"He was such a happy spirit, always with a smile on his face. "Today we lost a great man, a very good friend, and a legendary surfer, Márcio Freire," wrote surf photographer Fred Pompermayer, who shared images of the athlete from Bahia. It's definitely one of the saddest and most challenging moments of big wave surfing." "Nothing I say or write will ease our pain at this time, but I share my deepest condolences with family and friends. "We are all extremely shaken by the tragic departure of our eternal idol Márcio Freire, a guy I've always admired for his courage and technique in and out of the water, a pioneer in one of the most feared waves in the world, Jaws," wrote Lucas Chumbo. On social media, tributes to Márcio Freire are already circulating. The body was later transported to the Legal Medicine Institute in Leiria. "Unfortunately, none of the life support maneuvers were successful, and death was eventually declared on the spot." "He was an experienced surfer who fell while surfing," stated the commander of the Captaincy of Nazaré, Mário Lopes Figueiredo. The National Institute of Medical Emergency (INEM), the Nazaré firefighters, and the Maritime Authority were operational at the scene. Lifeguards on the beach immediately initiated life support measures, which paramedics later continued. The alert for the water accident was given at 4:16 pm.Īccording to the captain of the Port of Nazaré, in the district of Leiria, the Brazilian big wave surfing pioneer "was towed to the beach by a partner on a jet ski, already in cardio-respiratory arrest." It is the first death linked to surfing in the liquid mountains of Nazaré's Praia do Norte. The 47-year-old athlete from Bahia, also known as "Mad Dog," died this Thursday at the infamous Portuguese surf break while taking on the local giant waves. Brazilian big wave surfer Márcio Freire has lost his life at Praia do Norte in Nazaré, Portugal.
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