Friends of Planeta Surf
With great sadness, I must inform you of the tragic loss of one of our dear friends. Jorge “Chori” Lopez Vives was killed on Tuesday, January 15th, 2013 at 4:30 p.m. on the island of Cozumel in a stunt airplane crash. I feel very saddened by the sudden loss of this great man. Those who knew him could always find a smile on his face and in his heart. He really knew what it meant to fight tooth and nail for your dreams and spent years fighting to have a program dedicated to extreme sports on Televisa. When he finally got his dream and was at the height of his career...he left us.
I saw him for the last time this past Monday, January 14th on the set of Adrenalina Xtreme and, like always, he was optimistic and full of smiles. He even commented to me that he’d been using the Planeta Surf wallet I had given him and that he loved it, which really touched me.
He was such a good person, this Chori, and it’s really a shame to have lost him.
Tonight, I’d like to ask all of you to light a candle and raise a prayer on Chori’s behalf, to light his way (to the place where we’re all go eventually).
At least Chori left this world—like all the GREAT ones have—doing what he loved...
Mario Dillanes