🌊🏄♂️📸 “Kanak Attack! Mikala Jones, Da Wave Catcher Guy Who Shoot Pics Inside Waves, No Moa!”
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Ho, bumbai you hear da kine story dat went happen? Mikala Jones, one professional surfer guy who stay known for taking mean shots and videos inside da waves, wen mahke after one buggah surf accident in Indonesia, his ohana wen let us know. 🏄♂️🌊📷
His faddah, dis John Jones fella, wen talk stink to The Associated Press dat his boy, 44 years old, was out dea catching waves on Sunday during one trip to da Mentawai Islands. Dat’s right off da west side coast of Sumatra, yeah? And den, da fin on his surfboard wen go cut his femoral artery, da one dat give blood to da lower parts of da body. 🚑💔🌴
Dis week, da online surfing ohana stay moan for da loss of one of their own. They been sharing his most popular works, including one picture showing him looking out from da insides of a breaking wave, riding it into da sunlight. 🌅🏄♂️📸
For one of Mr. Jones’s last Instagram posts, he wen film himself standing on top his surfboard while da wave folding all around him. He write, “Time to live.” He say, besides his wife and kids, surfing was “all I need.” 🌊👨👩👧👧💕
Isabella Jones, one of his daughters, and professional surfers stay write messages about Mr. Jones on top social media. Da buggah grew up on da east side of Oahu, Hawaii, and later wen move to Indonesia with his wife, Emma Brereton, and his two daughters, Isabella and Violet. 🏝️👨👩👧👧💔
Keala Ashton, Mr. Jones’s nephew, was out dea surfing with him in da isolated region when he got hurt. Nathan Myers, one friend of da ohana, wen tell dat in one interview on Wednesday. 💔🌴🌊
As dey wen describe in one profile in The Surfer’s Journal published in 2014, Mr. Jones wen set out from Hawaii to Papua New Guinea, Panama, Sri Lanka and da Azores to find waves. In Sumatra, “he bagged more than one cover shot standing tall in the belly of the beast,” da article, written by Mr. Myers, wen say. 🌏🏄♂️📸
In Bali, he set up one surf shop and worked with clothing sponsors while he still kept traveling. Mr. Myers, who was also Mr. Jones’s neighbor in Canggu, Bali, for 10 years, wen say Mr. Jones was one of da guys from da “free-surfers” generation who stay researching where da best waves are and chasing them all over da world. 🌍🌊🕵️♂️
Mr. Jones wen make some of da sport’s best point-of-view videos while riding barrels, using techniques that he had worked on for more than 10 years, including board-mounted cameras and rigs he held in his hand, before he started working with GoPro. 🎥🏄♂️🌊
For one video interview on Surfline featuring his most famous shot, at one secret location in Indonesia, Mr. Jones wen give credit to the guys before him who had pioneered photography from on top the board before all this social media stuffs. He published footage of his work on his Instagram page. 🎥🏄♂️🌊
As one producer of surfing videos and photography, he began to chase not only da good waves but also da light of da breaking dawn. “I’ve always wanted to get the sunrise,” he wen say. 🌅📸🏄♂️
“When da sun is coming up you only get 15, 20 minutes tops to get into a barrel,” he wen say. ⏱️🌅🌊
“I just called it work,” Mr. Jones wen say, talking about how he used da word during da video interview. “But it’s fun.” 😎📸🏄♂️
So, try remember da good times, yeah? Mikala Jones, da one surfer guy who loved to be inside da wave. He stay catching da barrel with his camera, always in search of da perfect sunrise. Even though we lost one good braddah, his spirit going always ride da waves. 🌅🏄♂️📸💔
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🌊🏄♂️📸 Devastating Blow! Mikala Jones, The Surfer Celebrated for Capturing Images Within Waves, Has Passed Away
Have you caught wind of the news that’s shaken us? Mikala Jones, a professional surfer renowned for his compelling photos and videos taken from within waves, succumbed to an accident while surfing in Indonesia, as announced by his family. 🏄♂️🌊📷
His father, John Jones, disclosed to The Associated Press that his 44-year-old son was out riding the waves on a Sunday during a trip to the Mentawai Islands, located just off the western coast of Sumatra, when the fin of his surfboard pierced his femoral artery, responsible for supplying blood to the lower body parts. 🚑💔🌴
This week, the online surfing community is mourning the loss of one of their own, sharing his most popular works, one of which includes a photo that captured him peering out from within a breaking wave, riding it towards a glow of sunlight. 🌅🏄♂️📸
In one of Mr. Jones’s final Instagram posts, he recorded himself standing atop his surfboard as the wave encased him. He penned, “Time to live”. According to him, aside from his wife and children, surfing was “all I need.” 🌊👨👩👧👧💕
Isabella Jones, one of his daughters, and professional surfers have been posting messages about Mr. Jones on social media. Born and raised on the eastern side of Oahu, Hawaii, he later relocated to Indonesia with his wife, Emma Brereton, and their two daughters, Isabella and Violet. 🏝️👨👩👧👧💔
Keala Ashton, Mr. Jones’s nephew, was surfing alongside him in the remote region when the tragic incident occurred, a family friend, Nathan Myers, reported in an interview on Wednesday. 💔🌴🌊
As documented in a profile in The Surfer’s Journal published in 2014, Mr. Jones embarked on journeys from Hawaii to Papua New Guinea, Panama, Sri Lanka, and the Azores in pursuit of waves. In Sumatra, “he bagged more than one cover shot standing tall in the belly of the beast,” as written by Mr. Myers in the article. 🌏🏄♂️📸
In Bali, he established a surf shop and collaborated with clothing sponsors while continuing to travel. Mr. Myers, who was also Mr. Jones’s neighbor in Canggu, Bali, for a span of 10 years, mentioned that Mr. Jones belonged to a generation of “free-surfers” who diligently research the locations of the best waves and chase them globally. 🌍🌊🕵️♂️
Mr. Jones crafted some of the sport’s finest point-of-view videos while surfing barrels, using techniques he honed for over a decade, which included board-mounted cameras and handheld rigs, prior to initiating a partnership with GoPro. 🎥🏄♂️🌊
During a video interview featured on Surfline, which spotlighted his most renowned shot taken at a secret location in Indonesia, Mr. Jones credited the pioneers who first explored photography from the board’s viewpoint, predating the era of social media. He showcased footage of his work on his Instagram page. 🎥🏄♂️🌊
Being a producer of surfing videos and photography, he began to seek not just good waves but the light of the breaking dawn. “I’ve always wanted to get the sunrise,” he expressed. 🌅📸🏄♂️
“When the sun is coming up you only have 15, 20 minutes tops to get into a barrel,” he asserted. ⏱️🌅🌊
“I just called it work,” Mr. Jones commented, reflecting on his use of the term during the video interview. “But it’s fun.” 😎📸🏄♂️
So, let’s recall the golden moments, shall we? Mikala Jones, the surfer who had a passion for being within the wave, forever chasing the barrel with his camera, always in search of the perfect sunrise. Despite the loss of a truly remarkable individual, his spirit will forever ride the waves. 🌅🏄♂️📸💔
