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

Yes, we know pulling out the measuring tape for big waves is a difficult and sometimes ... to reflect on a few of the biggest rides ever caught on film. This list doesn’t factor in the deepest ...

It begs the question: Biggest wave ever foil surfed at Mav’s? See below. Previously, immediately after Matt’s session at Mav’s, we reported it was the “first-ever” appearance of that ...

German surfer Sebastian Steudtner holds the title for the largest wave ever surfed with Guinness World Records and the World Surf League, after catching the 86-foot wave off at in Nazaré off the ...

A Santa Cruz man may ride into the history books for taking on what could be the world’s largest wave ever surfed. 23-year-old Alo Slebir caught the estimated 108-foot wave earlier this month ...

To tackle the Dec. 23 waves, Slebir had another surfer tow him out on a personal watercraft. “I’ll tell you it’s the fastest time ever on the ... of measuring big waves is a tricky one ...

Dave Kalama and Buzzy Kerbox took on the biggest day ever filmed at Jaws, their home big-wave break. Meanwhile on Oahu's North Shore, Ross Clarke-Jones, Tony Ray, Cheyne Horan, Ken Bradshaw ...

It took 18 months of review before the Guinness World Records anointed the current biggest wave ever surfed, Sebastian Steudtner’s 86-foot wave at Nazaré, Portugal. Slebir told SFGATE Monday ...