A 23-year-old Santa Cruz surfer may have broken the world record to become the first person to ride a 100-foot wave.

From world record paddles to tow-assisted giants, here are 10 of the biggest waves ever surfed at Jaws, Nazaré and Cortes Bank.

Over 80 per cent of large earthquakes happen on the edges of the Pacific Ocean, in an area known ... caused a series of tsunamis, with the biggest waves hitting Tohoku, a region in north Japan ...