A Brazilian surfer has crushed her personal global document for the largest wave surfed by way of a girl on the Nazaré coast in Portugal, outdoing her male opponents at the day by way of driving a 73½ft (22.4m) monster.
The victory for Maya Gabeira, 33, who broke her leg and virtually drowned on the similar position in 2013, follows her document at Nazaré seaside in 2018 when she surfed a 68toes wave.
“I by no means idea this is able to occur, nonetheless feels surreal . . . To have a girl on this place in a male-dominated recreation is a dream come true!” she stated in a submit on-line.
She broke her leg and virtually drowned at Nazaré in 2013
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Her newest document used to be made all over a International Surf League (WSL) Large Wave festival in February.
Guinness International Information introduced the