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Shogo Kubo Memorial Paddle Out Venice

Shogo Kubo Memorial Paddle Out / Baby Paul Cullen Annual Memorial Paddle Out, July 19, 2014, Venice Pier, Venice, CA and Shogo Kubo Memorial Skate Session at Venice Skatepark.

The Venice tribe gathered deep for a warrior’s memorial for our fallen brother Shogo Kubo. Those of us in attendance could feel the spirit of Shogo all around us. It was a day of sorrow and a day of hope. As tribal elders gathered around to speak words in his honor, Shogo, in his shy but in-your-face way of living, spoked to us all in the form of a soft, but chilling rain. It was as if Shogo collected the tears from all the paddle outs in Hawaii, Bali and Venice together to say in his humble and larger than life way, ‘Mahalo, and stay together my family. I am always here.’

SHOGO KUBO 1959-2014. R.I.P.

SHOGO-KUBO-MEMORIAL-MOVIE from Juice Magazine on Vimeo.

Skateboarders: Christian Hosoi, Jesse Martinez, Pat Ngoho, Bennett Harada, Haden McKenna, Leandre Sanders, Eddie Havina, Royale, Shawn, Blake Johnson…

Narration: Christian Hosoi, Pat Ngoho, Jesse Martinez and Jeff Ho.

Video Editing by Alicia Gilmour. Filming by Dan Levy and Vanessa Davey. Footage by Lance Lemond. Words by Dan Levy

SHOGO KUBO - PHOTO: TED TERREBONNE
SHOGO KUBO – PHOTO: TED TERREBONNE

“SHOGO KUBO, 54, OF HONOLULU, A TOUR AGENT AND MEMBER OF THE LEGENDARY ZEPHYR SKATEBOARD TEAM WAS AN AVID WAVE RIDING STAND UP PADDLE BOARDER AND HE PASSED WHILE RIDING ONE LAST WAVE. HE WAS BORN IN KAGOSHIMA, JAPAN. HE IS SURVIVED BY WIFE, MICHIYO, SON, SHOTA, DAUGHTER, MEAGAN H, BROTHERS, YOSHIFUMI AND SHINYA, AND SISTER, REIKO MASUDA.”

DONATIONS TO SHOGO’S FAMILY CAN BE MADE BY PAYPAL TO SHOTAK4@GMAIL.COM.

 

VENICE SHOGO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT PHOTOS BY DAN LEVY

SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE, CA. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
KEVIN KEISER, JAY SMITH, CRIS DAWSON, JIM MUIR, JEFF HO, SOLO SCOTT, PAUL CONSTANTINEAU, ALLEN SARLO, STACY PERALTA, PAT KEISER, CHRISTIAN HOSOI AND BILLY CULLEN. SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
GEORGE WILSON, BRIAN ZARATE, JOSH “BAGEL” KLASSMAN AT SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.

 

SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
ALLEN SARLO AND STACY PERALTA. SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
OSCAR GALAN AND PAT KEISER AT SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
BABY PAUL CULLEN MEMORIAL AT SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
SOLO SCOTT, GEORGE WILSON, CRIS DAWSON, JIM MUIR, JEFF HO, PAUL CONSTANTINEAU, ALLEN SARLO, STACY PERALTA, PAT KEISER AND CHRISTIAN HOSOI AT SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
BILLY CULLEN PAYS TRIBUTE TO BABY PAUL CULLEN AT THE SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
KELLY JACKSON AND RAY FLORES AT SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
AKIRA OF BLACK FLYS AND FAMILY AND TERRI CRAFT AT SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
STACY PERALTA AND PAT KEISER AT SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
KEVIN AND PAT KEISER AT SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
KELLY JACKSON, CHUCK KATZ, JIMBO QUAINTANCE AND BLOCK AT SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
JEFF HO, MARIA MINELLI AND PAUL CONSTANTINEAU AT SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
RAY RAE GOLDMAN, PECK, SEVEN, STEVE MAYORGA AT SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.
SHOGO KUBO MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT IN VENICE. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.

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