Marcio Freire: 'Mad Canine' surfer dies using large waves in Nazaré, Portugal

Veteran Brazilian surfer Marcio Freire died on Thursday whereas practising tow-in browsing on the enormous waves in Nazaré on the central coast of Portugal, the native maritime authority mentioned.

Help workers on jet-skis managed to get the 47-year-old to the seaside, however all makes an attempt to revive him failed.

Freire was one of many three Brazilian surfers who turned often called the “Mad Canine” after conquering the enormous wave “Jaws” in Hawaii. They featured within the 2016 documentary Mad Canine.

Tributes from different surfers poured in on Instagram.

“He surfed all day with a giant smile on his face. That’s how I’ll maintain him in my reminiscence. Legend,” posted fellow huge wave surfer Nic von Rupp.

“At this time we misplaced a fantastic man, an excellent good friend and a legendary surfer, Marcio Freire. He was such a contented spirit, all the time with a smile on his face…Relaxation in peace my good friend,” wrote sports activities photographer Fred Pompermayer.

Nazaré boasts among the greatest waves on the earth. They're magnified by an underwater canyon 5 kilometers (3 miles) deep which ends the place the North Atlantic meets the shoreline close to the previous fishing village.

Hawaiian Garrett McNamara put Nazaré on the map in 2011 when he set a world document for the largest wave ever surfed at 78 toes (23.77 meters).

Brazilian Rodrigo Koxa bettered McNamara’s mark in 2017, additionally at Nazaré, and German Sebastian Steudtner broke the document once more there in 2020, browsing an 86-feet wave.