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

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 spot ...

Per a claim on Instagram, Matt is the “first ever to foil Mavericks ... minimal threat for foil-on-surf decapitation.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.” ...

The enormous surf that has battered the West Coast from Southern California all the way to Oregon created some truly mesmerizing swells at NoCal's famed Mavericks Beach in Half Moon Bay.

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 ...