From left to right: Alo Slebir at Mav’s, Kipp Caddy at Jaws, and Tom Myers at Queenscliff Bombie. Photos: Screenshot//BWC The nominees for men’s ride of the year are in for the the 2024-2025 Big Wave ...

25 years since the XL Big Wave Awards were first held in LA, the revamped Big Wave Challenge BWC held its annual awards night at the Newport Lido Theatre last week. While the much-bandied term ...

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 ...

SANTA CRUZ — Santa Cruz had two big-wave surfers win titles at the 25th annual Big Wave Challenge Awards celebration at Lido Theater in Newport Beach on Saturday. Alessandro “Alo” Slebir was named the ...

Twenty-five years ago, the first iteration of the Big Wave Challenge presented by Aquamar went down in Orange County. A quarter century later, it has returned. Celebrating the most heroic efforts of ...