Incredible footage captured the impressive feat and showed Slebir fearlessly riding the enormous wave as it swelled to more ...

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?

One of the great swell events in my history of shooting surfing (for) over 49 years,” says Tim Bonython, not mincing words. “This is probably one of the top five swell events I’ve got to document.” ...

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

One of the biggest waves in the world broke at Mavericks near Half Moon Bay during a jaw-dropping swell this December. Big ...

On December 22, 2024, while the surf world’s collective eye was fixed on Waimea Bay during the 2024 Eddie Aikau Big-Wave ...

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 ...

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 ...

the contest’s organizer and an authority on big wave surfing. Sharp told SFGATE that while he thought Quirarte’s 108-foot estimation was “generous,” he added that the wave is “absolutely ...

American surfer Alessandro Slebir is believed to have conquered the biggest wave of all time, successfully riding an ...

Hawaii’s Landon McNamara made waves—literally and figuratively—after capturing the prestigious Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational on Sunday at Waimea Bay. The North Shore surfer joined Kelly in the ...