He was one of three surfers immortalised in a 2016 documentary, Mad Dogs, about their attempts to conquer a giant wave known as Jaws, off Hawaii.
He was one of three Brazilian surfers immortalised in a 2016 documentary, Mad Dogs, about their attempts to conquer a giant wave known as Jaws, off Hawaii.A surfer rides a wave in Praia do Norte, Nazare, Portugal, in 2022. File pic
Fellow big wave surfer Nic von Rupp posted:"He surfed all day with a big smile on his face. That's how I'll keep him in my memory. Legend." Sports photographer Fred Pompermayer wrote:"Today 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...Rest in peace my friend."They are magnified by an underwater canyon three miles deep and 105 miles long, which ends where the North Atlantic meets the shoreline near the former fishing village.
US surfer Garrett McNamara put Nazare on the map in 2011 when he set a world record for the biggest wave ever surfed at 78ft . Brazilian Rodrigo Koxa bettered McNamara's mark in 2017, also at Nazare, and German Sebastian Steudtner broke the record again there in 2020, surfing an 86ft wave.
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