Indian Open of Surfing: TN’s groms, Karnataka’s women dominate on day two

Mangaluru: Sugar Banarse,16, from Goa impressed the judges with her surfing, gathering the highest points amongst the women, on the second day of the

3rd edition of the Indian Open of Surfing

, being held at the

Panambur Beach

. The three-day premiere surfing competition of India, is the official national championship of the

Surfing Federation of India

.

Karnataka’s Ishita Malviya (6.17) and Sinchana Gowda (7.30) along with Goa’s Sugar Banarse (11.27) and Tamil Nadu’s Srishthi Selvam (10.37) advanced to the finals of the women’s open surf category to be held on Sunday.

Sugar will also compete in the finals of the groms (16 and under) girls surf category. She said, “I am happy to make it to the finals, but I am competing against experienced surfers, and the defending champion Srishti Selvam. I know the challenge from my fellow finalists will be tough, but I am looking forward to it, and I hope to surf my best tomorrow.”

In the groms boys (under-16) surf category semifinals, it was a clean sweep by Tamil Nadu surfers, with Kishore Kumar leading the race by a huge margin. Kishore seemed more comfortable, and emerged with the highest marks in the competition. His 15.5 points from the judges, were a testimony to the fact of his impressive surfing and manoeuvres, that also included a reverse flip, thereby helping him comfortably secure a spot in the finals. The others who have made it to the finals are Tayin Arun (11.1), Naveenkumar R (10.17) and Jeevan S (6.46).

The day began with the quarterfinal encounters in the men’s open surf category, which was dominated by Tamil Nadu surfers, while Karnataka’s Ramesh Budhial impressed everyone with his manoeuvres and surfing, booking a spot for himself in the semifinals with 14.33 points, the highest amongst the ones in the semifinals, for the men’s open surf category.

Tamil Nadu surfers Srikanth D (9.93), Surya P (9.7), Satish Sarvanan (12), Ruban V (8.7), Ajeesh Ali (9.3), Manikandan M (8.34) and Sanjai Kumar S (9.17), also advanced to the semifinals in the men’s open surf category. Due to bad weather and non-surfable conditions, the semifinals for the category has been shifted to the final day of the event.


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