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 […]
Longboarding Isn’t Going to LA — But Could It Still Find Its Flow in India?
Last night, during an online press conference, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that the International Surfing Association’s (ISA) request to include longboarding as a separate medal event at the 2028 Olympics had been rejected. The proposal had called for a quota of 16 men and 16 women. A parallel request to increase athlete quotas […]