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 ...

Extreme waves above 60 feet hit the California coast, particularly Mavericks, attracting surfers and onlookers despite safety ...

A California surfer may have set a new world record with a wave he caught last month, and the video of the feat looks like a ...

On Christmas Eve, a surfer from Santa Cruz rode a wave at Mavericks that witnesses say was over 100 feet tall, which would set a world record. But how do you reliably measure a wave?

Basque Country hydrofoil maestro, Matt Etxebarne Aguirregomezkorta, makes history during a historic California swell.

One of the biggest waves in the world broke at Mavericks near Half Moon Bay during a jaw-dropping swell this December. Big ...

American surfer Alessandro Slebir is believed to have conquered the biggest wave of all time, successfully riding an ...

Alessandro 'Alo' Slebir, an experienced surfer who is evidently filled with passion for the water, just shocked the surfing community.

Alessandro Slebir, a 23-year-old surfer from California, may have ridden his way into the history books by conquering what is ...

Ryan “Chachi” Craig, longtime lensman of the famed CA big wave spot, looks back on his favorite images throughout the years.

The massive swell that pummeled California’s coast Monday brought destruction and death, but it also created one of the best surf days in the history of Mavericks, the most famous big-wave surf ...

What came next may end up in the history books. Slebir, a 23-year-old Santa Cruz local, caught a towering wave at the Mavericks surf spot near Half Moon Bay that was recently estimated by ...