Marcio Freire becomes the first surfer to die at this infamous big wave spot and leaves behind a legacy of pioneering big wave surfing achievements.
The big-wave Brazilian pioneer fell while surfing giant waves off Nazaré in central 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, ...
Freire, 47, was best known to surfing fans as one of the Mad Dogs, a group of Brazilian surfers celebrated for conquering Jaws, a giant wave in Hawaii.
The 47-year-old Brazilian surfer wiped out at Praia do Norte and suffered a cardio-respiratory arrest. It's the first surf-related death in the waves of ...