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How Maya Gabeira overcame a life-threatening accident to surf two record-breaking waves CNN 2 hrs ago By George Ramsay, CNN © Octavio Passos/Getty Images Gabeira drops into a wave at Praia do Norte, Portugal, on January 18, 2018. As Maya Gabeira carves a white ripple across the face of a 73-foot wave, two thoughts flash through her mind. The first: Why the hell did you put yourself here? Then the second: Where is my mom? To onlookers from the shore, Gabeira is a tiny, speck-like figure against a towering mass of water. Hunched and squatted on her board, she hurtles across the ocean at a terrifying speed while the wave thunders to the surface behind her.

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