{"id":12423,"date":"2023-01-06T14:34:05","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T21:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=12423"},"modified":"2023-01-27T16:11:01","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T23:11:01","slug":"mad-dog-marcio-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2023\/01\/06\/mad-dog-marcio-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"Mad Dog Marcio Gone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/world\/2023\/01\/06\/mad-dog-surfer-marcio-freire-dies-nazare-portugal\/11000694002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from USA Today<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Veteran surfer Marcio Freire, featured in &#8216;Mad Dog&#8217; documentary, dies riding waves in Portugal<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>by Natalie Neysa Alund<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zE2zIVYyNoE\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Brazilian big-wave surfer Marcio Freire died while surfing&nbsp;the central coast of Portugal Thursday, local officials confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to his death, the 47-year-old man&nbsp;was practicing tow-in surfing on giant waves in&nbsp;Nazar\u00e9,&nbsp;the country&#8217;s National Maritime Authority told USA TODAY Friday morning.&#8221;The surfer had an accident while surfing, which left him lifeless,&#8221; the city&nbsp;wrote in an email to USA TODAY Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the captain of the Port of Nazar\u00e9 M\u00e1rio Lopes Figueiredo,&nbsp;support staff on jet&nbsp;skis managed to get Freire to the beach in Nazar\u00e9,&nbsp;but attempts to revive him failed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lifeguards verified the victim was in cardiorespiratory arrest and immediately began CPR until first-responders arrived, according to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amn.pt\/Media\/Paginas\/DetalheNoticia.aspx?nid=4856\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;a news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When they were unable to revive him, city officials said, a doctor pronounced him dead at the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/world\/2023\/01\/06\/mad-dog-surfer-marcio-freire-dies-nazare-portugal\/11000694002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click to continue reading at USA Today<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from USA Today Veteran surfer Marcio Freire, featured in &#8216;Mad Dog&#8217; documentary, dies riding waves in Portugal by Natalie Neysa Alund Brazilian big-wave surfer Marcio Freire died while surfing&nbsp;the central coast of Portugal Thursday, local officials confirmed. 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