Meet Sathish Kumar, a renowned Stand Up Paddle Athlete and Founder of SUP MARINAA Club. He created history by becoming the first Indian to represent the country in ICF SUP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS held in Hungary in 2021. Sathish has also represented India in numerous international SUP competitions and has been appreciated by Hon’ble Vice-President of India. He is a staunch conservator of a plastic-free ocean and conducts plastic awareness paddling every year to create awareness about the dumping of plastic waste in waterbodies. This year, he has set his sights on a new world record by Stand Up Paddling solo between Dhanushkodi, India to Thalaimannar, Sri Lanka and returning to India, to create plastic awareness between the two countries in the historical pathway of Palk Strait. This solo paddling event will be dedicated to “ONE OCEAN SUMMIT” and India’s commitment to eliminating single-use plastic.
‘Surfing Swami’ always dreamt of doing this and today it’s such a happy moment to see that this has come true!
The Surfing Swami Foundation and 75 NCC cadets held a beach cleanup event at Mantra Beach in Mulki. The volunteers worked together to pick up trash and debris from the shoreline, making a significant impact on the cleanliness of the beach. The event was a success, with the volunteers remaining motivated and dedicated despite the challenging conditions. The Surfing Swami Foundation and the NCC cadets are already planning their next beach cleanup event.
Once more, the local youth of Mulki & Mangalore came together to make this effort of contributing to the environment. The event “Mantra Beach Clean-Up” was held on 7th & 8th of December 2019 & was a success with over 150 people helping Cleanup the beach. The event was organized by Surfing Swami Foundation in association with Mantra Surf Club to promote Beach cleanliness & Ocean Awareness among the youth.
50 NCC cadets from Narayan Guru School cleaned the beach on 7th & 100 Students from Alva’s college & came in on 8th to do the same. We briefed them about why this trash ends up here on the Beach, How to segregate them into Recyclable Waste of Glass, Rubber & Plastic.
Why it is important!
When people actually clean the beaches they realize why we should be more aware of the Consumption of One-time use/disposable materials & where we should dispose of our daily waste.
It was Humbling to watch everyone from NCC Students to College youth picking up the trash and cleaning up our environment. After 3 hours of picking & segregating, we had successfully cleaned the beach and disposed of the trash to Recycling. Everybody had a sense of contribution to a Social cause and a feeling of satisfaction when they were returning from the beach. There was also a Surfing demonstration in the waters where surfers were catching waves and encouraging people to learn this exciting sport of Surfing and becoming comfortable with the ocean. After coming back there was Refreshment provided by Surfing Swami Foundation. The Clean-up was embraced & cheered by many local people around Mulki.
Our Supporters
This event was supported by Bolas, Novigo solutions, Semnox and CodeCraft without whom, executing on this Social cause would not be possible. Sincere thanks to Mr. Gangadhar Poojary to lead all the NCC cadets with discipline, Thanks to all the Volunteers from Semnox group lead by Mr. Raghu Saligram. We would also like to thank Mr. Gaurav Hegde, Director of SSF & constant supporter of these events. Kudos to Team Mantra for making this event possible.
The event aimed to keep our environments clean & bring awareness to the Local people regarding Ocean awareness & Waste management. Surfing Swami Foundation plans to continue hosting such monthly events to protect its pristine beaches along the coastline of Karnataka.
We heart-fully extend our gratitude to all the Students/Teachers of Alvas College & Narayan Guru School & to all the other volunteers who turned up and especially Mantra Surf Club for being the backbone of these Cleanups.
Recently, 25 students from Shri Ram Global School from Bangalore (OMR Branch) visited us. The students learned surfing, kayaking, stand up Paddling and a lot more fun activities. We would like to thank the administration for taking such initiative and introducing young kids to sports and activities like these. It’s always good to start sports like surfing at a very young age. In a country like India where water sports are still a growing sport, it was nice to see these kids embrace the ocean and surfing.
This is the second time the school has brought the students over to Mantra Surf Club. We would like to take this opportunity to appeal to other schools and organizations to take a similar step. Surfing is an amazing activity and helps kids in more ways than just physical fitness. It helps kids to have patience, focus, build team spirit and a lot more.
Beat Plastic Pollution while Surfing!
The students also helped us with cleaning the beach. We told them about the adverse effects of plastic on the environment and how we can contribute towards cleaner oceans. They picked up the trash and segregated them into plastic, glass and rubber waste. This was later sent to the recycling plant.
