SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — An experienced local surfer died while he was surfing at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach last week. Officials and friends identified the surfer as 55-year-old Sandro Ricardo Britz.
Surfer Magazine wrote, “A rare late-spring swell turned the already notorious beachbreak into a turbulent, double-overhead gauntlet. Even the most experienced surfers are ultimately at the mercy of the ocean.”
Britz was a longtime Sunset District resident who was beloved by his friends, neighbors, and the surfing community, a verified GoFundMe page states…