A lifeguard {and professional} surfer who grew up on the seashores of Oahu, Hawaii, cementing himself as an area superstar each within the water and in movie and tv appearances, died on Sunday after he was attacked by a shark whereas browsing, the authorities mentioned.
The surfer, Tamayo Perry, 49, was a lifeguard for Honolulu Ocean Security who made performing appearances within the fourth “Pirates of the Caribbean” film and within the tv sequence “Misplaced” and “Hawaii 5-0.”
He was pronounced useless after rescuers introduced him ashore, Shayne Enright, a spokeswoman for the Honolulu Emergency Companies Division, mentioned in an announcement.
Mr. Perry had been browsing close to Goat Island off the northeast shore of Oahu when a 911 name got here simply earlier than 1 p.m. for what seemed to be a deadly shark assault, the assertion mentioned.
The 911 caller mentioned the person’s physique appeared to have suffered a number of shark bites. Lifeguards introduced the physique to land on Malaekahana Seashore, the place Mr. Perry was pronounced useless, Ms. Enright mentioned.
Mr. Perry received the Pipeline Masters trials in 1999, securing him a spot in the primary occasion the place he upset the No. 1 world title contender on the earth’s most well-known waves.
He additionally competed within the Billabong Professional Teahupoo in Tahiti, the place he went up against greats like Kelly Slater and Andy Irons, ending fifth.
Based on the Encyclopedia of Surfing, Mr. Perry developed a novel tube-riding fashion that was influenced by the famend surfers Gerry Lopez and Tom Carroll, who additionally surfed Pipeline, a surf break on Oahu that’s thought-about to be among the best on the earth.
The browsing journal Stab described Mr. Perry as “one of the vital sturdy and dedicated pipeline specialists of all time.”
Mr. Perry joined the Honolulu Ocean Security as a lifeguard in 2016, in line with officers.
Mr. Perry additionally pursued a profession in Hollywood, taking part in himself within the 2002 browsing film “Blue Crush” and a small function in “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” (2011). He was a stuntman on “The Massive Bounce” (2004).
“In addition to browsing, one other big ardour of mine is performing,” Mr. Perry wrote on his website. “Once I’m not performing, I’m nonetheless fairly a personality, so there’s all the time a ton of enjoyable available.”
Mr. Perry was born on April 15, 1975, on Oahu and grew up in a small city simply east of the North Shore.
His mom, Marlene Louise “Kai” Cunningham, of Laie, Hawaii, was a instructor. She died in 2022.
Mr. Perry is survived by his spouse, Emilia Perry, a fellow surfer and physique boarder who taught surfing with Mr. Perry, and two brothers, Mario Gardner and Mark Gardner. A whole record of survivors was not instantly obtainable.
“Tamayo Perry was a lifeguard liked by all,” Kurt Lager, performing chief of the Ocean Security Division, said at a news conference on Sunday. “Tamayo’s persona was infectious and as a lot as folks liked him, he liked everybody else extra.”
The mayor of Honolulu, Rick Blangiardi, described Mr. Perry as “a legendary waterman.”
It was unclear what sort of shark attacked Mr. Perry.
Based on the state’s Division of Land and Pure Sources, whitetip reef, sandbar, scalloped hammerhead, and sometimes tiger sharks are the most frequently encountered sharks in Hawaii’s waters.
Ocean Security has posted shark warnings within the space the place Mr. Perry was killed.
Shark assaults are uncommon, and there have been three previous shark encounters throughout the state thus far this 12 months, in line with the division’s record of shark incidents, which reveals that 9 folks, together with Mr. Perry, have died from shark assaults in Hawaii since 1995.
A 39-year-old surfer died in December after struggling a shark chunk off Maui.
