Woman sets new Guinness World Record for biggest wave ever ridden by a surfer
Maya Gabeira improves her own record for riding the world’s biggest wave!
It's official: Brazilian surfer Maya Gabeira has improved her own world record for the surfer with the biggest wave ever ridden by a woman!
The Brazilian surfer won "XXL Biggest Wave" at the 2020 Red Bull Big Wave Awards with a spectacular ride on a 22.4 meters wave at Praia do Norte, in Nazaré, Portugal.Gabeira's performance in February on the same beach in Portugal, where she almost drowned in 2013, crowned an incredible career.
The analysis was based on video and photo imagery, camera locations, camera lens parameters, and environmental conditions, including tides, sunlight, and wave set-up.
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She improved the record she set in January 2018.
NEW RECORD: Largest wave surfed - unlimited (female) - 73.5 foot (22.4 metres). Congratulations to Brazil's Maya Gabeira 🌊🏄🏻♀️
— GuinnessWorldRecords (@GWR) September 10, 2020
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