The article appears a few days old since it was before they had the awards. Apparently they had the Big Wave 2025 awards two days ago, and declared that his wave was "only" 76 feet, but he did win the award for Biggest Wave for this year.

Source: (also the awards show is embedded here as a video)

https://www.coastsidenews.com/review/news/santa-cruz-surfer-...