A 23-year-old Santa Cruz surfer may have broken the world record to become the first person to ride a 100-foot wave.

Basque Country hydrofoil hellman, Matt Etxebarne Aguirregomezkorta, goes big during a historic California swell.

Big wave surfer, Maya Gabeira, has been a driving force in the surf world since the start of her professional career as a ...

It took 18 months of review before the Guinness World Records anointed the current biggest wave ever surfed, Sebastian Steudtner’s 86-foot wave at Nazaré, Portugal. Slebir told SFGATE Monday ...

A surfer in California might have beaten the world record for the biggest wave ever surfed on December 23, with one estimate placing it at 108 feet tall, substantially above the current 86-foot ...

American surfer Alessandro Slebir is believed to have conquered the biggest wave of all time, successfully riding an estimated 108-foot monster. Slebir, 23, achieved the feat at the Mavericks surf ...

7, 2025An earlier version of this story said Alo Slebir surfed a potentially world-record wave on Christmas Eve. It was Dec. 23. But did he? For all of their ferocity, big waves are among the most ...

a world record for surfing the world’s largest wave. Slebir surfed that monster wave at Mavericks near Half Moon Bay that could propel him into the record books. “It wasn't like a decision of ...

After claiming the world record for the largest wave ever paddled into by a woman last year, Aussie big wave surfer Laura ...

A Santa Cruz man may ride into the history books for taking on what could be the world’s largest wave ever surfed. 23-year-old Alo Slebir caught the estimated 108-foot wave earlier this month ...

Slebir’s wave is definitely a contender for Surfer’s Big Wave Challenge, according to organizer Bill Sharp. Although he thinks the 108-foot estimate is a bit “generous,” he told SFGate ...