ESPN did their homework on this one. If you’re going big-picture at Maverick’s, Jeff Clark and Mark Sponsler are two guys who ...

Santa Cruz big-wave surfer Alessandro “Alo” Slebir, right, holds hands while praying with tow-in partner Luca Padua before they head out to surf during a historic swell at Mavericks, located ...

Alo Slebir rides a towering wave at Mavericks Beach in Half Moon Bay on Dec. 23. Witnesses estimate the wave was over 100 feet tall, which would set a world surfing record.

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 ...

Surfer Alo Slebir, 24, rode a gargantuan wave estimated to be 108 feet high “It’s the fastest I’ve ever traveled on a surfboard,” Slebir tells PEOPLE.

“I talked to a couple of the old timers already, and they were saying that day potentially was the biggest swell ever seen,” Santa Cruz surfer Alo Slebir said in Half Moon Bay on Christmas Eve ...

Santa Cruz big-wave surfer Alessandro “Alo” Slebir rides a wave at Mavericks that was estimated to be 108 feet, which would be a world record, on Dec. 23.

Santa Cruz big-wave surfer Alessandro “Alo” Slebir, right, holds hands while praying with tow-in partner Luca Padua before they head out to surf during a historic swell at Mavericks, located ...

Every time a massive swell is forecast, Santa Cruz’s hard-charging, big wave surfer Alessandro “Alo” Slebir can hardly contain himself.