SAO PAULO -- Brazilian professional surfer Ricardo dos Santos has died after being shot outside his beach home by an off-duty police officer. Investigator Marcelo Arruda said Tuesday that dos Santos, known as a daring tuberider who had won international surfing awards, died in a hospital in southern Brazil. Dos Santos, 24, had been shot three times in the abdomen Monday in front of his home on the Guarda do Embau beach, near Florianopolis. Arruda said the officer who shot the unarmed surfer said he did so in self-defense. In the wake of finally accepting that we have lost one of the world’s best barrel riders, a few things have become very clear: 1) The issues in Brazil are real. 2) The love that fellow surfers, countrymen, and sports enthusiasts alike have for Ricardo dos Santos is insurmountable. 3) The way that dos Santos could ride a barrel was of an angelic nature. This edit from earlier this season on the North Shore serves as celebration of Ricardo doing what he loved and his fearless approach throughout. RIP.
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 21:05:21 +0000
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