Comments on: Keoni Lucas – More Champagne! http://www.puinsai.com/blog/2009/03/more-champagne/ Puinsai Blog Wed, 16 Jun 2010 04:26:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: carrie http://www.puinsai.com/blog/2009/03/more-champagne/comment-page-1/#comment-331 carrie Wed, 16 Jun 2010 04:26:48 +0000 http://www.puinsai.com/blog/?p=93#comment-331 I found this terrible tradgedy as I was searching for Keoni on FB... I met him while I lived on Catalina Island in 2000 while he was working a MTV reality show... I remember he and another guy walking down front street while I lay on the beach and they stopped to say hello and he invited me to accompany him to the "Wrap" party, I have an amazing photo of him and I dancing both mesmerized by the moment.... he would come visit me many times after that. He was not only beautiful your right on the outside but most beautiful on the inside and such a soulful man. My heart is heavy that I will have to wait to see him again. Aloha my friend! C- I found this terrible tradgedy as I was searching for Keoni on FB… I met him while I lived on Catalina Island in 2000 while he was working a MTV reality show… I remember he and another guy walking down front street while I lay on the beach and they stopped to say hello and he invited me to accompany him to the “Wrap” party, I have an amazing photo of him and I dancing both mesmerized by the moment…. he would come visit me many times after that. He was not only beautiful your right on the outside but most beautiful on the inside and such a soulful man. My heart is heavy that I will have to wait to see him again. Aloha my friend! C-

]]> By: lovee http://www.puinsai.com/blog/2009/03/more-champagne/comment-page-1/#comment-329 lovee Sun, 04 Apr 2010 07:47:11 +0000 http://www.puinsai.com/blog/?p=93#comment-329 wowzerzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz! what a beautiful tribute my dear. Keoni was always 'peter pan' to me. i told him that. i remember first meeting him working at dukes. it was so hard to look into those beautiful blue-green eyes. he was so beautiful it made me nervous. but once i got to know him, i found that he was not only so beautiful outside, but a gorgeous person within. wow...when i heard the news i couldnt believe that god would take such an angel from us so soon. my heart goes out to all that had the privlege to know and spend great times with him. i love you sweet peter pan Keoni!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE wowzerzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz! what a beautiful tribute my dear. Keoni was always ‘peter pan’ to me. i told him that. i remember first meeting him working at dukes. it was so hard to look into those beautiful blue-green eyes. he was so beautiful it made me nervous. but once i got to know him, i found that he was not only so beautiful outside, but a gorgeous person within. wow…when i heard the news i couldnt believe that god would take such an angel from us so soon. my heart goes out to all that had the privlege to know and spend great times with him. i love you sweet peter pan Keoni!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

]]> By: Dylan McCall http://www.puinsai.com/blog/2009/03/more-champagne/comment-page-1/#comment-328 Dylan McCall Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:03:07 +0000 http://www.puinsai.com/blog/?p=93#comment-328 I was fortunate enough to meet Keoni out in the line up at Airport Rights in Bali just a couple days before he jumped on the boat to the mentawais. Keoni let me tag along while he was in Bali and he introduced me to all da bradas on the trip. One of da bradas is now one of my best friends. Mahalo Keoni! I rep my PUINSAI shirt w/ pride. I was fortunate enough to meet Keoni out in the line up at Airport Rights in Bali just a couple days before he jumped on the boat to the mentawais. Keoni let me tag along while he was in Bali and he introduced me to all da bradas on the trip. One of da bradas is now one of my best friends. Mahalo Keoni! I rep my PUINSAI shirt w/ pride.

]]> By: Tiffaney Boyd http://www.puinsai.com/blog/2009/03/more-champagne/comment-page-1/#comment-326 Tiffaney Boyd Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:18:09 +0000 http://www.puinsai.com/blog/?p=93#comment-326 Thank you! I still miss him everyday, but like you am greatful God graced me by placing him into my life. I hope I can continue to spread the Aloha he so kindly shared with me. Please stay in touch. Tiffery Thank you!
I still miss him everyday, but like you am greatful God graced me by placing him into my life. I hope I can continue to spread the Aloha he so kindly shared with me. Please stay in touch.

Tiffery

]]> By: emmalani lloyd http://www.puinsai.com/blog/2009/03/more-champagne/comment-page-1/#comment-79 emmalani lloyd Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:44:28 +0000 http://www.puinsai.com/blog/?p=93#comment-79 uncle keoni was a great uncle and i loved him and i still do that was a great video! -emmalani uncle keoni was a great uncle and i loved him and i still do that was a great video!

