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 ...

A Santa Cruz man may ride into the history books for taking on what could be the world’s largest wave ever surfed. 23-year-old Alo Slebir caught the estimated 108-foot wave earlier this month near ...

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 ...

At an awards ceremony Saturday night, 24-year-old Santa Cruz surfer Alessandro “Alo” Slebir will finally find out if he set a new world record while riding the towering wave at Mavericks last winter — ...

Santa Cruz surf breaks are free to enjoy but worth millions. That’s one of the key findings in the first report to put a dollar value on this world-renowned surf playground. The report identified ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A portion of a pier in northern California's Santa Cruz collapsed into the Pacific Ocean on Monday, sending three city workers ...

Santa Cruz initiated a coastal infrastructure closure due to dangerously high surf and severe storm impacts. Officials said the city is still reeling from damage caused by previous storms. In December ...