Weight 56 kg Height 1.68 m | Role Surfer Name Maya Gabeira Siblings Tami Gabeira | |
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Residence North Shore, Oahu, U.S. Major achievements Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Award (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012), ESPY Award (Best Female Action Sports Athlete, 2009) Parents Yame Reis, Fernando Gabeira Awards Best Female Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award, Teen Choice Award for Choice Female Action Sports Star Similar People Carlos Burle, Fernando Gabeira, Coco Ho, Jesse Spencer, Vera Silvia Magalhaes Profiles | ||
Maya gabeira surfs giant waves at teahupoo
Maya Reis Gabeira (born April 10, 1987) is a Brazilian big wave surfer.
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- Maya gabeira surfs giant waves at teahupoo
- Maya Gabeiras Brush with Death The Biggest Surf Story of the Year
- Career highlights
- Personal life
- References
Maya Gabeira's Brush with Death | The Biggest Surf Story of the Year
Career highlights
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 her fellow Brazilian big-wave surfer Carlos Burle, ending up in the hospital
Gabeira's current sponsors include Billabong and Red Bull.
Personal life
Gabeira's father is Fernando Gabeira, one of the founding members of the Green Party of Brazil. Her father is also a former member of a guerilla group responsible for the kidnapping of the US Ambassador in Brazil, Charles Elbrick, in 1969.
