Slebir didn’t fully know what he’d just accomplished. But, with that epic ride, caught on film and posted on social media, where it went viral, his status went from local talent to global ...

"It was something that I had never seen before out there," Alo Slebir, a veteran of large swells, tells PEOPLE Johnny Dodd is a senior writer at PEOPLE, who focuses on human interest, crime and ...

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 ...