In a cosy home in Copenhagen, Denmark, hangs a wooden surfboard. It occupies pride of place among souvenirs from around the world. This board was created in Kovalam, on Chennai’s popular East Coast Road. And the artist? Sekar Patchai, a national surfing champion and now, also, a surfboard shaper.
“Travellers order boards from me to take it back to their country and hang it up in their homes as a reminder of their time in Kovalam,” says Sekar, who picked up surfboard shaping last year, after which he launched Kove Krafts along with his champion surfer girlfriend, Shrishti Selvam.
