Biggest Wave Ever Surfed

Watch Maya Gabeira set a new Guinness World Record for the biggest wave ever ridden by a female surfer.

The Brazilian surfer won “XXL Biggest Wave” at the 2020 Red Bull Big Wave Awards with a spectacular ride on a 73.5-foot (22.4 meters) wave at Praia do Norte, in Nazaré, Portugal.

The World Surf League decided that all data regarding potential world record waves should be reviewed by an independent scientific team.

The team included members from the WaveCo Science team, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and the University of Southern California, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering.

The analysis was based on video and photo imagery, camera locations, camera lens parameters, and environmental conditions, including tides, sunlight, and wave set-up.

Collinearity equations were used to transform the image coordinates into real-world coordinates based on estimates of the geometric parameters, including the height of the cliff at Nazaré.

In addition, fixed reference points in the imagery, including the surfers’ heights, surfboard and jet ski dimensions, and estimated crouching heights, were utilized in the scientific calculations.

Maya Gabeira’s world record wave was surfed on February 11, 2020, at Praia do Norte, in Nazaré, Portugal.

She improved her previous mark set at 68 feet (20.72 meters).

Footage: Pedro Miranda/Laurent Pujol/WSL
Photo: Damien Poullenot

Maya Gabeira got whipped into an absolute mind-blowingly large wave at Nazaré, setting the Guinness Record for the largest wave ever surfed by a woman at 73.5 ft while also securing the Red Bull Big Wave Awards cbdMD XXL Biggest Wave.

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BIG WAVE OVERALL PERFORMANCE WINNER – KAI LENNY | Red Bull Big Wave Awards – https://youtu.be/bNnqQeDKtTM

CRAZIEST WOMEN’S PADDLE OF THE YEAR! Paige Alms wins Red Bull Big Wave Awards Women’s Paddle Award – https://youtu.be/_edAA3DEU9w

MEN’S PADDLE IN OF THE YEAR WINNER – Eli Olson | Red Bull Big Wave Awards – https://youtu.be/voem4P0gGJw

WIPEOUT OF THE YEAR WINNER – Keala Kennelly | Red Bull Big Wave Awards – https://youtu.be/iSozcia8hxE

THE GNARLIEST BIG WAVE RIDES OF THE YEAR!!! Red Bull Big Wave Awards – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiIKB…

THE BIGGEST WAVES SURFED IN 2020!! cbdMD XXL BIGGEST WAVE w/ Kai Lenny, Sebastian Steudner – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjfnW…

BIG WAVE Overall Performance 2020 Nominees!! | Red Bull Big Wave Awards – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO5xy…

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