Sebastian Steudtner

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
Steudtner won the 2010, 2015 and 2021 WSL Biggest Wave awards. Besides surfing, Steudtner has worked with English Premier League side Liverpool.

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.