Beyond the Board
The Untold Story of the World's Most Daring Big Wave Surfer

2.5⭐️ My opinion: I’ve always loved watching movies and shows about surfing, mermaids, deep sea exploration, sea creature documentaries, etc. I’ve never lived anywhere near the ocean or surfed myself, but I’ve always had a fascination with anything ocean-related, hence why I wanted to read this book.......more

4.5 stars. The cover grasped my attention because surfing is one of the coolest sports in my opinion. Maya tells a great story of her life and all the struggles she faced in surfing and finding herself. As a young girl she experienced so much and she was able to share these things with readers. She......more

I could take or leave this book. Listening to her story, it often reminded me of women in motocross. Her struggle with having to “be one of the guys” is something that’s experienced in a lot of action sports, so in that regard, it was easy to empathize with and understand. That’s about the extent of......more

An interesting memoir. I’m not sure whether it was the way Gabeira chose to tell her story, but through much of the reading, I was frustrated with her sense of entitlement and her rationalization of immature behavior. Her accomplishments in the big wave surfing world are amazing, as is her determina......more

I've always had a love for surfing and the ocean. So the cover caught me attention and really got me excited to hear the story of Big Wave Surfer Maya Gabeira. I was really amazed at how head strong Maya was even as a young girl about her wants and dreams. The struggle of being a woman competing to......more