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Kumaran Mahalingam is an Indian Geologist and Standup Paddler. Kumaran is three times winner of Limca book of Records for different feats in stand up paddling. The record was recognised by the Surfing Federation of India and the International Surfing Association. Kumaran started long distance stand up paddling (SUP) in India for the first time. He is also a certified wilderness and first responder from National Outdoor Leadership School, United States.
His Ganges Standup paddling expedition program in association with National Mission for clean Ganga was broadcast on Discovery Channel (Hindi and Tamil) on August, 2017.
Awards & Recognition
- Longest Stand-up Paddling [SUP] for seven kilometres in 90 minutes into the sea of Bay-of-Bengal - 25th Feb 2015.
- Longest Standup Paddling (SUP) Feat on river godavari by covering 31 km from Pattiseema to Iskcon temple in Rajamundhry, Andhrapradesh in 3 hours during the monsoon season - on July 3, 2016.
- Standup paddleboarding (SUP) on most waterbodies by an individual for performing 58 SUP trips on 19 different waterbodies - 17 in India and one each in srilanka and Malaysia - covering total distance of 484 km as of June 30, 2016. He accomplished it as part of a mission to understand the ecosystem of different waterbodies and to promote paddlboarding.
- First in the world to standup paddle a distance of 2,688 kilometres along the descent of the River Ganges in 101 days between October 2016 and January 2017. First-ever recording of river Gangetic dolphins (Platanista gangetica) by standup paddleboarding. A total of 867 dolphins were spotted during the expedition.
- World's highest Ever Standup paddling - 16608 ft - Lake Tsoltak, Sep 2016
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