Beyond the Board
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Beyond the Board
Beyond the Board
From surfing legend Maya Gabeira comes this awe-inspiring memoir for teens about chartering your own course and making waves
From surfing legend Maya Gabeira comes this awe-inspiring memoir for teens about chartering your own course and making waves
Beyond the Board is the untold story of living legend Maya Gabeira who—at 25—broke her back and went on not only to recover but to hold the record for highest wave conquered by any big-wave surfer in the 2019–2020 winter season.
Maya has been heralded as one of the top surfers of her generation, male or female—a legend in the making. But who is the ferocious personality beyond the board?
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781419760020
Publisher: Abrams
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 17 July 2025
Country: United States
Imprint: Amulet Books
Illustration: Black-and-white photograph insert
Audience: Teenage
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 30.0mm
Width: 140.0mm
Height: 210.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 264
About the Author
Maya Gabeira is the author of Beyond the Board as well as the picture books Maya and the Beast and Maya Makes Waves. She is also a Brazilian big wave surfer, best known for setting the 2018 Guinness World Record for biggest wave ever surfed by a woman and for breaking her own record in 2020 with a wave of 73.5 feet, the biggest wave surfed by anyone—male or female—that year. As an ESPY Award winner and seven-time World Surf League Big Wave Award winner, Gabeira is one of the most influential surfers of all time. She is also passionately committed to, and a fierce advocate for, restoring the world’s oceans. She lives in Nazare, Portugal.
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