Maya and the Wave [12A]

about this film

Filmmaker Stephanie Johnes’ exhilarating, award-winning doc follows world champion Brazilian surfer Maya Gabeira, who after a brush with death, battles against monster waves as well as chauvinism in the field of competitive surfing.
Maya and the Wave is the extraordinary story of Maya Gabeira, the first woman to surf the giant wave in Nazaré, Portugal. She nearly drowns – and is ridiculed by the male big wave surfers who dominate the sport. Three spinal surgeries and five years later, she surfs the biggest wave a woman has ever surfed. When her accomplishment is disregarded, Maya enlists the help of her fans to fight for recognition – and becomes the first female surfer honoured with a Guinness World Record in big wave surfing.

official trailer

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