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 ...

Ever since Greg Noll’s fabled ride at Makaha during the historic swell of 1969, measuring big waves has been a tricky business – controversial, in fact. And so, when Alessandro “Alo” Slebir rode a ...

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 ...

SANTA CRUZ — Santa Cruz had two big-wave surfers win titles at the 25th annual Big Wave Challenge Awards celebration at Lido Theater in Newport Beach on Saturday. Alessandro “Alo” Slebir was named the ...

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 must be mic'd up. The former, of course, is credited with being the first ...

From left to right: Alo Slebir at Mav’s, Kipp Caddy at Jaws, and Tom Myers at Queenscliff Bombie. Photos: Screenshot//BWC The nominees for men’s ride of the year are in for the the 2024-2025 Big Wave ...

“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 ...