Earlier this season, we hosted our good friend, the pro-longboarder Sam Bleakley here at Soul & Surf in Varkala for a special month-long residency. Sam joined to share his knowledge and love for the ocean through special one-to-one long boarding workshops ...
Stuff we like: “Woza” ("Come" in Zulu) tells the story of an African surfer who has been taken as a lover by the African water spirit Mami Wata. It features 22 year-old Transkei surfer, Avuyile Ndamase.
Soul People: For three seasons now, Sam Bleakley – champion longboarder, writer, journalist and documentary maker – has done a month-long residency at Soul & Surf in Varkala, offering longboard workshops to both locals, guests and non-guests, giving them the chance to dance ...
In February next year, we’re taking Soul & Surf to Peru for a four-week pop-up in the home of one of the longest left-hand waves in the world.
One of the best things about Varkala is spending time with all the guys who grew up here. Some of them learnt to surf through Soul & Surf, growing into strong and wonderful souls who now inspire the next generation to ...
Book Club - we love a good read, so why not share what we're reading with you, lovely reader?
Each Friday at Soul & Surf Sri Lanka, while the guests are enjoying a post surf breakfast or lounging in the pool, the S&S team get together for our weekly meeting - discussing the week we’ve just had, making ...
Soul People: On 19th October, the London Surf Film Festival kicks off, marking the seventh annual celebration of the very best in international surf film, art and culture.
Soul People: SmallBatch head honcho, Alan Tomlins introduces himself and tells us a bit about his coffee journey.
Our latest film shot in and around our jungle retreat in south west Sri Lanka.
Shop Talk: We love working with people who do things differently. When setting up our shop in Sri Lanka we wanted to make sure whoever we stocked had an interesting story to tell.
We asked Pooja to write about Varkala in her own way, and this journal is her take on the place as it’s lived day to day, slow, familiar, and quietly meaningful.
Georgie's personal reflection from inside Soul & Surf, tracing how food, surf, place and community quietly shape the way we live and work over time.
