Late legendary surfer Marcio Freire did not disclose his marital status to the public while he was alive.
There are still no information regarding his wife and children.
Freire died of a cardiac arrest, after falling during a surfing practice in Nazaré, Portugal, on January 5, 2023. He was aged 47.
The accident reportedly occurred when he used a Jet Ski, to catch a faster moving wave.
Life guards who found him we’re however unable to resuscitate him at the scene.
Friere was a surfing legend famous for being amongst the first three Brazilian surfers featured in the 2016 documentary, Mad Dogs, which is based on attempts to conquer the biggest and most dangerous waves in the world.
Freire who hailed from Brazil, was known for touring round the world to surf giant waves.
The Nazare wave is said to be one of the biggest and most terrifying waves in the world.
It was in Nazaré that German surfer Sebastian Steudtner achieved “the world record for the biggest wave ever surfed in October 2020.”
