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 ...

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 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 ...

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.

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American surfer Alessandro Slebir is believed to have conquered the biggest wave of all time, successfully riding an estimated 108-foot monster. Slebir, 23, achieved the feat at the Mavericks surf ...

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 is definitely a big-wave junkie. He graduated from college a couple of years ago and has been working in construction and odd jobs to pay the bills while he hunts the ...

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 ...

23-year-old 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.