A Brazilian surfer has crushed her personal international file for the largest wave surfed by way of a lady on the Nazaré coast in Portugal, outdoing her male opponents at the day by way of using a 73½ft (22.4m) monster.
The victory for Maya Gabeira, 33, who broke her leg and nearly drowned on the similar position in 2013, follows her file at Nazaré seaside in 2018 when she surfed a 68feet wave.
“I by no means idea this would occur, nonetheless feels surreal . . . To have a lady on this place in a male-dominated game is a dream come true!” she mentioned in a publish on-line.
She broke her leg and nearly drowned at Nazaré in 2013
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Her newest file used to be made all through a Global Surf League (WSL) Large Wave festival in February.
Guinness Global Information introduced the