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Emery Kauanui’s Family Remembers

by The Editors on May 31, 2010

Kauanui002-1Three years ago (May 24, 2007) the San Diego, California surf community was rocked when Emery Kauanui died after a fight with Seth Cravens a reported member of the Bird Rock Bandits.

Now, according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune Kauanui is being remember with a “day of Aloha” today at Windansea Beach.

Kauanui’s family and friends plan have organized a daylong event at Windansea Beach in La Jolla that will culminate at dusk with a “surfboard candle lighting” ceremony. Organizers are calling it the first annual Memorial Day of Aloha. “We welcome everyone to join our ohana for a day of celebration,” a flyer produced for the event states. The event will be hosted by Kink Kukulele and will feature live music; food; wiki wacky ride, ukelele and keiki hula contests; as well as a raffle, with the winner taking home a trip to Hawaii.

Our thoughts continue to be with the Kauanui family. Click here for full coverage of the event in the La Jolla Light.

[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune and La Jolla Light]

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Bird Rock Bandit Becomes Jail Bird

by The Editors on November 18, 2008

081118Cravens380Today, a San Diego, California jury convicted Seth Cravens, 22, of second degree murder in the death of professional surfer Emery Kauanui. The Bird Rock Bandit could face 15 years to life in prison.

These verdicts send a strong message to the community that brutality will not be tolerated” although they “will never replace the life that has been taken,” San Diego County prosecutor Sophia Roach said outside court.

Cravens was also convicted on four counts of “assualt with a deadly weapon, one count of misdemeanor battery and one count of making a criminal threat.”

[Link: San Diego Union Tribune and San Francisco Chronicle]

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