Brazilian big wave specialist Maya Gabeira may have surfed the largest wave ever by a female surfer in Praia do Norte, Nazaré, Portugal. The first analysis indicates that Gabeira could have ridden an 80-foot (24 meters) wave. But, as always in this particular surf break, it’s not easy to assess the size of the liquid mountain. In 2013, she almost died from drowning and had to be revived on the beach. Five years later, Maya Gabeira is aiming for the Guinness World Record with a behemoth wave caught and ridden during the swell that hit Praia do Norte mid-January.

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Has Maya Gabeira ridden the biggest wave ever by a woman?

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