{"id":20396,"date":"2025-10-15T13:30:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T11:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jaxsunsports.com\/graham-howes-one-rider-one-voice-one-immense-loss\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T15:54:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T13:54:29","slug":"graham-howes-one-rider-one-voice-one-immense-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jaxsunsports.com\/en\/graham-howes-one-rider-one-voice-one-immense-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Graham Howes: One Rider, One Voice, One Immense Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p data-start=\"225\" data-end=\"597\">On September 7, 2025, the world of kitesurfing lost one of its pillars. <strong data-start=\"296\" data-end=\"312\">Graham Howes<\/strong>, an emblematic figure of the South African scene and founder of the <strong data-start=\"386\" data-end=\"402\">Dirty Habits<\/strong> collective, tragically died off the coast of Cape Town. According to the official conclusions, he was hit in the middle of a session by a whale. An extremely rare, brutal and impossible to predict accident.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"599\" data-end=\"878\">But Graham was not only an extraordinary athlete. He was also a man who dared to speak. In 2019, he publicly revealed his battle with depression. A powerful speech in an environment where emotions are often silenced. He wrote it himself:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"879\" data-end=\"960\">\n<p data-start=\"881\" data-end=\"960\">&#8220;Depression took away from me what I loved most: the ocean, my place of refuge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"962\" data-end=\"1189\">At <strong data-start=\"967\" data-end=\"984\">Jaxsun Sports<\/strong>, we pay tribute to his memory, his freedom, his courage. His message is more relevant than ever: mental health deserves as much space as performance. Silence kills, speech liberates.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1191\" data-end=\"1304\">Today, we still have his energy, his legacy, and the desire to continue to live this sport with authenticity.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1306\" data-end=\"1332\"><strong data-start=\"1306\" data-end=\"1332\">Ride in peace, Graham.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1306\" data-end=\"1332\">Sources: <a href=\"https:\/\/northactionsports.com\/blogs\/all\/is-depression-anxiety-the-new-normal-graham-howes-speaks-up?srsltid=AfmBOopyF8YvcV97ov_wc_kn6qDVvb1TyKP3WPeyC0DUS_aCnXqsIBlb\">North Kiteboarding Site<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"awb-gallery-wrapper awb-gallery-wrapper-1 button-span-no\" style=\"--more-btn-alignment:center;\"><div style=\"margin:-5px;--awb-bordersize:0px;--awb-columns-medium:100%;--awb-columns-small:100%;\" class=\"fusion-gallery fusion-gallery-container fusion-grid-3 fusion-columns-total-6 fusion-gallery-layout-grid fusion-gallery-1\"><div style=\"padding:5px;\" class=\"fusion-grid-column 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