The swell two days before Christmas that gave Santa Cruz surfer Alo Slebir the ride of his life on a towering wave at Mavericks off the coast of Half Moon Bay was officially the biggest wave ridden ...

Brazil has its fair share of heavy waves. “Shock” a wave near Niterói, immediately comes to mind. Brazil also hosts it’s own “Brazilian Nazaré,” aka Laje da Jaguaruna. Still, heavy slab waves and big ...

A new contender for the coveted, hotly-debated “biggest wave ever surfed” title has emerged. This time, from a familiar face in the race; but the location is no surprise. On December 19th, 2025, ...

SANTA CRUZ — Santa Cruz had two big-wave surfers win titles at the 25th annual Big Wave Challenge Awards celebration at Lido Theater in Newport Beach on Saturday. Alessandro “Alo” Slebir was named the ...

Currently, the Guinness World Record for the “ largest wave surfed (unlimited) by a female” is held by retired Brazilian big wave surfer, Maya Gabeira, from a 2020 ride also at Nazaré, which was ...

At an awards ceremony Saturday night, 24-year-old Santa Cruz surfer Alessandro “Alo” Slebir will finally find out if he set a new world record while riding the towering wave at Mavericks last winter — ...

Ever since Greg Noll’s fabled ride at Makaha during the historic swell of 1969, measuring big waves has been a tricky business – controversial, in fact. And so, when Alessandro “Alo” Slebir rode a ...

This is a classic Justine Dupont move. The 34-year-old French surfer is a finalist for the Big Wave Challenge Ride of the Year, Biggest Paddle Wave and Biggest Wave. It hasn’t been announced ...