Kai Lenny vs. Maya Gabeira | Who Surfed the Biggest Wave of the 2019/2020 Season

Portuguese videographer Jorge "Polvo" Leal has been shooting big wave surfing at Nazaré's Praia do Norte for over a decade. In the past ten years, he personally witnessed every major swell. Leal created this video to compare two giant waves. One of these waves won "Best Wave" at the 2020 Nazaré Tow Surfing Challenge; the other one was ridden by Maya Gabeira during the same event. According to Jorge Leal, Maya's wave was the biggest of the year. "The line Maya drew shows a huge commitment, and she risked her life on an unprecedented wave. I witnessed and filmed all of the biggest waves this season, and hers was the biggest," Jorge told SurferToday.com. So will a woman finally be recognized for riding the biggest wave of the year? "You might be asking: did she complete the wave? What we do know from previous years is that 'finishing the wave' is not a requirement," adds "Polvo." "If you look Aaron Gold's 2016 world record, Twiggy's 2019 Ride of the Year, or Natan Fletcher's historic Code Red XXL win, you can see that they were not completed - the surfer disappears in an explosion of whitewater." Whatever happens at the 2020 Big Wave Awards, the veteran videographer believes that Maya Gabeira broke her 2018 world record with this wave. What do you think?

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