The debate for “largest wave ever surfed” rages on. This time, it’s an absolute behemoth from (where else?) Nazaré, Portugal.

Surfers at Praia do Norte, Nazaré, Portugal, are no strangers to big waves. Video footage of professional surfer Sebastian Steudtner from Germany shows him tackling many beastly waves. The wave that ...

Brazilian charger and world record holder for the largest wave ever surfed by a woman Maya Gaberia took to Instagram on Tuesday to announce her retirement from professional big-wave surfing.

It took Guinness World Records nearly two years to award Steudtner with the coveted accolade of riding ‘the largest wave (unlimited) – male’. For Slebir, who has been surfing Mavericks since ...

Slebir’s ride was captured on video and is under review by the World Surf League and Guinness World Records. The world record currently stands at 86 feet. Mavericks, the legendary Northern California ...

The current holder of the surfing “the largest wave (unlimited ... which took 18 months to recognize Steudtner’s world record. Slebir, who described the wave as an “extraordinary ...

Perfect Swell Shima will rank in size with one in Brazil that is the world’s largest wave pool for surfing competitions. It is projected to attract 170,000 visitors a year. “Our facility will ...

A sleepy Portuguese town has become unmissable for surfers as its home to some of the biggest and most dangerous waves in the ...

It’s been a somewhat quiet season, thus far, in the Atlantic big wave surfing sector ... Landon McNamara), a potential world record wave was surfed at Maverick’s (Alo Slebir, 108-foot ...

Blake Johnstone, the Guinness World Record holder for the longest surf, plans to add to his tally. On March 15, 2025, he, and ...

While some, in surfing, could care less about the current craze of big wave world records, others are determined to accurately calculate these liquid mountains…and to crown a new champion.

The current holder of the surfing “the largest wave (unlimited ... which took 18 months to recognize Steudtner’s world record.