The St. Augustine Record reported the next day that Chris Wint, 37, had died after failing to make a sharp turn at high speed and colliding with a tree. The 1 a.m. accident was the second fatality at that spot in recent years.
Since then, I've watched a makeshift memorial grow around that tree and chanced upon a LiveJournal user who attended his funeral.
On Sunday, the Record covered a surfer's memorial for Wint that took place in the ocean and reprinted a remarkable photo: Six weeks ago, the paper ran a front-page photo of Wint enoying the kicked-up surf caused by Hurricane Isabel.
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