Tears streaked the weathered faces of surfers as they and more than 150 friends and family gathered yesterday in Ha‘ena to celebrate the life of Keoni Kai Lucas.
Lucas, 38, died in the early morning hours on March 30 in a single-car accident in Santa Monica, Calif. Lucas, who had been living in California working as a camera operator for television, was a 1987 graduate of Kapa‘a High School.
An avid surfer of Tunnels and Cannons on the North Shore, Lucas was the son of famed Kaua‘i surfer Jimmy Lucas.
After greeting each other through tears and hugs, friends and family squeezed into a large white tent for pule and song.
Lucas’ mother, Michelle, thanked the crowd for “helping with the healing process.” She added that “Keoni was a wonderful son — we never had an argument and we always shared a laugh.”
Christian Fennel said Lucas had energy and was always positive.
In 1994, Fennel and Lucas founded Puinsai Clothing Company as a way to “spread the aloha.”
“I think about how much I will miss him, and start to feel sorry for myself,” Fennel says on the Puinsai Web site. “But then I think about all the people who never got a chance to meet him, and I start to feel sorry for them.”
(Source: Rachel Gehrlein, Kauai Garden Island News)
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