Kanoa Igarashi and Mirai Ikeda Win Surfing’s First Asian Games Golds
Surfing’s Asian Games debut ended at Pacific Long Beach on Tuesday with Japan winning both shortboard titles. Kanoa Igarashi took the men’s gold and Mirai Ikeda the women’s, according to Olympics.com. Both winners also earned provisional spots at LA28, pending selection by Japan’s Olympic committee. Igarashi beat Indonesia’s I Made Pajar Ariyana 12.87 to 10.40 […]
Japan Cleans House at India’s WSL Shore Temple Classic
Four finals. Four Japanese flags. That’s how the Shore Temple Classic wrapped up on Saturday, with a Japanese surf machine steamrolling the competition at one of the gnarliest ancient-temple backdrops surfing has ever seen. If you’ve never heard of Mahabalipuram before this weekend, get used to saying it — because this QS 2000/Pro Junior double-header […]
Arun Vasu to Lead the Asian Surfing Federation
Arun Vasu has been elected President of the Asian Surfing Federation (ASF), the continental governing body for surfing and stand-up paddle (SUP) in Asia, becoming the first Indian to lead the continent’s governing body for surfing. The election was conducted by ASF’s member National Federations under the supervision of the International Surfing Association (ISA). Vasu […]
Grom Patrol India Wraps in Kovalam, Three Grommets Head to Bali
Tipi Jabrik’s Grom Patrol India, presented by Arun Vasu, concluded last weekend in Kovalam with the three Indian surfers who will compete at the Grom Patrol Grand Final in Bali now confirmed. Qualification for Bali is decided on cumulative points across the full India series rather than by the results of last Saturday’s final alone, […]
Kamali does the double. Again.
The west coast delivered. Seven editions in, the NMPA Indian Open of Surfing is the kind of event where reputations are made, selection spots are fought for, and the odd local underdog reminds everyone why they fell in love with surfing in the first place. Mangaluru’s final day had all of that, and then some. […]
A Few New Stops in the Lineup as SFI’s 2026 Calendar Kicks Off in the Andamans
The Surfing Federation of India (SFI) has announced its 2026 competition calendar, and this year the tour begins somewhere that has long sat on the edge of India’s surf conversation — the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The season opens with the Little Andaman Pro in April. While the islands are known among surfers for their […]
Surfing enters Tamil Nadu’s elite athlete funding pathway
This week, three surfers from Tamil Nadu, Kishore Kumar, Kamali Moorty, and Sivaraj Babu, received structured state support under two separate schemes run by the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu (SDAT). While funding in Indian surfing has often been independent, private and event-driven, this development signals something more deliberate: an institutional shift toward recognising […]
Kishore Kumar Leads India to a Silver at the APSS Taiwan
At Jialeshuei Beach in southern Taiwan, the Indian Surfing Team put in a solid showing at the 2025 Asian ProAm Surf Series (APSS), one of Asia’s key competitive stops, for over five days of competition. Kishore Kumar led the Indian contingent with a silver medal in the men’s shortboard division, while Sivaraj Babu placed fourth, […]
Yago Dora and Molly Picklum Win World Titles as WSL Ends Finals Format in Fiji
For the past four years, the World Surf League crowned its champions in a single-day showdown known as the Finals. Instead of a year’s worth of points determining the title, the top five ranked surfers were flown to one venue, where they surfed in a sudden-death ladder until one remained. The idea was probably simple: […]
Ramesh Budihal’s Bronze Run
From Heat 1, Ramesh Budihal set the tone. Competing at Mahabalipuram—a powerful right-hand point break where he’s claimed three undefeated national titles—he knew exactly what the waves could do and how to work them. In Round 3, he went up against Indonesia’s Mega Artana, Chinese Taipei’s John John Chan, and Maldives’ Ismail Rasheed. Though he […]