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SANTA CRUZ – Every time a massive swell is forecast, Santa Cruz’s hard-charging, big wave surfer Alessandro “Alo” Slebir can hardly contain himself. Several times each winter, Slebir drives an hour up ...

It started with a high school marching band and ended with an 88-year-old surf legend handing out one of the marquee awards of the night. A lot happened in between acts at the 2025 Big Wave Challenge, ...

As the swell begins to form and the crest starts soaring into the sky, surfer Sebastian Steudtner puts one hand back to feel the wall of energy rumbling behind him. In just a matter of seconds, the ...

Professional surfer Jojo Roper is always on the hunt for the “biggest, best” wave. That goal took the La Jolla resident to Northern California’s Mavericks surf break, famed for its huge waves. In the ...

Well, that sport lost an icon last week. The famed Brazilian surfer Marcio Freire died tow-in surfing in the Portuguese town of Nazare. An underwater canyon there that is three miles deep generates ...

Staff member Navarra Schillaci, right, placed one of several iconic photographs of the Rip Curl Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational out for display Friday at Waimea Bay. An opening ceremony officially ...

As a professional big wave surfer, charging down mountains of water that reach the size of an apartment block, Garrett McNamara doesn’t scare easily. Perhaps best known for taking on huge walls of ...

Ask any of the big-wave surfers who put their lives at risk in the 2024-25 Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational, and they’d tell you it was honor just to compete in the 40 to 50-foot waves that crashed ...

Big waves are making waves on the big stage. The HBO hit series “100 Foot Wave” earned two Creative Arts Emmy awards this week – nabbing the nod for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series award ...