The business of measuring big waves is a tricky one. There’s multiple entities with their own calculation methods, there’s debate about where waves bottom out and where they peak, and there ...
Because there is no way to measure the wave and no perspective with anything in the photo, it is impossible to measure. But when I witnessed it, I truly felt it was right at the 100-foot mark.
A 23-year-old Santa Cruz surfer may have broken the world record to become the first person to ride a 100-foot wave.
Amplify is looking to recreate the indie financing model it uses for its unscripted shows, which include HBO’s doc series 100 Foot Wave and the Smriti Mundhra-directed docs-series Bollywood ...
Big wave surfers caught bombs on December 23 while professional photographers documented the Pacific Ocean’s raw power. Alessandro “Alo” Slebir, one of the hottest up-and-coming surfers from ...
An Instagram photo of Slebir bombing down the wave’s face was enough for many respectable surfers to decide it was a world record, with pro surfer Kai Lenny commenting, “100 foot wave,” and ...
Commenting on social media, professional surfer Kai Lenny said: "100 foot wave," while Mason Barnes, another surfing professional, commented: "That is the world record." However, Surfing Today ...
The fortuitous collaboration has led to some high-profile ocean-side exposure: The athlete will sport the new watch during the filming of season three of HBO’s popular TV series, 100 Foot Wave.
“Definitely in the 100 foot range and definitely the largest wave I have ever seen since I began Surfing Mavericks in 1975 it was an amazing swell,’’ he said. Slebir said that he’s been ...
Unlike other, more objective world records, computing wave size is a byzantine science. Nevertheless, there’s a new contender for the Guinness World Record of “Largest Wave Surfed,” as ...