Former world junior browsing champion Kalani David died this weekend on a Costa Rican seashore after struggling a seizure whereas within the sea working towards the game during which he excelled, associates and authorities stated. He was 24 years previous.
Kalani David Feeney Barrientos, recognized internationally solely by his first names, was born in Hawaii to a Costa Rican mom and had Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, a congenital coronary heart illness that may trigger paralysis and seizures.
Nevertheless, his sickness didn't forestall him from succeeding in sports activities and he practiced each browsing and skateboarding. He received the Junior World Browsing title in Panama in 2012, within the Below-16 class, whereas competing for first place in the primary skate circuits.
The younger American died on Saturday morning in Playa Hermosa, Jacó, on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, the Judicial Investigation Company confirmed.
"He was browsing when he apparently suffered some sort of epileptic seizure and drowned," the entity stated in a message to The Related Press. "The demise remains to be underneath investigation."
The filmmaker Peter King was one of many first to reveal his demise by social media, whereas praising his combating spirit.
"Oh good friend, I like you Kalani! Solely God is aware of the occasions of him. Life shouldn't be simple. At all times combating. At all times studying," he stated.
Varied figures from the world of browsing echoed the information shortly after, equivalent to 11-time world champion Kelly Slater.
"Kalani was probably the most proficient surfers/skaters on the planet," he stated on social media.
His sickness pressured him to pause his sports activities profession on a number of events however then he resumed it.
"He was continually pushing his limits," Slater added. "My condolences to the nice household and associates that Kalani had on each seashore world wide."