Mikala Jones, a prominent member of the surfing community hailed for his in-wave photography, has died at 44. According to Jones’s father, the Hawaii-born surfer died Sunday in Indonesia after an accident off the coast of Sumatra.
, which was one of his sponsors. Born on the island of Oahu in the Windward Coast town of Kailua, he took advantage of his easy access to beaches and a culture of water sports. Jones won two national titles as an amateur, per the AP, before developing a reputation as an intrepid seeker of hard-to-reach waves in exotic locales.Jones also gained renown for his photography and work with GoPro cameras, which he would take with him out into the water.
“He was a humble artist. His pictures were incredible,” his father, John Jones, told the AP from Honolulu.As news of Jones’s death spread, tributes began pouring in from across the surfing world. “Legend,” 11-time world champion Kelly Slater wrote, with a broken-heart emoji, in a comment on Jones’s final Instagram post.
“He was just the most humble, giving guy, he was always smiling, always there for people, and everybody loved him. There’s no way you couldn’t love him,” pro surfer Jason Magallanes, a fellow Hawaii native, told. “He barely talked, and when he spoke it was meaningful. He had the best soul and heart, and he didn’t care about shots in the magazine or the contests. He was a true soul surfer and went on gnarly missions.
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