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

A California surfer shredded a monster wave at Mavericks last week — and may have ridden into the record books. Alessandro “Alo” Slebir, 23, was surfing with friends on Dec. 23 when he ...

A year later, they declared a new world record when a Brazilian named Carlos Burle rode a 68-foot wave at Mavericks. But in the mid-2000s, Hawaiian big-wave surfer Garrett McNamara heard that a ...

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 world record.

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KRON) — One of the biggest waves in the world broke at Mavericks near Half Moon Bay during a jaw-dropping swell this December. Big wave surfers caught bombs on December 23 ...

What came next may end up in the history books. Slebir, a 23-year-old Santa Cruz local, caught a towering wave at the Mavericks surf spot near Half Moon Bay that was recently estimated by ...

The wave was ridden by 23-year-old Alessandro "Alo" Slebir at Half Moon Bay's Mavericks surfing spot off, situated about 25 miles south of San Francisco. Newsweek contacted Alessandro Slebir and ...

Yet another, potentially world record-breaking wave has entered the chat ... “I couldn’t miss the opportunity to document Mavericks, so I took a flight on the same night to arrive in San ...

The massive swell that pummeled California’s coast Monday brought destruction and death, but it also created one of the best surf days in the history of Mavericks, the most famous big-wave surf ...

A surfer catches a wave at Mavericks on Dec. 17, 2018 near Half Moon Bay, Calif. (Photo by Aric Crabb/ Bay Area News via Getty Images) However, “The business of measuring big waves is a tricky one.