Maya Gabeira speaks about the Surf Accident in Nazaré (Testemunho de Maya Gabeira)

Maya Gabeira came in search of the biggest waves in the world and managed to catch the biggest wave of her life An injury at the end of the descent, prevented her from finishing the wave and thus beat her own record. What went wrong was that I caught a big wave In the 3rd or 4th bump, I felt my ankle, I fell and broke my ankle In this wave, I still took the wash from the wave heavy, but I was well, climbed well, I was conscious, took a deep breath, did my breathing technique I went for the 2nd and in the 3rd was actually when, I was a long time under water in the 2nd wave, when I climbed after the 3rd wave, I didn't know where I was exactly I just felt something in my chest that was when my safety vest exploded I was without a life vest in the 3rd wave which was a very large wave, and with the impact on my chest, I was deep under water for along time and my vision went black after the fall, Maya went through difficult moments, until she was rescued by Carlos Burle The force of the sea left the Brazilian drifting later she lost consciousness all feared the worst The main issue is that I somehow I have adapted to be four minutes without breathing for me to get in an advanced stage of oxygen deficit, it takes more than a person that has never done this type of training and all the sensations that I had in water, between waves and one wash and the other inspirations that I did, they were all automatic because we train to have these automatic reactions and I knew exactly all the processes that were happening Maya is in Portugal integrated in a team of four Brazilian surfers of giant waves all of them were surprised by the conditions of Nazaré's Canyon. it's one of the most difficult conditions in the world not only the wave out there, that already compares to waves like Cortes Bank or elsewhere like Mavericks, when it's huge and giant but these places have a moment when the wave stops, and you are in a channel and here the danger never ends, it sometimes worsens because of the rocks, the sand and the wave's break. Maya says that this was undoubtedly the biggest wave of her life and probably never going to catch a wave of that dimension she was injured, took a great fright but says without reservation that it was worth it It was worth it, I would do it again!