On September 26, according to foreign media reports, former Australian surf star Chris Davidson passed away at the age of 45!
In 1996, at the age of 19, he qualified for the wild card of the Rip Curl Pro in Bells Beach, Australia, and has since become famous. There, he beat reigning world champion Kelly Slater twice in a row.
Chris Davidson died last Saturday, and the media said that at 11 o'clock that night, he was punched in an argument with someone at a bar and then fell on the sidewalk, unfortunately hitting the ground on the head, and Chris Davidson was pronounced dead shortly after being taken to the hospital.
The next day, police arrested a 42-year-old man and charged him with killing people by attacking.
He was denied bail on Monday, and the case is expected to go to trial in November, but the real reason for the fight was not revealed by police.
Chris Davidson grew up surfing in a small seaside town north of Sydney and showed amazing talent from an early age.
After becoming famous at the age of 19, he participated in the World Professional Surfing Tour in 2010-2011, where he achieved the 14th place in the world in 2010, which made him famous in the local surfing circle.
Before his death, Chris Davidson was married, and he had two children, and he was deeply impressed by his friends and the media, and after learning the bad news, he also expressed his condolences.
Surfers Australia publicly mourned him, affectionately calling Chris Davidson "Davao": "Davao is a very talented surfer and a real person in our sport and community. ”
Among them, Kelly Slater, who won the 11-time World Surfing Championship, remembers the 1996 race vividly, and after learning of the news of Chris Davidson's death, he also mourned his friend in a post: "Yesterday another soldier was lost. I had a lot of nice fights with this guy. Kelly Slater then added: "He's one of the most talented surfers I know of. ”