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Brazilian Maya Gabeira, 33, broke her own record for the largest wave ever surfed by a woman. You have set the new world record, the World Surf League (WSL) said in a statement Thursday. Gabeira, who comes from Rio de Janeiro, had conquered the 22.40 meter high wave at the Nazaré surfing hotspot in Portugal in a WSL competition in February.
He surpassed his own mark of 20.72 meters from 2018. “I risked more than I normally like,” says Gabeira, who nearly died in a record attempt at Nazaré in 2013 and later moved there. of the communication of the International Surf Organization. “The speed was very high. But the sound of the wave breaking let me know that this was probably the biggest wave I have ever surfed. “
NEW RECORD: Largest wave surfed – unlimited (female) – 73.5 feet (22.4 meters). Congratulations to Maya Gabeira from Brazil 🌊🏄🏻♀️
🎥 @wsl / Pedro Miranda pic.twitter.com/I71oqKYadS
– GuinnessWorldRecords (@GWR) September 10, 2020
Still, the decision was so tight that the World Surf League even involved scientists. In the end, she came to the conclusion that Gabeira’s wave was about a meter larger than that of France’s Justine Dupont on the same day of competition.
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