A paddle out was held for surfer Sophia Bartlow, who died in a car accident in Hawaii. the cermony was held in Huntington Beach on Saturday, February 11, 2017. (Photo by Bill Alkofer,Orange County Register/SCNG)
The Orange County Register
By LAYLAN CONNELLY / STAFF WRITER
The chants echoed across the wind-whipped ocean, as hundreds of surfers splashed water toward the sky.
“Love, shine, glow! Love, shine, glow!” the surfers yelled, repeating a mantra Sophia Tiare Bartlow lived by in and out of the water, during a paddle-out memorial held Saturday at the Huntington Beach Pier.