Students at San Marcos High School are finding ways to honor the life of 17-year-old Tayden Tomblin, a fellow student who died in a skateboarding accident on Thanksgiving Day. Their latest tribute: an emotional paddle-out that drew nearly 200 classmates, family members and friends.

“His parking spot in San Marcos is growing,” said friend Niko Stuart. “It’s really heartwarming to see all the kids come together for him.”

That campus tribute, flowers placed on his former parking spot, is one of several organized over the past two weeks. On Wednesday, many of the teen’s closest friends gathered where they say Tayden felt most at home: the ocean.

“He was just always in the ocean,” said Kate Crowder, another close friend. “We went up to Red Rock a lot … a lot of our hangouts were in the water

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