Maya Gabeira Breaks Guinness World Record for the Largest Wave By a Woman | 73.5 Feet at Nazaré

Watch Maya Gabeira set a new Guinness World Record for the biggest wave ever ridden by a female surfer. 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. The World Surf League decided that all data regarding potential world record waves should be reviewed by an independent scientific team. The team included members from the WaveCo Science team, the Scripps Institution of Oceano