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 scene straight out of Hollywood.
Alessandro “Alo” Slebir, a 23-year-old from Santa Clara, Calif., caught a wave at the famous Mavericks surf spot near Half Moon Bay on Dec. 23 that is believed to be a world record. The Mavericks Rescue Team estimated that the wave was 108 feet tall, according to KSBW Action News 8 .
The current Guinness World Record for tallest wave ever surfed belongs to Sebastian Steudtner, who caught an 86-foot wave in Portugal in 2020. It took well over a year of review before that world record was made official, so it could be a while before Slebir’s remarkable feat is formally recognized.
Record or no record, the wave was otherworldly. You can see the video:
Slebir said he is not concerned about whether the wave set a new world record, as it was “really the biggest wave of my life and that’s all I really care about at the moment.” He shared an incredible photo on social media of him taking on the giant wave: