“It’s the fastest I’ve ever traveled on a surfboard,” Slebir tells PEOPLE. “I’ve never experienced a sensation like that before” The wave — which thundered into Northern California’s Mavericks surf ...

A 23-year-old surfer in Santa Cruz, California, is starting the new year on a wave of glory. On Dec. 23, Alessandro “Alo” Slebir rode a wave that some people believe may be as tall as 108 feet at 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 surfboard ...

(NEW YORK) — A Brazilian surfer set a world record for the largest wave ever surfed by a woman when she successfully glided through a terrifyingly enormous 68-foot wave off the coast of Portugal.

Alo Slebir had just arrived on Maui’s north shore late last year and was looking forward to tackling the monstrous waves on the Hawaiian island’s celebrated surf break known as Jaws when friends back ...