'Made in India' Adventure Sports Gears are finally Here

BENGALURU: Adventure sports perfectly meets crave and pursuit for an adrenaline rush. In India, the demand for such sports has witnessed a considerable rise over the past few years. The growing interest of travel aficionados in extreme sports has swayed them to drop their ideas of a typical vacation to a beach or a hill station. The sports like river rafting, surfing, rock climbing, trekking, racing or just cycling, need proper equipments and safety gears which used to be mostly imported but that’s what is changing with time.

Bestowed with tall and proud mountains as well as blue oceanic water-bodies, India is experiencing an upswing in the adventure tourism. As the sector steams up, professionals are putting in the right impetus to make the most of this rise by venturing into equipment manufacturing.

Have a look how these 4 adventure sports companies are contributing to the growing appetite of adventure sports in India with homebred gears.

Temple Surfboards, Mahabalipuram

A new surfing culture is beginning to develop in India. With so many pristine beaches and opportunity to ride the waves, surfing can be embraced in India with surfboards made in the country itself. A former fisherman and sculptor, Santhosh mastered the art of carving surfboards at Temple Surboards. Craftsmen design the surfboards here as per the requirements of the customers. A surfboard here costs around 23,000.

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