Maya Gabeira is an icon in the surfing world, but she has decided it’s time to hang up the spurs and retire from professional surfing. “Thank you big wave surfing,” she wrote in her ...

Laird Hamilton pioneered tow-in surfing, Garrett McNamara set records at Nazaré, and Greg Noll was a pioneer at Waimea. Maya Gabeira broke barriers for women, and Shane Dorian revolutionized ...

Brazilian surfer Maya Gabeira has broken a world record for women ... rode a 68-foot wave earlier this year during the World Surf’s League in Praia do Norte in Nazaré, Portugal.