-emmalani

]]> By: AndrewBoldman http://www.puinsai.com/blog/2009/03/more-champagne/comment-page-1/#comment-49 AndrewBoldman Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:46:23 +0000 http://www.puinsai.com/blog/?p=93#comment-49 Great post! Just wanted to let you know you have a new subscriber- me! Great post! Just wanted to let you know you have a new subscriber- me!

]]> By: MIchael Rupp http://www.puinsai.com/blog/2009/03/more-champagne/comment-page-1/#comment-39 MIchael Rupp Thu, 28 May 2009 06:56:10 +0000 http://www.puinsai.com/blog/?p=93#comment-39 Christian, I worked with you & Keoni @ Duke's for 3 years back when you first started Puinsai. I just saw a Memorial to Keoni on a TV show, Clean House, & I am speechless. It was so many years ago, but just as you said, Keoni left a lasting impact on me. I always remember him as the epitome of the Aloha spirit. I also wish I could be half the person he was. I wish I had known he was on the mainland & connected. Thanks for putting together a great remembrance of a truly great man. Christian,

I worked with you & Keoni @ Duke’s for 3 years back when you first started Puinsai. I just saw a Memorial to Keoni on a TV show, Clean House, & I am speechless. It was so many years ago, but just as you said, Keoni left a lasting impact on me. I always remember him as the epitome of the Aloha spirit. I also wish I could be half the person he was. I wish I had known he was on the mainland & connected.

Thanks for putting together a great remembrance of a truly great man.

]]> By: Brian Reeder http://www.puinsai.com/blog/2009/03/more-champagne/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Brian Reeder Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:31:59 +0000 http://www.puinsai.com/blog/?p=93#comment-17 I am so grateful to have known Keoni. I'll never forget our conversation about the multifaceted meaning of the word "Puinsai". What started out as a Hawaiian term that surfers used to encourage one another to "pull inside" a barrel eventually blossomed into an all-encompassing term which is the Hawaiian equivalent of "Carpe Diem". It is a call to courage. It is a motivator to live the best life you can live. To follow your dreams. To be inspired. These were the tenets that Keoni lived by, and for myself, when times get rough, or I am faced with fear or doubt, I remind myself to "Puinsai". It hasn't failed me yet, and without a doubt, it has made me a happier and more prideful person on a day to day basis. For that, I am forever in debt to my friend, Keoni Lucas. It's no coincidence that when my wife and I give birth to our first child in July, we will be naming him Lucas. Much love, Brother. Your aloha continues to spread. -Reeder I am so grateful to have known Keoni. I’ll never forget our conversation about the multifaceted meaning of the word “Puinsai”. What started out as a Hawaiian term that surfers used to encourage one another to “pull inside” a barrel eventually blossomed into an all-encompassing term which is the Hawaiian equivalent of “Carpe Diem”. It is a call to courage. It is a motivator to live the best life you can live. To follow your dreams. To be inspired. These were the tenets that Keoni lived by, and for myself, when times get rough, or I am faced with fear or doubt, I remind myself to “Puinsai”. It hasn’t failed me yet, and without a doubt, it has made me a happier and more prideful person on a day to day basis. For that, I am forever in debt to my friend, Keoni Lucas.

It’s no coincidence that when my wife and I give birth to our first child in July, we will be naming him Lucas.

Much love, Brother. Your aloha continues to spread.

-Reeder

]]> By: Kathryn Kennel http://www.puinsai.com/blog/2009/03/more-champagne/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Kathryn Kennel Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:01:23 +0000 http://www.puinsai.com/blog/?p=93#comment-16 Chris, Thanks for sharing this memorial to your very "bestest' friend....it appears that you each flourished with each other's friendships. thank God for memories and DVD's. I always cry... Love, Kathy Chris,
Thanks for sharing this memorial to your very “bestest’ friend….it appears that you each flourished with each other’s friendships. thank God for memories and DVD’s. I always cry…

Love,
Kathy

]]> By: Challen Edwards http://www.puinsai.com/blog/2009/03/more-champagne/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Challen Edwards Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:21:15 +0000 http://www.puinsai.com/blog/?p=93#comment-15 Godspeed, Keoni. May you find the perfect wave. Godspeed, Keoni. May you find the perfect wave.

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