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Bay of Life In The News

Forbes Magazine

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Led by a team of environmentalists, zoologists and other experts, the Bay of Life Foundation promotes ocean conservation through research…

The Guardian

“Riding the padagu (catamaran) for a living makes us endure long stretches of stress,” says one of the fishermen/surfers. He and his team-mates were trained at the Bay of Life Surfing school, where they learned stand-up paddle surfing in two months. “They have it in their blood,” says Showkath Jamal, who set up the school in Tamil Nadu…

The Better India

The Bay of Life Surf School & Ocean Literacy in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, started by Showkath Jamal, is ensuring that you get a lesson in surfing and ocean safety along with a dose of wildlife preservation and pollution control….

Discovery Channel

Featured in “Chennai Surviving The Floods” Documentary. For the rescue efforts by the Bay Of Life time, rescuing 1500 people during the Chennai floods of 2015.  

The Outdoor Journal

Bay of Life Surf School staff save people during Chennai floods Surfers from Bay of Life Surf School used fishing boats and paddle boards to rescue 1200 people stranded in the floods…

The Bastion

Founded in 2011 by Showkath Jamal, a Chennai-based lawyer turned entrepreneur, Bay Of Life is the city’s first surf school, and also the first to be accredited by the Surfing Federation of India. That these classes take place in Kovalam, one of the many fishing villages dotting Tamil Nadu’s long coastline, isn’t by chance…

Times of India

Surfing, Snake Conservation, Education and so much more

The Hindu

Founded in 2011 by Showkath Jamal, a Chennai-based lawyer turned entrepreneur, Bay Of Life is the city’s first surf school, and also the first to be accredited by the Surfing Federation of India. That these classes take place in Kovalam, one of the many fishing villages dotting Tamil Nadu’s long coastline, isn’t by chance…

Your Story

240000 kgs of trash cleared with free surf lessons, Bay of Life Surf School in Chennai not only teaches surfing and other sports, but also cleans and maintains the Kovalam beach and the water bodies…

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