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Remembering Donald Takayama

By Catherine Toth Fox • November 12, 2012 • Musings, The Daily Dish

Hundreds turned out on Saturday at Kuhio Beach in Waikiki to remember legendary surfer and shaper Donald Takayama, who passed away on Oct. 22, 2012 in California.

Hawaii News Now’s Guy Hagi emceed the memorial service, which was followed by a paddle-out ceremony in the ocean. (Only flowers were scattered; no ashes.) It was simultaneous with a paddle-out in Oceanside, Calif., where Takayama resided.

Here’s a little video I did — warning, it’s six minutes long! — of the event:

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9 Comments

  • Reply Surfing at Sixty November 12, 2012 at 8:09 am

    For the people that could not make it to the paddle out, thanks for the video. Life is short. We should live with more aloha.

    • Reply Catherine Toth November 12, 2012 at 1:40 pm

      Well said!

  • Reply 808pooh November 12, 2012 at 10:22 am

    Cat- great video The weather was beautiful that day what a tribute. Jenny Rosa that’s my grandma she was married to my grandfather “Cowboy”…saw Craig S. in the background.

    • Reply Catherine Toth November 12, 2012 at 1:39 pm

      Jenny! I love her! I fixed the captions in the video so you can read her name. Ugh, YouTube.

    • Reply Lori June 11, 2014 at 7:49 pm

      Aloha, I’m trying to get a hold of Jenny. I’m an old friend from California but the cell phone and email I have for her stopped working a couple of weeks ago. Any idea how I can reach her? Mahalo, Lori from Lpng Beach

      • Reply Catherine Toth June 12, 2014 at 6:29 am

        I don’t have Jenny’s email address off-hand. But I might have her number somewhere. You can email me: [email protected]. Don’t want to post it here.

  • Reply Old Man November 12, 2012 at 12:16 pm

    Thanks Cat.This gives us who were on the beach, a perspective of what we missed.
    Aloha ‘oe Donald.

    • Reply Catherine Toth November 12, 2012 at 1:39 pm

      It’s like you were there! LOL

  • Reply M November 13, 2012 at 7:03 am

    Hello Cat,

    Thank you for sharing, he will be greatly missed.

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Born and raised on O‘ahu, Hawaiʻi, Catherine Toth Fox has been chronicling her adventures in her blog, The Cat Dish, for more than a decade. She worked as a newspaper reporter in Hawai‘i for 10 years and continues to freelance—in between teaching journalism, hitting the surf and eating everything in sight—for national and local print and online publications. She’s currently the editor of HAWAIʻI Magazine.

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