Mr. Freire began surfing at an early age and starred in a 2016 documentary on the sport. He was 47.
Tag: Nazare (Portugal)
Portugal Dispatch: This Town Once Feared the 10-Story Waves. Then the Extreme Surfers Showed Up.
The residents of Nazaré used to think the immense waves that broke against town’s cliffs were deadly to any who braved them. Today, those same waves have made the town a surfers’ mecca.