Mangaluru, May 29 -- The seventh edition of the NMPA Indian Open of Surfing got underway at the Blue Bay Tannirbhavi Eco Beach in Mangaluru on Friday, with surfers from across the country taking to the waves on the opening day of one of India's premier surfing competitions.

Serving as a key stop in the National Championship Series and an important event in India's Asian Games selection cycle, the championship began under excellent surfing conditions, with clean waves and favourable weather providing the perfect stage for the country's top surfers, as per a press release from the Surfing Federation of India (SFI).

In the Women's Open category, Kamali Moorthy, Sugar Shanthi Banarse, Ishita Malaviya, Devi Ramanathan, Saanvi Hegde and Shris...