Career
Later that year, Gabeira surfed the biggest wave ever by a female when she successfully rode a 14 metres (46 ft) wave at Dungeons, a big-wave surf spot in South Africa. In 2010, she was awarded with the Billabong Girls Best Overall Performance Award for a record four years in a row. On October 28, 2013, Gabeira lost consciousness and nearly drowned while surfing a massive wave near Nazaré, Portugal, caused by the Street Jude storm.
She was saved by her fellow Brazilian big-wave surfer Carlos Burle, ending up in the hospital
Gabeira"s current sponsors include Billabong and Red Bulletin.