Maya Gabeira height - How tall is Maya Gabeira?

In January 2018 Gabeira surfed a 68 ft high (20,8mts) wave in Nazare, PT, recorded by Guinness World Records as the biggest wave surfed by a female surfer.

In 2016 the documentary Retun to Nazaré by Red Bull TV shows how Maya Gabeira returns to Nazaré after having suffered the terrible accident surfing on the same beach in 2013. It is the portrait of a struggle to overcome obstacles, both physical and mental.

Gabeira has been nominated twice for the Laureus World Sports Award for Action Sportsperson of the Year in 2014 and in 2019.

On October 28, 2013, Gabeira lost consciousness and nearly drowned while surfing a massive wave at Praia do Norte, Nazareé, Portugal; she was saved by her fellow Brazilian big-wave surfer Carlos Burle. She had to be revived on the beach and later ended up in the hospital.

In 2012, she was awarded the XXL Big Wave Awards for Girls Best Overall Performance for the 5th time. She also appeared in the ESPN The Body Issue that same year.

In 2010, she got the 2010 Teen Choice Award for Best Female Action Sports Star.

From 2010 to 2013, the Brazilian was in a relationship with the Australian actor Jesse Spencer.

In 2009, Gabeira won the ESPY award for Best Female Action Sports Athlete. Later that year, Gabeira surfed the biggest wave ever by a female when she successfully rode a 14 metres (46 ft) wave at Dungeons, a big-wave surf spot in South Africa.

In 2008, she became the first woman to surf the Alaskan Sea. Gabeira also became the first woman to surf California's Ghost Trees and Tahiti's Teahupoo.

She has won the Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards for four consecutive times (2007 to 2010) in the Best Female Performance category

Maya started surfing at age 14 in Rio de Janeiro and started competing at 15 years old. In 2004 she decided to become a professional at 17 while living in Australia and moved to Hawaii that same year to surf world class waves.

Maya Reis Gabeira (born April 10, 1987) is a Brazilian big wave surfer. She is most known for having surfed a 68 ft high (20,8mts) wave in Nazare, Portugal on January 2018, recorded by Guinness World Records as the biggest wave ever surfed by a female surfer..

Gabeira is the daughter of Fernando Gabeira, one of the founding members of the Green Party of Brazil. Her father is the son of Lebanese immigrants and is a former member of a guerrilla group responsible for the kidnapping of the US Ambassador in Brazil, Charles Elbrick, in 1969. He later wrote an award winning book about the incident which was turned into the Academy Award nominated film Four Days in September. Her mother, Yamê Reis, is a famous Brazilian fashion designer.