Published 18:22 IST, September 25th 2020

Maya Gabeira's record of riding a 73.5ft tall wave leaves netizens in splits; See here

Maya Gabeira is a Brazilian surfer who rode a massive wave and has earned a mention in Guinness World of records. The video went viral on the internet.

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Maya Gabiera, a 33-year-old Brazilian surfer in February, rode a 70-foot tall wave, earning a mention in  Guinness World Records. Guinness World records shared a video of surfer Maya Gabeira where she can be seen riding 73.5ft tall wave, largest ever surfed in history. Surfer Maya Gabeira w holds a record of largest wave surfed- unlimited in female category. When Guinness World record's official p shared her video, it left netizens in splits. 

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Netizens react to surfer Maya Gabeira's record

Maya Gabeira rode wave in February at inaugural WSL Nazare Tow Surfing Challenge event in Praia do rte, Portugal. length and size of wave were later determined after measuring it through videos recorded at event. When Guinness World record shared video, netizens were shaken to watch Surfer Maya Gabeira ride a wave with such a massive height. y were also proud of Maya Gabeira's record and congratulated her for same.

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Soon after video of Maya Gabeira was shared, it went viral on internet. Tweet received tons of retweets, replies, and likes. A Twitter user said it is beyond his understanding that how surfer Maya Gabeira held her line and handled chop on her face. He found this incredible and wondered how did she stay so focused. 

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Ar Twitter user congratulated Maya Gabeira on her achievement. He said that he couldn't even imagine that something like this was possible. He also added that he himself had never ridden anything remotely close to this. He had ridden wave up to 8-10 footer max. Ar Twitter user wrote a hilarious Tweet. He wrote that surfer Maya Gabeira surfed over a 5 storey building. Take a look at Tweets.

 

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Ar Twitter user said that y have been wiped out by a 6 feet tall wave while surfing. That incident scared Twitter user. y added that something like this would be impossible for m. Here's Tweet:

A Twitter user said that watching this tweet of Guinness World records caused her anxiety. She could only watch video once. Ar Twitter user wrote that setting a record like this is so much better than setting records by eating doughnuts, solving rubric's cube, or baking a big cake. He added that it required a lot of guts and skills to ride a wave like this. 

 

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18:22 IST, September 25th 2020