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

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 ...

LaRue says he trains and waits all winter for the opportunity to surf at Mavericks. “I am a dedicated Mavericks guy," he said. "I wait for the waves to come to me. I just stay ready all year.” ...

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 ...

Slebir’s epic ride was captured by Frank Quirarte, a veteran surf photographer and member of the Mavericks rescue team. The surfer was towed through frigid waters into the monster-sized wave by ...

Nov. 13, 2024 Sharp, supported by surf industry sponsors ... when a Brazilian named Carlos Burle rode a 68-foot wave at Mavericks. But in the mid-2000s, Hawaiian big-wave surfer Garrett McNamara ...

Alessandro “Alo” Slebir, a 23-year-old from Santa Clara, Calif., caught a wave at the famous Mavericks surf spot near Half Moon Bay on Dec. 23 that is believed to be a world record.

Late afternoon winter light combined with large translucent waves have been creating magical moments at County surf breaks ...

Most notably, in terms of destruction on the west coast, a large chunk of the iconic Santa Cruz Wharf collapsed from the inundation of swell, and was sent spinning through the high seas like a rubber ...

Mammoth tubes. Many of the Eddie contenders hopped onto the red eye to surf Maverick’s: Lucas Chumbo, Jojo Roper, and Justine Dupont were among the late-night flight club and they all caught ...