iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A Brazilian surfer set a world record for the largest wave ever surfed by a woman when she successfully glided through a terrifyingly enormous 68-foot wave off the coast of Portugal.
Mesmerizing video of Maya Gabeira, 31, flying through the ginormous wave from trough to crest was captured by the World Surf League (WSL) videographers at their competition earlier this year in Nazare.
On Monday, Gabeira was awarded the Guinness World Record for the largest wave surfed by a woman.
Gabeira’s history-making ride is especially incredible after the surfer suffered a serious injury in 2013 while surfing at the
