About an hour’s drive from Chennai city, near the suburb of Kelambakkam, lies a small fishing village. Every day, fishermen from this village set out to the sea to catch fish. But one of them, in particular, sets out to catch the waves.
Murthy Megavan is possibly India’s first fisherman-turned-surfer-turned-trainer. It’s not that the waves were any less inviting on the east coast, but rather that surfing wasn’t considered a serious sport, like cricket. Until now.
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics will include surfing for the first time in Olympic history. As India prepares her Olympic squad, it might be one of Murthy’s protégés who makes the grade – Sekar Patchai.
(Images courtesy Murthy Megavan) A child watches a surfboard being cleanedPerhaps nobody looks forward to the event as much as Megavan, who has been surfing in various degrees since he was a child. But how did he start his journey onto the waves? He tells us:
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