Is India the Surfing Powerhouse of the Future?

The film was sent to me by a friend on Instagram, Shahjahan Shah, who is helping to support the local children get their hands (and feet) on better equipment so they can progress. Shahjahan works in the Indian the prolific and famed Indian film industry, aka Bollywood, and discovered surfing while on location in the area for a production. Once he learned, he was hooked.

Like a true positive vibe warrior and all-around stoke lord, he quickly got involved by putting his skills to use to help others. "This tiny documentary speaks the story of these kids who are talented enough but with lack of appropriate surf equipments and surf boards. The surf association of Karnataka, India is working hard on getting them the right amount of funding to support them. Kindly please reach out if you would like to know anything more."

Some may scoff at the idea of India of ever becoming a surf powerhouse, I would say it is only a matter of time. As more equipment flows in from travelers that are generous enough to leave boards behind, the kids will progress rapidly. Once a domestic surfboard industry develops, well, then it will really be off the races.

It won't be long until India enters the chat.