There’s a chance that a sauna builder in Santa Cruz County could have a world record to his name this fall. Wilem Banks is a soft-spoken woodworker from Santa Cruz who, in December, paddled into the ...

The jury is still out on whether this ride is bigger than Aaron Gold’s 63-foot Jaws bomb.But regardless, Wilem’s wave is psychotic. The drop is faster than a broken elevator.

On December 22, 2024, while the surf world’s collective eye was fixed on Waimea Bay during the 2024 Eddie Aikau Big-Wave Invitational, lensman Fred Pompermayer was in the channel at Jaws ...

Gold surfed the 63-foot (19.2m) wave at Jaws on January 15, 2016, ... "When I took off, I looked down, and I knew it was definitely the biggest wave I've ever caught.