German surfer Sebastian Steudtner holds the title for the largest wave ever surfed with Guinness World Records and the World Surf League, after catching the 86-foot wave off at in Nazaré off the ...

Still, Dec. 23 at Mavericks "has been described within the big-wave surfing community as one of the greatest days in the history of the break ... fueled by a once-in-a-decade swell," per Surfer Today.

On December 23 2024, 23-year-old Santa Cruz surfer Alo Slebir rode a wave at Mavericks surf break that has been estimated by some at 108 feet tall, a potential new world record. With the end of ...

The current holder of the surfing “the largest wave (unlimited) — male” is Sebastian Steudtner of Germany, who broke the previous record in October 2020 at Praia do Norte in Nazaré ...

What came next may end up in the history books. Slebir ... which would make it easily the world’s largest wave ever surfed. The current world record is 86 feet. It’s too early to know if ...

But that’s mainly when it comes to foil surfing in small waves. In big waves, and being towed in on a foil via PWC, it must feel like…a human cannonball? A peregrine falcon (the world’s ...

It also caused a series of tsunamis, with the biggest waves hitting Tohoku, a region in north Japan ... It was the worst tsunami disaster in history. The Boxing Day earthquake struck at 7.59am local ...

"Shooting big wave surfing for as long as I have ... The morning started with a few paddlers trying to make history, each set got bigger and bigger. We witnessed incredible waves ridden.