When Surfs, Yoga and Music Come Together at the Kovelong Festival!

Tripoto
28th Aug 2016

When it comes to observing surfs by the coast, I had only seen some killer waves at Hawaii, Bali and Thailand over the course of my travels. I had recently known that Chennai was slowly developing into a coastline for Surf tourism. I had also known that there were surf schools in Aswem in Goa, Mulki in Karnataka and in Orissa too. I happened to capture a few frames at the Kovelong Surf Festival in 2016. Here's a glimpse of the event!

The Music

Saba Azad and Imaad Shah opened the evening, post sunset

Madboy Mink was their group's name. Quite a rage they were

Photo of Covelong Point, Kovalam, Tamil Nadu, India by KatchuTravels
Day 1

Smoke on the stage creating a surreal effect

Photo of Covelong Point Social Surf School & Restaurant, Kovalam, Tamil Nadu, India by KatchuTravels

A drummer seen through the hues of the stage backdrop

Photo of Covelong Point Social Surf School & Restaurant, Kovalam, Tamil Nadu, India by KatchuTravels

Arsh from Fuzzculture entetained the crowd.

Photo of Covelong Point Social Surf School & Restaurant, Kovalam, Tamil Nadu, India by KatchuTravels

The crowd on the beach, was lapping up the Indi-music scene pretty well!

Photo of Covelong Point Social Surf School & Restaurant, Kovalam, Tamil Nadu, India by KatchuTravels

The Stage's backdrop from behind looked like a rainbow on the beach

Photo of Covelong Point Social Surf School & Restaurant, Kovalam, Tamil Nadu, India by KatchuTravels

Lighting effects and smokes could just create rockstars out of anyone on stage. PS: Arsh from Fuzzculture was really good, despite the lighting.

Photo of Covelong Point Social Surf School & Restaurant, Kovalam, Tamil Nadu, India by KatchuTravels

While the locals fried corn for the travellers who assembled!

Photo of Covelong, Tamil Nadu, India by KatchuTravels
Day 2

And Now for some surfs!

Photo of Covelong Point Social Surf School & Restaurant, Kovalam, Tamil Nadu, India by KatchuTravels

When you know the surf ride has ended :-)

Photo of Covelong Point Social Surf School & Restaurant, Kovalam, Tamil Nadu, India by KatchuTravels

When the local fisherman kids get into the music scene with their own dance gigs!

Photo of Covelong Point, Kovalam, Tamil Nadu, India by KatchuTravels

When you stylishly soar above!

Photo of Covelong Point, Kovalam, Tamil Nadu, India by KatchuTravels

If you cant surf, you can always feel the waves!

Photo of Covelong Point, Kovalam, Tamil Nadu, India by KatchuTravels

There was also a stream for Yoga classes, which I did not attend. You could check more on it here. I quite enjoyed my time there and I hope you too enjoyed seeing the pictures.

Some Tripoto Links-You can check out 2015's Surf Festival Photos in an earlier post on Tripoto and if you are looking for some sea side side travel adventures on the Indian west coast, you should read this