Ever since Greg Noll’s fabled ride at Makaha during the historic swell of 1969, measuring big waves has been a tricky business – controversial, in fact. And so, when Alessandro “Alo” Slebir rode a ...

The World Surf League will soon cede the role of verifying Big Wave World Records. According to a press release from the organization, the job will soon transition back to Guinness World Records, ...

I think many of us have more than a passing interest in extremes and world records. The Guinness Book of Records, cofounded by English twin brothers Ross and Norris McWhirter in 1955, and which is ...

Austrian Max Neuböck spent a whopping 8 hours 5 minutes and 44 seconds continuously surfing a river wave, shattering the ...

Maximilian Neuböck has claimed the Guinness World Record for longest time surfing a wave after riding for 8 hours, 5 minutes and 44 seconds without breaks. The Austrian surfer accomplished the feat at ...

In February of 2022, a supercharged extratropical cyclone, dubbed “Eunice,” spiraled across the Atlantic and sent extra-large waves to Nazaré, Portugal. During that swell, Vinicius “Vini” Dos Santos ...