The beach clean up programs are regularly organized by Surfing Swami Foundation and supported by Mantra Surf Club. We aim to encourage more schools and organizations to participate in such activities. The kids will learn about waste management in the early years and this helps to create a cleaner environment going forward.
Surfing India – Surf, Kayak, and Keep the beaches clean!
We would like to once again that Shri Ram Global School for taking the initiative to make this happen. We hope to see more schools and organizations come forward to do this. Here are some pictures and a small video compilation of the students and teachers surfing, having fun and helping with the beach cleaning.
The event “Mantra Beach Clean-Up” was a major success with almost 150 students and adults from colleges and institutions nearby. The event was organized by Surfing Swami Foundation in association with Mantra Surf Club to promote Beach cleanliness & Ocean Awareness among the youth.
The Cleanup started at 7.00 AM as students from Alva’s college & St.Aloysius college came in early to pick up the trash and we briefed them about How this trash ends up here on the Beach, How to segregate them into Recyclable waste of Glass, Rubber &
Plastic and Why we should be more aware of where we dispose of our daily waste.
It was amazing to watch everyone from Students to adults and even small kids picking up the trash and cleaning up our environment. After three hours of picking & separating, we had successfully cleaned the beach and disposed of the trash to Recycling. Everybody had a sense of contribution to a Social cause and a feeling of satisfaction when they were returning from the beach. There was also a Surfing demonstration in the waters where surfers were catching waves and encouraging people to learn this exciting sport of Surfing and becoming comfortable with the ocean. The Clean-up was embraced & cheered by many local people around Mulki.
This event was made possible by our Sponsors ORB energy, Shakti Enterprises & Kalbavi Cashews without whom, executing on this Social cause would not be possible. We would also like to thank our special guests Prakash Kalbavi from Kalbavi cashews, Mr. Sudhakar (Panchayat, Vice president, Hejamady), Mr.Yatish Baikampady (CEO of Panambur beach tourism development project), Mr. Gaurav Hegde & Satya Shamanth Kumar (Directors of Surfing Swami Foundation), and Mr. Kiran. Kumar from Mantra Surf Club for their constant support.
The aim of the event was to keep our environments clean & bring awareness to the Local people regarding Ocean awareness & Waste management. We thank Team Mantra & Surfing swami foundation for their constant support. Surfing Swami Foundation plans to continue hosting such monthly events to protect its pristine beaches along the coastline of Karnataka.
We heart-fully extend our gratitude to all the students/teachers of
St. Aloysius college & Alvas college, all the volunteers who turned up and especially Mantra Surf Club for their constant support.
Surfing Swami Foundation organized a massive beach clean-up for the second time this year post-monsoons to clean up the pristine beaches of Hejamady & Mulki where Mantra Surf Club has popularised the sport of surfing over a decade now.
A total of 300 volunteers gathered for the beach clean-up campaign which included mostly college students from Alva’s College, Manipal Dental College, Mulki Scouts and Guides and members of various organizations i.e Mangalore Bicycle Club, Thyme Family Restaurant
The volunteers assembled early in the morning at around 7:00 AM at Mantra Surf Club, who were ferried across the river on boats to the beach where they were briefed about the collection and segregation of waste materials. Various wastes were carefully segregated into plastics, glass bottles, rubber and bio-degradable wastes which were later transported in plastic bags to waste treatment plant
The occasion was graced by Mr. Sasikanth Senthil.S, Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada and Saurabh Dubey, Joint Commissioner, Income Tax Department of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi. They lauded the effort put in by all the organizers, students and Mantra Surf Club which has been actively involved in the beach clean up programs for over a decade now. They also spoke about the necessity of regular beach clean up programs and long-term solution to waste disposal.
Surfing Swami Foundation is determined to continue playing a major role in the beach clean up programs and initiatives with Government agencies, private organizations and corporate bodies to free Karnataka coastline of plastics. Although Surfing Swami [Jack Hebner] wasn’t there with us today he was there in spirits and it’s always been his wish to see our pristine coastline free of plastic and other wastes.
Surfing Swami Foundation would also like to thank our sponsors Yakshi Communications, Mantra Surf Club and Manipal Dental College for graciously contributing towards the cleanup campaign.
SurfingSwamiFoundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting, nurturing and empowering young underprivileged boys & girls from coastal villages with surfing being one of the key proponents. Ocean conservation and awareness programs are also some of the initiatives taken up by SurfingSwamiFoundation.
Mantra Surf Club is India’s first and premiere surfing club dedicated to pastimes of surfing and other water sports activities. Members of the Mantra Surf Club are passionate about surfing, ocean conservation, and community development.
