Ishita Malaviya

Ishita Malaviya
Personal information
Born Mumbai, India
Residence Manipal, India

Ishita Malaviya is an Indian surfer. She is India's first professional female surfer.[1]

Career

Malaviya began surfing in 2007 after meeting a German exchange student. She currently runs a surf club named the Shaka Surf Club as well as a camp called Camp Namaloha in Coastal Karnataka in India.[1]

Malaviya, along with her high school friend and boyfriend Tushar Pathiyan, run the surf club from the village of Kodi Bengre, located on the Konkan Coast.[1][2] As of 2014, she is the only Indian to be appointed as a brand ambassador for Roxy surfwear.[3]

Malaviya has stated that her ambition is to promote the Indian coastline as an international surfing destination.[4]

She was also sponsored by sporting brand Quiksilver and was part of the first Summer Swell Challenge, a surfing challenge held in Pondicherry, India.[5]

Films

In 2014, the surf club uploaded a video titled The India Surf Story. It was a thirteen-minute-long documentary about the origins of surfing in India. Most of the footage for the video was shot at the India Surf Festival held in 2013 at Odisha. The film took shape over a period of eight months and was made with a small budget using borrowed equipment and volunteer effort.[6]

In 2014, a documentary film titled Beyond The Surface, was made, based on the life of Malaviya and other female surfers.[7] Another documentary chronicling the life of Malaviya was co-made by the groups Storytellers for Good and the Brown Girls Surf.[8]

Personal life

Malaviya was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) and studied journalism at Manipal University, Manipal. At the age of 22, she moved to Manipal, Karnataka permanently to start her surfing club, The Shaka Surf Club.[9]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Goldwell, Will (5 February 2014). "Surfing in India: catching waves from coast to coast". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  2. ↑ Shenoy, Sonali (17 September 2011). "For whom the surf rolls". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  3. ↑ Reddy, Sujata (9 April 2014). "Ishita Malaviya, India's first professional female surfer, shares her secrets". Economic Times. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "India's first female surfer". Vogue India. Retrieved 11 June 2014. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
  5. ↑ Bhandara, Neville (14 September 2012). "In conversation with Ishita Malaviya". CN Traveler. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  6. ↑ Majumdar, Rashmika (4 January 2014). "Riding the high wave". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "Beyond The Surface, a Longboard Film in India". rickshawchallenge.com. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  8. ↑ Prasad, Trinaa (4 June 2014). "Riding the Waves: The Inspiring Tale of India's First Female Surfer". NDTV. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  9. ↑ Shenoy, Sonali (15 August 2011). "Surge high with India's first mermaid". Chennai. The New Indian Express. Retrieved 7 June 2014.

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