Surfing Swami, the founder of India Surf Club and the pioneer of surfing in India, is celebrating 50 years of wave riding. Swami began surfing back in 1963. He is the inspiration for all Indian surfers. The man who developed surfing in India has completed 50 years riding waves. Jack Hebner, also known as Surfing Swami, 67, started surfing in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, in the year 1963. Swami says that in those days the surfers were restricted to surfing in a small area just south of the pier and if they strayed out of that area they risked being arrested by police.

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Surfing Swami celebrates 50 years of wave riding

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