UPI – Alessandro ‘Alo’ Slebir, a 23-year-old surfer, may have achieved a world record when he rode a massive wave estimated to be a staggering 108 feet tall.
The incredible feat occurred on December 23 while surfing with friends at Mavericks, a renowned big-wave surfing spot near Half Moon Bay, California.
“You’re going so fast on those surfboards – you’re probably going 30, 40, 50 miles an hour – and that wave was so tall that it was sucking so much water coming back at you that it was a weird feeling, feeling the friction of the water underneath the surfboard.
I’ve never felt that on really any other wave that I’ve ever caught,” Slebir told KSBW-TV.
If the wave’s height is confirmed by Guinness World Records and the World Surf League, Slebir will hold the record for the largest wave surfed – a title currently held by Sebastian Steudtner, who rode an 86-foot wave off the coast of Portugal in 2020.
