Longtime La Jolla, California surfer Ted Kenneth Smith, 52, died of an “apparent heart attack” Saturday afternoon December 31, 2011 while surfing his home break of Windansea, according to a story in the La Jolla Light. Smith’s lifelong friend and surf companion said this:
“The way he went out with a lot of love, doing it right there at WindanSea. … I don’t think you could write a better script. … If you have to go, have it happen real quick like that. Knowing he’s a spirit right now, I think that’s an Aloha gladiator.”
A Hydrodynamica post added:
He was one of the kindest and most soulful people I’ve ever known. . . he surfed with style, grace, and power.
A Windansea paddle out for Smith is scheduled for January 15, 2012 at 1 PM.
[Link: La Jolla Light and Hydrodynamica]
