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 ...

Santa Cruz big-wave surfer Alessandro “Alo” Slebir, right, holds hands while praying with tow-in partner Luca Padua before they head out to surf during a historic swell at Mavericks, located ...

“I talked to a couple of the old timers already, and they were saying that day potentially was the biggest swell ever seen,” Santa Cruz surfer Alo Slebir said in Half Moon Bay on Christmas Eve ...

For 28 winters, Frank Quirarte has been obsessed with a single subject. The surfers, the boards, the tactics and the ...

HALF MOON BAY, California — Santa Cruz surfer Alessandro “Alo” Slebir surfed a wave just two days before Christmas that could get him the best gift a surfer could ask for: a world record for ...

A 23-year-old surfer in Santa Cruz, California, is starting the new year on a wave of glory. On Dec. 23, Alessandro “Alo” Slebir rode a wave that some people believe may be as tall as 108 feet ...

Every time a massive swell is forecast, Santa Cruz’s hard-charging, big wave surfer Alessandro “Alo” Slebir can hardly contain himself.