Olympic gold medallist Italo Ferreira names unborn son after Roman God of War

"Come my son, we love you SO much already!"

Two weeks ago, the world’s first surfing gold medallist Italo Ferreira shocked fans by deleting every single post from his Instagram account and leaving but one post featuring a carousel of he and his nutritionist-model gal Sofia Larocca embracing while Larocca holds printouts of an ultrasound of their upcoming kid.

Italo Ferreira wrapped it all up by posting one of the Songs of Ascents which were likely sung by Jewish pilgrims traveling to Jerusalem for festivals like Passover, Pentecost, or Tabernacles.

“Children are a heritage from the Lord, a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior… ”

Kids equal divine gift and source of strength, in other words.

Italo Ferreira, who is thirty-one, rarely does things by halves, no wave he touches is left in anything but tatters, and, not unexpectedly, he is diving into the daddy biz headfirst.

(Older readers who stay at home, snorting whatever and spitting invectives at their kid, whom they sometimes forget to feed, will smile ironically.)

In his latest post, Ferreira and Larocca have revealed the name of the new boy.

Martin.

 

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As in the Latin Martinus, tied to Mars, the Roman god of war. Mars, as you know, is the most prominent of all those Roman deities and is the father of Roman people through his sons Romulus and Remus, founders of Rome.

Many famous Martins in history: the original disruptor Martin Luther, shifty ol Martin Bormann, who wielded immense power behind the scenes in the Third Reich, Martin Scorsese, director of the wildly underrated Boxcar Bertha, Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli and, best of all, Martin Luther King Jr, “I have a dream” etc.

In surfing, the only Martin of note is the British-born surfer Martin Potter, who won a world title in 1989 before shifting into surf commentary and, eventually, three years ago, disappearing entirely and without a trace. 

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