Pro surfer dies after trying to ride huge waves created by Hurricane Irma

              
A talented teen surfer with Olympic aspirations has died in Barbados after slamming into a reef while riding Hurricane Irma's historic swells.


Zander Venezia, a breakout star from Bridgetown, Barbados, suffered fatal injuries Tuesday while surfing with fellow pros who flew to the Caribbean island to catch the Category 5 hurricane's monster waves, Surfline magazine reported.


Venezia, 16, reportedly got caught in a set that drove him into the shallow reef.



"He was knocked unconscious and drowned," local surf instructor and former pro Alan Burke told Surfline. Share This Post

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