Big wave surfer Márcio Freire dies in Nazaré
Brazilian big wave surfer Márcio Freire has lost his life at Praia do Norte in Nazaré, Portugal.
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.
It is the first death linked to surfing in the liquid mountains of Nazaré’s Praia do Norte.