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Ride the wave: How their search for cheaper surfboards made two Virar men make their own board

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Updated on: 07 October,2023 04:23 PM IST  |  Mumbai
Nascimento Pinto | nascimento.pinto@mid-day.com

The tides are changing as Mumbai’s surfing community is getting back into the water after the monsoon. It gets even better because Devdatt Manjrekar and Manoj Kumbhar, two Virar residents and enthusiasts are busy making their own surfboards. This could be the start of a movement of surfboard makers on the west coast

Ride the wave: How their search for cheaper surfboards made two Virar men make their own board

Devdatt Manjrekar (left) has finished making his first surfboard (in picture; Manoj Kumbhar (right) is busy working on his first surfboard, while making another one too. Photos Courtesy: Devdatt Manjrekar/Manoj Kumbhar

Key Highlights

  1. Over the years, surfing has developed into a unique sub-culture in Mumbai
  2. Mumbai has two of its own surfboard makers, who have only just started
  3. Mid-day.com spoke to both of them to know more

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