{"id":1085635,"date":"2023-01-06T08:12:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T13:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/veteran-surfer-marcio-freire-featured-in-mad-dog-documentary-dies-riding-waves-in-portugal\/1085635\/"},"modified":"2023-01-06T08:12:07","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T13:12:07","slug":"veteran-surfer-marcio-freire-featured-in-mad-dog-documentary-dies-riding-waves-in-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/veteran-surfer-marcio-freire-featured-in-mad-dog-documentary-dies-riding-waves-in-portugal\/1085635\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran surfer Marcio Freire, featured in ‘Mad Dog’ documentary, dies riding waves in Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brazilian big-wave surfer Marcio Freire died while surfing the central coast of Portugal Thursday, local officials confirmed.<\/p>\n

Prior to his death, the 47-year-old man was practicing tow-in surfing on giant waves in Nazar\u00e9, the country’s National Maritime Authority told USA TODAY Friday morning.”The surfer had an accident while surfing, which left him lifeless,” the city wrote in an email to USA TODAY Friday.<\/p>\n

According to the captain of the Port of Nazar\u00e9 M\u00e1rio Lopes Figueiredo, support staff on jet skis managed to get Freire to the beach in Nazar\u00e9, but attempts to revive him failed.<\/p>\n

Lifeguards verified the victim was in cardiorespiratory arrest and immediately began CPR until first-responders arrived, according to a news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When they were unable to revive him, city officials said, a doctor pronounced him dead at the scene.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Municipality of Nazar\u00e9 presents its deepest condolences to the entire bereaved family as well as to the entire surfing community,\u201d the city wrote in its email, praising the efforts of those who tended to Freire.<\/p>\n

The city is located about 75 miles north of Lisbon and 130 miles south of Porto.<\/p>\n

Freire was one of the three Brazilian surfers who became known as the \u201cMad Dogs\u201d after conquering the giant wave \u201cJaws\u201d in Hawaii. He was featured in the 2016 documentary “Mad Dogs.”<\/a><\/p>\n

‘A meteoric rise’: <\/strong>Carl Burger making history as one of surfing’s rare Black stars<\/a><\/p>\n

Tributes from other surfers and those who knew him poured in on social media following his death.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday we lost a great man, a very good friend and a legendary surfer, Marcio Freire. He was such a happy spirit, always with a smile on his face \u2026 Rest in peace my friend,\u201d sports photographer Fred Pompermayer posted alongside a photo of the legendary surfer.<\/p>\n

“Marcio is a legend and was an inspiring waterman that was always a pleasure to be on the water with,” American surfer Zane Kekoa <\/a>Schweitzer<\/a> replied to the post.<\/p>\n

“Man this hurts. Such a special one,” Maui native and surfer Ian Walsh<\/a> posted.<\/p>\n

More: <\/strong>Surfer catches waves in flooded California streets after heavy rain hits area<\/a><\/p>\n

Hawaiian Garrett McNamara put Nazar\u00e9 on the map on Nov. 1, 2011, <\/a>when he set a world record for the biggest wave ever surfed at 78 feet.<\/p>\n

In 2017, Brazilian Rodrigo Koxa upped McNamara\u2019s mark \u2013 also at Nazar\u00e9 \u2013 and German Sebastian Steudtner again broke the record there in 2020, when he rode an 86-feet wave, per Surfer Today.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Natalie Neysa Alund covers trending news for USA TODAY. Reach her at nalund@usatoday.com and follow her on Twitter <\/em>@nataliealund<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: <\/em>Marcio Freire dead: ‘Mad Dog’ surfer dies in Nazar\u00e9, Portugal<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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