Sebastian Steudtner (born 4 May 1985) is an Austrian-German surfer.
Early life
At the age of sixteen, Steudtner moved to Hawaii from Nuremberg, his hometown.
Career
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In 2020, in Nazaré, Portugal, he surfed an 26.21m tall wave, the tallest wave ever surfed.
In 2024, he surfed a wave measured at 28.57m at the same location. If officially ratified, it would surpass his own world record of the tallest wave ever surfed.
References
- "Weltrekordler & zweifacher Lebensretter". express.de. 6 July 2022.
- "Der Meister der Monsterwellen". tz.de. 25 July 2022.
- Pfeiffer, Frieder (29 December 2007). ""Die Welle lässt einen raus - oder eben nicht"". Der Spiegel. spiegel.de.
- "Sebastian Steudtner: "Being on top of a 30 metre wave is exhilarating"". marca.com. 5 April 2022.
- "Jurgen Klopp explains how a surfer helped Liverpool win Premier League". liverpoolecho.co.uk. 18 November 2020.
- "Jurgen Klopp makes waves by welcoming surfer into Liverpool camp". cnn.com. 21 August 2019.
- "Do Liverpool's 'mentality monsters' have the desire and energy to push Man City again?". theathletic.com (Archived).
- "Surfing a record 86-foot wave took guts. Measuring it took 18 months". washingtonpost.com (Archived).
- "The biggest wave ever surfed? Sebastian Steudtner eyes record from Nazaré – video". The Guardian. www.theguardian.com. 19 April 2024.
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