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. But a ...

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 ...

"It was something that I had never seen before out there," Alo Slebir, a veteran of large swells, tells PEOPLE Alo Slebir/Instagram; bigwavechallenge/Youtube Alo Slebir during a recent surf trip to ...

Alessandro Slebir, a 23-year-old surfer from California, may have ridden his way into the history books by conquering what is believed to be the largest wave ever surfed. The monumental wave, ...

Several times each winter, Slebir drives an hour up the coast to Half Moon Bay and crashes at tow-in partner Luca Padua’s house. There, they begin preparations for what awaits them the next few days ...

A surfer in California might have beaten the world record for the biggest wave ever surfed on December 23, with one estimate placing it at 108 feet tall, substantially above the current 86-foot record ...

SANTA CRUZ – Every time a massive swell is forecast, Santa Cruz’s hard-charging, big wave surfer Alessandro “Alo” Slebir can hardly contain himself. Several times each winter, Slebir drives an hour up ...

Alo Slebir during a recent surf trip to Ireland (left) and while riding a potentially historic wave in December off the coast of California. Alo Slebir had just arrived on Maui’s north shore late last ...