Emery Kealiikane Kauanui Jr., 24, of La Jolla died Monday. He was born in Kauai, Hawaii, and was a professional surfer.
Emery was born on Kauai, but had been living in San Diego for some time. He still has family in Hawaii, and would visit the islands a few times a year.
His favorite break was the left at Wind'n Sea. Emery planned on opening a camp on Kauai for children without families.
Survivors include his parents, Cynthia Kauanui of La Jolla and Emery Kauanui Sr. of Kauai, Hawaii; brothers, Caleb Alimboyogan and Nigel Kauanui of La Jolla; and grandfather, James Haupt of Long Beach.
Services: 11 a.m. June 9, Coast Vineyard Church, San Diego French-American School, 6550 Soledad Mountain Road, La Jolla.
More than 300 surfers solemnly paddled out yesterday afternoon to a newly named wave break off Windansea Beach to pay tribute to one of their own.
The paddle-out ceremony for Kauanui, a native of Kauai, Hawaii, followed a morning memorial service at Coast Vineyard Christian Fellowship on Soledad Mountain Road.
Scattering of ashes: June 9, Windansea Beach, 6800 block of Neptune Place, La Jolla.
Cause of death: severe head injuries sustained from an altercation
Emery was born on Kauai, but had been living in San Diego for some time. He still has family in Hawaii, and would visit the islands a few times a year.
His favorite break was the left at Wind'n Sea. Emery planned on opening a camp on Kauai for children without families.
Survivors include his parents, Cynthia Kauanui of La Jolla and Emery Kauanui Sr. of Kauai, Hawaii; brothers, Caleb Alimboyogan and Nigel Kauanui of La Jolla; and grandfather, James Haupt of Long Beach.
Services: 11 a.m. June 9, Coast Vineyard Church, San Diego French-American School, 6550 Soledad Mountain Road, La Jolla.
More than 300 surfers solemnly paddled out yesterday afternoon to a newly named wave break off Windansea Beach to pay tribute to one of their own.
The paddle-out ceremony for Kauanui, a native of Kauai, Hawaii, followed a morning memorial service at Coast Vineyard Christian Fellowship on Soledad Mountain Road.
Scattering of ashes: June 9, Windansea Beach, 6800 block of Neptune Place, La Jolla.
Cause of death: severe head injuries sustained from an altercation
Emery Kealiikane Kauanui Jr., 24, of La Jolla died Monday. He was born in Kauai, Hawaii, and was a professional surfer.
Emery was born on Kauai, but had been living in San Diego for some time. He still has family in Hawaii, and would visit the islands a few times a year.
His favorite break was the left at Wind'n Sea. Emery planned on opening a camp on Kauai for children without families.
Survivors include his parents, Cynthia Kauanui of La Jolla and Emery Kauanui Sr. of Kauai, Hawaii; brothers, Caleb Alimboyogan and Nigel Kauanui of La Jolla; and grandfather, James Haupt of Long Beach.
Services: 11 a.m. June 9, Coast Vineyard Church, San Diego French-American School, 6550 Soledad Mountain Road, La Jolla.
More than 300 surfers solemnly paddled out yesterday afternoon to a newly named wave break off Windansea Beach to pay tribute to one of their own.
The paddle-out ceremony for Kauanui, a native of Kauai, Hawaii, followed a morning memorial service at Coast Vineyard Christian Fellowship on Soledad Mountain Road.
Scattering of ashes: June 9, Windansea Beach, 6800 block of Neptune Place, La Jolla.
Cause of death: severe head injuries sustained from an altercation
Emery was born on Kauai, but had been living in San Diego for some time. He still has family in Hawaii, and would visit the islands a few times a year.
His favorite break was the left at Wind'n Sea. Emery planned on opening a camp on Kauai for children without families.
Survivors include his parents, Cynthia Kauanui of La Jolla and Emery Kauanui Sr. of Kauai, Hawaii; brothers, Caleb Alimboyogan and Nigel Kauanui of La Jolla; and grandfather, James Haupt of Long Beach.
Services: 11 a.m. June 9, Coast Vineyard Church, San Diego French-American School, 6550 Soledad Mountain Road, La Jolla.
More than 300 surfers solemnly paddled out yesterday afternoon to a newly named wave break off Windansea Beach to pay tribute to one of their own.
The paddle-out ceremony for Kauanui, a native of Kauai, Hawaii, followed a morning memorial service at Coast Vineyard Christian Fellowship on Soledad Mountain Road.
Scattering of ashes: June 9, Windansea Beach, 6800 block of Neptune Place, La Jolla.
Cause of death: severe head injuries sustained from an altercation
