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Amazing story from yesterday here on Maui.
« on: February 26, 2015, 07:51:10 AM »
This letter was posted at Ho'okipa Tuesday, one of the lifeguards posted a this photo on FB and Instagram.



It was shared all through the Maui community overnight and by 8am there were over 100 that attended.



The mother clearly moved by the scenery, turn out, and rainbows that lit up the morning.



Maui rescue brought her out in the middle of the circle to spread her sons ashes. No one here knew or even heard of Johannes until yesterday. Moving moments here on Maui.




“We were shocked. It was just such an exciting, beautiful moment,” said Ken Cadigan, a minister at the Temple of Peace Maui in Haʻikū. “We told her this is as important for us as it is for you.”

In a chance meeting, Cadigan said Lisa stopped by the temple to ask for directions three days ago. The two got to talking, and he learned that Erben had lost her son Johannes in a tragic snowboarding accident in Switzerland last year.

Before he died, “it was his greatest dream and wish to come here to Hoʻokipa Beach for surfing, to feel the spirit from Maui and it’s waves,” Erben said in a handwritten note that she posted at the beach pavilion.

Cadigan, who helped to organize the gathering along with others including Maui lifeguard Kaleo Amadeo, suggested that posters be made to carry out her son’s wishes for a paddle-out on Maui’s north shore. Within 48 hours, the handwritten plea entitled “Surfers Wanted” went viral with world renown surfer Kelly Slater sharing the image and tagging the Maui surf community on Instagram.

“It was cool to see something so good come out of social media,” said Maui surfer Matt Meola. “Usually a lot of it is to make money or promote yourself… but this was just a really good showing of the true aloha spirit.”

“It was a really special thing and probably made the mom feel really good,” Meola told Maui Now. He was among the list of surfing pros on Maui that answered the call, the list of which also included Ian Walsh, Tyler Larronde and Dave Kalama.

Six months before his death, Johannes’ mom said her son watched a movie with his best friend about surfers from Hawaiʻi. “In this movie there was a celebration shown for a surfer who died in the waves. Some surfers made a circle, sang, clapped with hands on the water, gave flowers… dropped ashes in the water and gave it to the wind,” Erben wrote.

It was Johannes wish that, “If I must die one day, it must be the greatest if someone will do this with my ashes,” Erben wrote on the poster. Decorated with happy faces, and signed with a heart, the request read, “If I touched your heart and you have time to do this, I invite you to come… Wednesday morning 8 a.m.”

As day broke over the water on Maui’s north shore, a rainbow appeared and a whale was seen breaching in the distance.

“Johannes mother stood in awe as more and more people showed up, lining up to give her hugs,” said Nancy Meola who was among those who attended the gathering. “It was truly amazing.”

With flowers and ti leaves in hand, surfers took Johannes’ mom to the center of the paddle-out where she scattered her son’s ashes away in the wind.

More photos from today http://mauinow.com/2015/02/25/surfers-wanted-100-respond-to-grieving-mothers-request/

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Re: Amazing story from yesterday here on Maui.
« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2015, 07:59:56 AM »
Tears....well done Maui.
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« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2015, 08:02:30 AM »
Very Classy!
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« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2015, 08:41:53 AM »
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Re: Amazing story from yesterday here on Maui.
« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2015, 08:43:19 AM »
Amazing! Geez, hard not to get teary eyed! Way to go Maui!

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« Reply #5 on: February 26, 2015, 08:55:32 AM »
Wow, very nice, wish I'd known.
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« Reply #6 on: February 26, 2015, 09:04:22 AM »
Amazing! Geez, hard not to get teary eyed! Way to go Maui!

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« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2015, 09:16:47 AM »
ya, tears. there is good in our world. wow
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« Reply #8 on: February 26, 2015, 11:29:00 AM »
Faith in humanity restored.  :)
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Re: Amazing story from yesterday here on Maui.
« Reply #9 on: February 26, 2015, 11:56:22 AM »
Beautiful to see such community. Very moving

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Re: Amazing story from yesterday here on Maui.
« Reply #10 on: February 26, 2015, 01:34:55 PM »
Amazing! Geez, hard not to get teary eyed! Way to go Maui!


You said it! Very sad, but it made me feel very happy as well seeing that spirit of caring and sharing come together.





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Re: Amazing story from yesterday here on Maui.
« Reply #11 on: February 26, 2015, 01:51:48 PM »
What a great display of spirit

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« Reply #12 on: February 26, 2015, 02:17:21 PM »
Beautiful.
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Re: Amazing story from yesterday here on Maui.
« Reply #13 on: February 26, 2015, 03:26:36 PM »
That is heartwarming, thanks for sharing.
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Re: Amazing story from yesterday here on Maui.
« Reply #14 on: February 26, 2015, 03:36:47 PM »
That is a beautiful story about aloha! What's so funny about peace, love, and understanding. My thoughts, prayers, and condolences to him and his ohana..
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