Indeed, it must now be quite satisfying to know he now has – officially – the record for the biggest wave ever surfed. "I'm really proud of this achievement and of my whole team's performance.

Garrett McNamara holds the record for the largest wave ever surfed, set in 2011 in Nazare, Portugal. Last year he claimed to have surfed a 100-footer also at Nazare, but the height hasn’t been ...

With official confirmation pending, this might soon be the biggest wave ever surfed. But whether or not it breaks the world record (also his), it’s clear that Steudtner continues to redefine ...

Sebastian Steudtner holds the world record for the biggest wave ever surfed. At 26.21 meters (86 feet), it is equivalent to surfing an eight-story building. The record was set in the picturesque ...

And the biggest ever on record? An absolute monster ... a tsunami unlike any recorded before or since.” The size of the wave? 1,720 feet. That’s taller than the Empire State Building.

This month is was announced that Australia’s Laura Enever had broken the world record for the largest wave ever paddled into by a woman. The wave, ridden at an outer reef off the island of Oahu ...

Talk about climbing (and descending) a mountain. Sebastian Steudtner of Germany currently holds the world record for the ...

Since then, several individuals have laid claim to the world record. For instance ... Our goal is to further increase transparency in big wave surfing and provide more quickly accurate measurement ...

And recently, during the historic swell that slammed California at the end of last year – producing a potential new world record wave ... begs the question: Biggest wave ever foil surfed ...

Enever’s wave turned out to be a world record, measuring 43.6 feet, the largest any woman had ever paddled into. The World Surf League certified the record Wednesday after a team of scientists ...