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'Mad Dog' Marcio Freire dies in surfing accident in Nazaré, Portugal
Reuters via NBC News ^
| 1-6-2023
| Reuters
Posted on 01/08/2023 11:11:03 AM PST by Saije
Veteran Brazilian surfer Marcio Freire died on Thursday while practicing tow-in surfing on the giant waves in Nazaré on the central coast of Portugal, the local maritime authority said.
Support staff on jet skis managed to get the 47-year-old to the beach, but all attempts to revive him failed.
Freire was one of the three Brazilian surfers who became known as the “Mad Dogs” after conquering the giant wave “Jaws” in Hawaii. They were featured in the 2016 documentary Mad Dogs.
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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: death; ocean; portual; surfing
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That whole jet ski towing surfer thing seems a bit insane.
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posted on
01/08/2023 11:11:03 AM PST
by
Saije
To: Saije
I am not being sarcastic when I say he at least died doing what he loved.
There are much worse ways to go.
RIP Mr. Freire.
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posted on
01/08/2023 11:14:37 AM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
I am not being sarcastic when I say he at least died doing what he loved.Agreed. I doubt he would have done anything differently.
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posted on
01/08/2023 11:16:26 AM PST
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man. )
To: Saije
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posted on
01/08/2023 11:16:48 AM PST
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man. )
To: Saije
Now he’s known as, “Dead Dog”.
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posted on
01/08/2023 11:17:13 AM PST
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Although I would think 47 is a bit old to be testing the giant waves. I highly recommend the documentary Riding Giants about the early days of big-wave surfing.
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posted on
01/08/2023 11:18:35 AM PST
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man. )
To: Saije
He found that perfect wave and rode it all the way to heaven.
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posted on
01/08/2023 11:29:33 AM PST
by
READINABLUESTATE
(It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.)
To: Saije
This why I swim in the lake.
To: Saije
Live on the edge — fall off it.
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posted on
01/08/2023 11:32:40 AM PST
by
353FMG
(Secretly practicing my Putin swagger..)
To: Rummyfan
Wonder if he could have suffered a heart attack?
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posted on
01/08/2023 11:35:23 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
More like a wave of nausea. A big one.
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posted on
01/08/2023 11:40:24 AM PST
by
DPMD
To: Saije
Imagine the amount of horsepower it would take to make that wave artificially.
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posted on
01/08/2023 11:41:08 AM PST
by
Steely Tom
([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Your not being sarcastic......my 1st thought also.
Certainly better than gettin’ hit by a bus.
RIP
I hope he’d had a relationship with our Creator.
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posted on
01/08/2023 11:47:06 AM PST
by
V_TWIN
(America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
To: 353FMG
Live on the edge — fall off it.Eagles fly high, but weasels never get sucked into a jet engine.
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posted on
01/08/2023 11:57:25 AM PST
by
frithguild
(The warmth and goodness of Gaia is a nuclear reactor in the Earth's core that burns Thorium)
To: Saije
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posted on
01/08/2023 12:28:39 PM PST
by
SgtHooper
(If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
To: Steely Tom
The more innocent days of couch/bed surfing.
Being transported back in time to Southern California in 1962 would be ideal. Jan & Dan on the radio, a woody surfwagon in the garage and showing your girlfriend how to surf in her bedroom with her mother's approval.
Those were the days when America was great.
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posted on
01/08/2023 12:36:37 PM PST
by
SamAdams76
(4,777,271 | Truth Social | 87,821,414 | Twitter | Trump Followers)
To: frithguild
So what are you trying to say? That you’re an eagle?
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posted on
01/08/2023 12:52:20 PM PST
by
353FMG
(Secretly practicing my Putin swagger..)
To: SamAdams76
And when surfers were Endless Summer cool, not violent territorial assholes looking for fights with someone else who dares to get in “their” water.
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posted on
01/08/2023 12:52:42 PM PST
by
DesertRhino
(Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
To: Saije
i’ve been a waterman my whole life and back in the day caught some major slabs around the world. I always thought it back 45 years ago and to this day, anyone who tackles Nazare has a death wish period. That is just plain stupid!! I dont care how good you are...
I stick to kiteboarding now that i’m old and gray. hit 3 places a year!!
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posted on
01/08/2023 12:56:55 PM PST
by
sit-rep
( )
To: 353FMG
I’m old, so a weasel obviously 🙄
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posted on
01/08/2023 1:04:38 PM PST
by
frithguild
(The warmth and goodness of Gaia is a nuclear reactor in the Earth's core that burns Thorium)
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