{"id":37758,"date":"2012-11-07T13:14:39","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T21:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=37758"},"modified":"2012-11-07T13:39:12","modified_gmt":"2012-11-07T21:39:12","slug":"donald-takayama-memorial-paddle-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=37758","title":{"rendered":"Donald Takayama Memorial & Paddle Out"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Donald<\/a>The surfing community will gather at the Oceanside, California Pier on Saturday, November 10 to remember the life of legendary surfer and shaper Donald Takayama<\/strong> who died on Monday, October 22, 2012<\/a><\/strong> at the age of 68.<\/p>\n

. . . the Hawaiian born surfing legend and master surfboard shaper\/designer that moved to California in the 1960s and became one of the world\u2019s most celebrated surfboard builders. . . This memorial service is open to the public and will have a host of legendary surfers and speakers to share stories about Donald the surfer, the shaper, and friend of the surfing community.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The memorial begins at 9:30 AM on Saturday November 10, 2012 at the Junior Seau Pier Amphitheater. Speakers will include Joel Tudor<\/strong>, Nat Young<\/strong>, Paul Strauch<\/strong>, Linda Benson<\/strong>, Skip Frye<\/strong>, Cori Schumacher<\/strong>, members of the Takayama family, as well as Devon Howard<\/strong>, Jeanette Schumacher<\/strong> and Brendan White<\/strong> on behalf of Hawaiian Pro Designs<\/a><\/strong>. For all the info, please follow the jump.Donald Takayama Memorial & Paddleout
\nRemembering an Icon of Surfing<\/p>\n

When:Saturday, November 10, at 10 a.m.
\nWhere: Oceanside Pier, Junior Seau Pier Amphitheater<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time for the surfing community to get together and remember Donald Takayama<\/a><\/strong>\u2014the Hawaiian born surfing legend and master surfboard shaper\/designer that moved to California in the 1960s and became one of the world\u2019s most celebrated surfboard builders.
\nThis memorial service is open to the public and will have a host of legendary surfers and speakers to share stories about Donald the surfer, the shaper, and friend of the surfing community. Following the speakers at the Junior Seau Pier Amphitheater, surfers will paddle out just beyond the surf line to say their final farewell to Donald. This will also be visible from the pier for those not able to paddle out on a board.
\nMemorial Schedule:<\/p>\n

\u00b7 9:30 – 10:00 a.m. – Music by Takayama family at Amphitheater<\/p>\n

\u00b7 10:00 a.m. – Speaker ceremony begins at Amphitheater<\/p>\n

\u00b7 11:30 a.m. – Music and Hula Dancers by Momilani\u2019s at Amphitheater<\/p>\n

\u00b7 12 p.m. – Paddleout Water Ceremony begins next to pier<\/p>\n

\u00b7 1:30 P.M. – Open mic begins at Amphitheater
\nSpeakers: Joel Tudor, Nat Young, Paul Strauch, Linda Benson, Skip Frye, Cori Schumacher, members of the Takayama family, as well as Devon Howard, Jeanette Schumacher and Brendan White on behalf of HPD.<\/p>\n

See www.hawaiianprodesigns.com<\/a><\/strong> for more info or updates, as well as on Facebook at Hawaiian Pro Designs Surfboards<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The surfing community will gather at the Oceanside, California Pier on Saturday, November 10 to remember the life of legendary surfer and shaper Donald Takayama who died on Monday, October 22, 2012 at the age of 68. . . . the Hawaiian born surfing legend and master surfboard shaper\/designer that moved to California in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37758"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37758"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37764,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37758\/revisions\/37764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}