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

Alo Slebir, 23, rode a wave at Mavericks on Dec. 23 that is estimated to be 108 feet tall. If confirmed, he will hold the ...

From world record paddles to tow-assisted giants, here are 10 of the biggest waves ever surfed at Jaws, Nazaré and Cortes ...

SFGATE reported that Santa Cruz, California resident Alessandro “Alo” Slebir had possibly broken the Guinness World Record by surfing a 108-foot wave in December at the Mavericks surfing location at ...

It came in Nazaré, Portugal, which was also the site of ... before the Guinness World Records anointed the current biggest wave ever surfed." Still, Dec. 23 at Mavericks "has been described ...

For centuries, rogue waves were considered nothing but nautical folklore. It wasn't until 1995 that myth became fact. On the first day of the new year, a nearly 26-meter-high wave (85 feet) suddenly ...

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 ...

American surfer Alessandro Slebir is believed to have conquered the biggest wave of all time, successfully riding an ...

If the wave's height is confirmed by Guinness World Records and the World Surf League, Slebir will hold the record for the ...

Let the debate commence – examining Alo Slebir’s potential 108-footer at Mav’s, versus Benjamin Sanchis’s god-knows-how-big ...

The current holder of the surfing “the largest wave (unlimited ... October 2020 at Praia do Norte in Nazaré, Portugal, by riding an 86-foot wave. Of course, the new wave height will ...

The largest wave ever paddled by a woman belongs to a ... When G-Mack first flew over to Portugal to explore Nazaré at the email invite of a local, he never could have guessed how his trips ...