“I WANT TO LIVE like Zander and I want to surf like Zander.”
Those words from little five-year-old Josiah Rhynd were symbolic of the indelible mark the late Zander Venezia left behind.
The 16-year-old pro junior surfer, who touched the lives of many within the surfing fraternity and beyond during his short life, was remembered with a “paddle out” at the Drill Hall Beach on Friday.
Outfitted in white T-shirts with the letter Z for Zander at the front and #livelikeZander on the back and armed with surfboards and flowers, scores of loved ones lined the shore to say their final goodbyes. (RG)
Please read the full story in today’s Sunday Sun, or in the eNATION edition.