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Maya Gabeira’s 73-Foot Nazaré Wave Announced As a New Guinness World Record – TheInertia.com
With the men and women separated into different divisions for the biggest wave category, Gabeira’s wave also beating the men’s cbdMD XXL Biggest Wave Award winner Kai Lenny is an obviously significant moment for the sport.
In 2018, Maya Gabeira set a World Record for the largest wave a female surfer had ever ridden. This year, she not only bested her previous record, but she also topped the entire field of surfers for the 2019-2020 big wave season. On Thursday, the WSL announced the 73.5-foot wave she rode at Nazaré on February 11, 2020 is officially a new Guinness World Record as well as this year’s 2020 cbdMD XXL Biggest Wave Award winner.
This wave was during the…
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