Maya Gabeira

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Birth Name: Maya Reis Gabeira

Age: 38, born 10 April 1987

Country of origin: Brazil

Currently Residing In: United States

Height: 5' 6"

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Description: Maya Gabeira (born April 10, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro) is a professional big wave surfer from Brazil. 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 2010, she was awarded with the Billabong Girls Best Overall Performance Award for a record four years in a row. On October 28, 2013, Gabeira lost consciousness and nearly drowned while surfing a massive wave near Nazaré, Portugal, caused by the St Jude storm; she was saved by he ... (more)

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