“It’s the fastest I’ve ever traveled on a surfboard,” Slebir tells PEOPLE. “I’ve never experienced a sensation like that before” The wave — which thundered into Northern California’s Mavericks surf ...

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 and floating in the ocean, Alessandro “Alo” Slebir pointed his surfboard ...

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 ...

Alo Slebir had just arrived on Maui’s north shore late last year and was looking forward to tackling the monstrous waves on the Hawaiian island’s celebrated surf break known as Jaws when friends back ...