On Christmas Eve, a surfer from Santa Cruz rode a wave at Mavericks that witnesses say was over 100 feet tall, which would set a world record. But how do you reliably measure a wave?

Fred Pompermayer's marathon quest to capture the biggest wave ...

A California surfer may have set a new world record with a wave he caught last month, and the video of the feat looks like a ...

Alessandro 'Alo' Slebir, an experienced surfer who is evidently filled with passion for the water, just shocked the surfing community.

Alo Slebir is no stranger to huge waves at Maverick's, but on December 23 he rode one that might have broken the 100-foot ...

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 record ...

During the “Big Wave Challenge” held recently at Mavericks Beach, Alo Slebir rode a massive wave was possibly over 100 feet ...

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

The same storm that destroyed the Santa Cruz wharf may have also created the largest wave ever surfed — bringing the record to California.

As 2024 came to a close, a series of massive swells percolated in the Pacific, shepherding gigantic surf to both Hawaii ... Landon McNamara); and at Maverick’s, a historic session went down ...

Santa Cruz surfer Alessandro “Alo” Slebir surfed a wave just two days before Christmas that could get him the best gift a surfer could ask for: a world record for surfing the world’s largest wave.

El Porto surfer Nic Lamb places fifth in a Hawaiian contest only held in 30-foot-plus waves by Kevin Cody Nic Lamb knew at 12 ...