Tamayo Perry was most famous as a surfer in the early 2000s and won the Pipeline Master trials in 1999.
FILE - A surfer walks out of the ocean on Oahu's North Shore near Haleiwa, Hawaii, March 31, 2020. Authorities said a professional lifeguard died after he was attacked by a shark while surfing off the island of Oahu in Hawaii on Sunday afternoon, June 23, 2024.
It’s not known if Perry was the first professional surfer to be killed in a shark attack, since the definition of a professional in the sport can be blurry, said Brendan Buckley, the editor of Stab Magazine, a website devoted to surfing. “For a while, he was one of the top, top, top people out there,” Buckley added. “He got some of the craziest waves of his era. He was insanely respected by obviously everybody there and everybody around the world for what he did.”
Emilia competed as a professional bodyboarder in western Australia before moving to Hawaii when she was 18. She and Tamayo met when she was bodyboarding out to a Pipeline wave. “When I’m not acting, I’m still quite a character, so there’s always a ton of fun to be had,” he said.
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