From Maverick’s to Jaws to Nazaré, new world record potentials for “largest wave ever surfed” have recently rolled in. But why are people still debating?

Laird Hamilton is a legend of big-wave surfing, putting the sport on the map. Born to Surf Half Hawaiian, half Californian, Hamilton had surfing in his blood, pioneering the birth of tow-in surfing ...

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?

Slebir told Surfer Today, “It felt different. When I turned at the bottom, it felt like I was being sucked back up the face. I knew it was a big wave, but the speed made it hard to grasp just ...

If the wave's height is confirmed by Guinness World Records and the World Surf League, Slebir will hold the record for the largest wave surfed -- a title currently held by Sebastian Steudtner, who ...

Jan. 3 (UPI) --A California surfer may have broken a world record when he shredded a wave estimated to be 108 feet tall. Alessandro "Alo" Slebir, 23, was surfing with friends on Dec. 23 at ...