Friends and family of NorCal big wave surfer and videographer Noel Robinson are gathering for a paddle out at 10 AM Saturday, May 15, 2010 at Goat Rock State Beach at the mouth of the Russian River, according to a story in the Press Democrat.
Robinson, 39, died in a surfing accident last Friday off Puerto Escondido, Mexico, his second home, though he roamed the world in search of the biggest swells with some of the sport’s most acclaimed practitioners. . . He was, friends said, a world-class barrel rider whose humility, humor and contagious smile made him friends wherever he went. . . “As a surfer and just a member of the Sonoma County community out here in west county, what I can tell you is that all of us are rocked by this,” said friend Jim Nevill of Bodega Bay, founder and director of Lifeskills, a wilderness program for teens and schools.
Everyone is invited and a “massive crowd” is expected.
[Link: Press Democrat]
RIP man.
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