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| Inquiry follows water bike death | Inquiry follows water bike death |
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| An investigation is under way into an incident involving three water bikes on the Llyn Peninsula in which a 49-year-old man died. | An investigation is under way into an incident involving three water bikes on the Llyn Peninsula in which a 49-year-old man died. |
| The Abersoch inshore lifeboat pulled Christopher Leslie Edwards, of Alltami, Mold, unconscious from the sea at Porth Ceiriad, near Abersoch. | The Abersoch inshore lifeboat pulled Christopher Leslie Edwards, of Alltami, Mold, unconscious from the sea at Porth Ceiriad, near Abersoch. |
| Initial reports said he was thrown from the water bike after hitting a wave just after 1600 BST on Saturday. | Initial reports said he was thrown from the water bike after hitting a wave just after 1600 BST on Saturday. |
| He was airlifted to hospital in Bangor by an RAF helicopter but later died. | He was airlifted to hospital in Bangor by an RAF helicopter but later died. |
| Coastguards said a second water biker had been treated for shock. | Coastguards said a second water biker had been treated for shock. |
| Mr Edwards was married with two children aged 22 and 19, and worked as a design technician at Holywell High School in Holywell. | |
| Chris was passionate about life and would do anything to help anyone Family tribute | |
| His family said in a statement: "Christopher was a big family man, who would do anything for his wife Gillian and their two children Jamie and Kirsty. | |
| "He loved family life and couldn't do enough for people. | |
| "He lived life to the full and enjoyed all sports. Everything Chris did was meticulous and he was very safety conscious - this is partly why his early death has shocked us so much. | |
| "Chris was passionate about life and would do anything to help anyone. | |
| "He will be solely missed by all of us, his mother and father, and all the family." | |
| His funeral will take place at Hope Parish Church in Hope, near Mold, on Friday 29 September. |