Saturday, May 04, 2013

Surf's Up in Trivandrum - with Jonty Rhodes!

You might expect the world's best fielder to over step on a cricket ground to be wearing whites or colors, on verdant grass, while showing his expertise in sports. Well no! Jonty Rhodes was clad in a black wet suit as he hot-dogged the surf at the beautiful Kovalam beach. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, not Malibu or Bondi but our good old Kovalam. The beach which started international tourism in Kerala, before anyone even heard of the backwaters, has kick-started a new sport - surfing - in our State. The Surfing Federation of India chose Kovala for India's first surfing and stand-up paddling competition.


Photo Courtesy: Madhyamam

Image Courtesy: Kerala Kaumudi

COWABUNGA!

2 comments:

  1. surf and you land on top of trash on the beach. backwaters? why the comparison. the insecurity. the backwaters are doing better now or did you choose to overlook that?

    ReplyDelete

Thanks for your comment, I will take a look at it and put it up at the earliest.