Kovalam surfing festival !!

Hello steemians !!!

This is my first visit to the kovalam surfing festival happens in chennai (tamil nadu) every year , All members of the Kovalam Surf Club are local boys and girls from Kovalam and the surrounding villages. They all grew up in harsh living conditions due to extreme poverty, but surfing has had a positive influence on their lives. The key point is that all the surfing kids are regular at school and therefore will get a better chance in succeeding in life in a more humane way. But surfing also makes them proud and happy because for the first time in their life they get respect and attention for being good at something.

Foreign tourists as well as locals are impressed by the surf skills of the local surfers and are really stoked on riding the waves as well. The demand for surf lessons has never been so big. Some of the older boys, who have finished their school career, are now able to make a proper living out of surfing, by offering surf lessons, guided surf tours, board rental, and board repair.

It was so much fun running around with my #fujifilm xt1 capturing some of the happiest moment.

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Wonderful evening spent well ! Thanks for dropping..
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