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{{Infobox surfer<br />
| name = Ishita Malaviya<br />
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], India<br />
| residence = [[Manipal]], India<br />
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'''Ishita Malaviya''' is India's first professional surfer.<ref name="surfindia">{{cite news|title=Surfing in India: catching waves from coast to coast |url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2014/feb/05/surfing-in-india-catching-waves-coast |first=Will |last=Goldwell |date=5 February 2014|work=The Guardian|accessdate=6 June 2014}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Malaviya began surfing in 2007 after meeting a German exchange student. She currently runs a surf club named the ''Shaka Surf Club'' as well as a camp called ''Camp Namaloha'' in Coastal [[Karnataka]] in India.<ref name="surfindia" /> The camp, together with the Australian Life Saving Society and Rashitriya Life Saving Society, established the "Nippers Program" for training junior life guards.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=30 Under 30 Asia 2019: Entertainment & Sports|url=https://www.forbes.com/under30/list/2019/asia/entertainment-sports/|access-date=2020-11-23|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref><br />
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Malaviya, along with her high school friend and boyfriend Tushar Pathiyan, runs the surf club from the village of Kodi Bengre, located on the [[Konkan Coast]].<ref name="surfindia" /><ref name="surfroll">{{cite news |title=For whom the surf rolls |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/article363436.ece |first=Sonali |last=Shenoy |date=17 September 2011|agency=[[The New Indian Express]]|accessdate=7 June 2014}}</ref> As of 2014, she is the only Indian to be appointed as a brand ambassador for [[Roxy (clothing)|Roxy surfwear]].<ref name="etpanache">{{cite news|title=Ishita Malaviya, India's first professional female surfer, shares her secrets |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/panache/ishita-malaviya-indias-first-professional-female-surfer-shares-her-secrets/articleshow/33488895.cms |first=Sujata |last=Reddy |date=9 April 2014|work=Economic Times |accessdate=6 June 2014}}</ref><br />
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Malaviya has stated that her ambition is to promote the Indian coastline as an international surfing destination.<ref name="beachbabe">{{cite news|title=India's first female surfer |url=http://www.vogue.in/content/new-beach-babe |date=2 January 2013 |agency=[[Vogue India]]|accessdate=11 June 2014}}</ref><br />
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In 2019, she was listed in the ''[[Forbes 30 Under 30]]'' list for Asia.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Films ==<br />
In 2014, the surf club uploaded a video titled ''The India Surf Story''. It was a thirteen-minute-long documentary about the origins of surfing in India. Most of the footage for the video was shot at the ''India Surf Festival'' held in 2013 at [[Odisha]]. The film took shape over a period of eight months and was made with a small budget using borrowed equipment and volunteer effort.<ref name="ridewave">{{cite news|title=Riding the high wave |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/riding-the-high-wave/article5535709.ece |first=Rashmika |last=Majumdar |date=4 January 2014|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=10 June 2014}}</ref><br />
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In 2014, a documentary film titled ''Beyond The Surface'', was made, based on the life of Malaviya and other female surfers. Another documentary chronicling the life of Malaviya was co-made by the groups Storytellers for Good and the Brown Girls Surf.<ref name="inspiring">{{cite news|title=Riding the Waves: The Inspiring Tale of India's First Female Surfer |url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/offbeat/riding-the-waves-the-inspiring-tale-of-india-s-first-female-surfer-535776?ndtv_rhs |first=Trinaa |last=Prasad |date=4 June 2014 |agency=[[NDTV]]|accessdate=10 June 2014}}</ref><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Malaviya was born in Bombay (now [[Mumbai]]) and studied [[journalism]] at [[Manipal University]], Manipal.<ref name=":1" /> At the age of 22, she moved to [[Manipal]], Karnataka permanently to start her surfing club, The Shaka Surf Club.<ref name="mermaid">{{cite news |title=Surge high with India's first mermaid |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/article484422.ece |first=Sonali |last=Shenoy |date=15 August 2011|agency=[[The New Indian Express]]|location=Chennai|accessdate=7 June 2014}}</ref> She has a degree in journalism.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|author=George Ramsay|title=India's first professional female surfer is changing her country's perception of the ocean|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/19/sport/surfing-ishita-malaviya-lauren-hill-spt-intl-cmd/index.html|access-date=2020-11-22|website=CNN}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://twitter.com/surFISHita Ishita Malaviya on Twitter]<br />
* [http://vimeo.com/81026516 A Rising Tide- The India Surf Story on Vimeo]<br />
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3504810/ Beyond the Surface on IMDb]<br />
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