in England before. Bondi it ain't however: they caught a smallish wave every few minutes.