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Kodi Bengre
Karnataka
Experience a new wave rise across the Indian ocean culture scene
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Kodi Bengre
Delta Beach, Arabian Sea
Explore tiny islands that are residue of the epic continental rifts lifetimes ago
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Shaka surf club
Kodi Bengre
Experience teaching village kids to surf, skate and wakeboard
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Camp Namaloha
Kodi Bengre
Experience camping between the backwaters and the sea
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Shaka Surf Club
Kodi Bengre
Experience eating a home cooked meal made by the village community
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Meet India’s homegrown surfers and beachheads
Spill the word on surfing and you’re bound to hit a few mental notes of someplace in Hawaii or flash cuts of California. So what if we skipped a few stones over mainstream and told you that you didn’t have to go all that far to get your own taste of untouched tides? What if we told you that we’ve found our very own rendition of a parallel paradise, right here in India – a mini Hawaii of sorts? India has seen a steady boom in the number of Surf-heads in the last few years. It is here, in this lost paradise of Karnataka, down by a quaint fishing village, a lifestyle – so enticing, thrives. One that finds most urban quandaries, petty. Ishita Malaviya and Tushar Pathiyan, residents and guardians of this special place, silent crusaders of all things surf and pioneers of The Shaka Surf Club – found both their home and purpose, right here, riding these very waves, featured in the pilot of the series.

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OF CAMP NAMALOHA
India's rising tide of meaningful human-water connections.

ISHITA MALVIYA

SURF INSTRUCTOR

Ishita Malaviya – India’s first professional woman surfer. She currently runs a surf club named Shaka Surf Club as well as a camp called Camp Namaloha in Coastal Karnataka. She along with her fellow surfer Tushar Pathiyan was featured in TheVibe Original Feature New Wave. Her surf company has partnered with the local government school to create ‘The Nippers Programme’ which trains children to become junior lifeguards. She was also sponsored by Quiksilver as part of the first Summer Swell Challenge in Pondicherry.

TUSHAR PATHIYAN

SURFER

Tushar who graduated from Manipal Institute of Technology is an avid surfer and the co-founder of 'The Shaka Surf Club' in Kodi Bengre Beach in Karnataka. Along with his partner Ishita Malaviya, he has been evangelising the sport of surfing amongst the fishermen's children and other enthusiasts here in India. The Shaka Surf Club community has outreach programs that make way for the entire village and their neighbours to pitch in and make dividends. They teach every kid that’s willing – how to surf and more importantly, become children of the sea. This way the kids stay out of trouble, get enough sun and exercise, develop a skill, learn to love their roots and foster a lifestyle.

SAURABH KETKAR

YOGA INSTRUCTOR

“I’m from Bangalore and I’m currently here at The Shaka Surf club as a Yoga Instructor. I’m also here to teach slacklining if anyone’s interested. There’s a deep sense of grounding that you feel – sometimes I’m on the slackline but I actually feel like I’m on the ground. I feel that stable and calm. It’s a wonderful feeling – I love that experience. Balance – I can say, is the goal of my life. I want to first find it in my body, then in my mind and eventually in myself.”

VIKRANT CHHEDA

FOUNDER, WHITE COLLAR HIPPIE

“Surfing essentially is what the whole school is about. But besides that, we have kayaks, longboards and skateboards to go around the village. There are some cycles, etc.” Chheda put his environment management business on hold , tied up with friend and software entrepreneur, Sachin Parikh, to start White Collar Hippie in July 2011. White Collar Hippie is about bringing you incredible outdoor and offbeat travel experiences – Surfing being one that found its place at Kodi Bengre.

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OF CAMP NAMALOHA
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We worked with illustrator Rhea Mehta on a comic strip that derives the origin story of the word "Shaka."
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ORIGIN STORY

OF "SHAKA"

The Shaka Surf Club is all about freedom in the waves, good vibes, not taking things too seriously and learning to just go with the flow. The word ‘Shaka’ literally means "hang loose" or "take it easy." We partnered with illustrator Rhea Mehta to form a concept based comic strip that narrates the origin story of the word "Shaka."

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An Original Series by TheVibe on Indian surfdom, ocean culture and meaningful human-water connections.

TheVibe’s intent to document and cover the surfing culture in the country and tap into the community of surfers and ocean enthusiasts who give back to their environment and communities, is where the New Wave emerged, our first stop was Camp Namaloha at the Shaka Surf Club in Kodi Bengre, a village nestled between backwaters and the sea, in Karnataka.

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Director of Photography & Cinematography

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