Australian surfing legend Michael Peterson died today (March 29, 2012) after a heart attack at his home in Coolangatta, Australia, according to a story in The Age. He was 59.
Peterson will be remembered for being virtually unbeatable in competition in the early 1970s and for providing the defining image of the iconic surfing movie, Morning of the Earth, in 1971. . . The greatest tribute to the reclusive rebel from Coolangatta was delivered to his face by the world’s greatest surfer, Kelly Slater, who once told him: “You are better than me, MP.”
Stab Magazine says:
His story is one is one of rockstar-like status and one that is sure to endure: A volatile parallel with drugs and a unique and beautiful approach to riding waves. He may be most famously remembered for a car chase that required 35 cop cars to stop him, but more likely that classic cutback shot – surfing’s most iconic ever.
Our thoughts are with the family and friends who stood by him through it all.
Michael Peterson is surfings Don Bradman. There will never be another MP no one in the world will ever beat hes winning rate in surf comps not even Kelly SLater.
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