Marcio Freire Nazare Died | ‘Mad Dog’ surfer Marcio Freire dies riding giant waves in Portugal.
'Mad Dog' Marcio Freire dies in surfing accident in Nazaré, Portugal.
Freire was practicing tow-in surfing on giant waves in the Portuguese town when he died. He was 47.
Big wave surfer Márcio Freire dies in Nazaré - ‘Mad Dog’ surfer dies riding giant waves in Nazaré, Portugal .
Veteran Brazilian surfer Marcio Freire died on Thursday while practising tow-in surfing on the giant waves in Nazaré on the central coast of Portugal, the local maritime authority said.
Support staff on jet-skis managed to get the 47-year-old to the beach, but all attempts to revive him failed.
Freire was one of the three Brazilian surfers who became known as the “Mad Dogs” after conquering the giant wave “Jaws” in Hawaii. They featured in the 2016 documentary “Mad Dogs.”
