California Man May Have Just Surfed The Largest Wave Ever
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Alo Slebir, 23, rode a wave at Mavericks on Dec. 23 that is estimated to be 108 feet tall. If confirmed, he will hold the world record.
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 at the legendary Mavericks surfing spot in Half Moon Bay.
If confirmed, Slebir’s wave would easily beat out the current record-holding 86-foot wave surfed by Germany’s Sebastian Steudtner off the coast of Praia do Norte, Nazaré, Portugal.
Slebir, a construction worker who has been surfing at Mavericks for the last nine years, told NBC Bay Area that he had no clue just how epic the huge wave was.
“Every wave was gigantic but there’s this feeling as a surfer when you are going down the face of a wave you’re going so fast that wave in particular there was so much water coming off the reef you could feel the wave wanting to go backwards,” he explained.
