Alessandro "Alo" Slebir, an experienced surfer who is evidently filled with passion for the water, just shocked the surfing community by catching a colossal wave reaching 108-feet-tall. The exciting ...

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

Alessandro “Alo” Slebir, 23, was surfing with friends on Dec. 23 when he caught what some are estimating to be a jaw-dropping 108-foot-tall breaking wave in the popular surfing spot just north ...

Alessandro “Alo” Slebir, one of the hottest up-and-coming surfers from Santa Cruz, caught one wave that may have been more than 100 feet. According to Surfer magazine, the wave possibly peaked ...

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.

As a friend on a jet ski towed Alo Slebir into a towering gray monster of a wave near Half Moon Bay on Dec. 23, the Santa Cruz surfer had no idea he might be riding into the record books.

Alo Slebir, 23, rode a wave at Mavericks on Dec. 23 that is estimated to be 108 feet tall. If confirmed, he will hold the world record.

The wave was ridden by 23-year-old Alessandro "Alo" Slebir at Half Moon Bay's Mavericks surfing spot off, situated about 25 miles south of San Francisco. Newsweek contacted Alessandro Slebir and ...

23-year-old Alo Slebir caught the estimated 108-foot wave earlier this month near Half Moon Bay. It happened during a stormy day on Dec. 23. “I didn’t really know how big the wave was,” he said.

At about 3:15 p.m. on Dec. 23, as a powerful winter swell raged on the California coast and left the Santa Cruz Wharf snapped and floating in the ocean, Alessandro “Alo” Slebir pointed his ...