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Tracing Tamil Nadu’s stand up paddle awakening

Tracing Tamil Nadu’s stand up paddle awakening

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The calm waters of Pirappanvalasai Beach along the Palk Strait usually scream shades of azure under the unforgiving afternoon sun. On one afternoon in September, this stretch of white sand along the bay, saw a group of spectators snug under a tent, breaking into loud cheers. They were here from villages in and around Rameswaram, […]

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Want to learn how to swim in the sea? Chennai now has instructors who specialise in open water swimming

Want to learn how to swim in the sea? Chennai now has instructors who specialise in open water swimming

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Minutes before getting dropped off mid-ocean at Kovalam (Covelong) for our first open water swimming lesson, Murthy Megavan, the founder of Murthy Surf School, tells me that I am to strap on my life jacket and wait at a spot 100 metres from the shore, marked only by random bobbing waves. “Just relax and talk […]

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