Claims a world record: 23-year-old surfingist conquered a 33-meter wave (video)

Alessandro Slebir may take more than a year to confirm the record. The latter officially registered record was set by Sebastian Steidtner, who conquered a wave of 26 meters in 2022. The 23-year-old Santa Krus (California, USA) Alessandro Alobir has conquered a wave of 33 meters high near the Haf-Mon Gulf, in a popular Mavericks surfing place, south of San Francisco. This can be a world record because none of the surfers have been like this, Vice writes.

Alessandro himself informed about his achievement on the social network page. "I ride yesterday and witnessed some of the biggest waves in my life. This wave was one of the many that I remembered," he wrote. Slebir's record, set on December 23, 2024, must first undergo a check. The assessment of the height of the wave for surfing from the very beginning is complex and controversial, and Frank Kiharte, a member of the Mavericks rescue team, said that his analysis is still the previous one.

So far, the record belongs to Sebastian Steidtner, who in 2022 conquered a wave of 26. 21 meters in Nazar, Portugal. The special commission spent 18 months to confirm the wave height and officially register a record. In April 2024, the German beat his own achievement, having passed a wave of 28. 57. Therefore, it is possible that the name of Slebir will appear in the Guinness Book of Records not earlier than 2026.

As you can see in the video, Alessandro cut a wave from top to bottom, entering a huge "barrel" and leaving it safely. The Slebir wave has already been included in the discussion for Big Wave Challenge, the annual surf competition, which documents surfers trying to conquer the largest waves. The event organizer Bill Sharp says that although the initial 33 meter rating is "a little generous", he is convinced that the wave is within the world record.

Sharp is also very glad that it was shot on video. Alessandro has been fond of surfing since the age of 14. For the last few years, he has been a permanent participant in Serf Breika with his surfing partner Luke Padua. Sleebir won the "Performer of the Year" twice in the surf brown, and Padua trained with the surfing icon at the big waves by Lherd Hamilton, although none of the surfers did not have a large financial sponsor.

Slebir said he was still working on construction in the summer to be able to take a vacation to ride Mavericks and catch another grand wave. He treats philosophically about his achievement. "Regardless of the number, it doesn't really matter how big a wave was. It was really the biggest wave in my life, and that's all that really worries me at the moment," the guy said in a comment Sfgate.