This might be one of the craziest things i've seen (surfing)

[warlock]

This was a segment on FUEL last night.... I would say INSANE because once down on the wave, it might take 30 minutes (struggling) to get picked up on a ski, there are piraha, crocs, and the scariest a 5 cm spiny fish that swims up your penis into your urinary track.. they said they wore tight fitting shorts and NEVER pissed in the water !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
check out pictures at:
http://www.boreriders.com/Pororoca_Surfing.html

The wave to end all waves

"Pororoca" is the legendary giant wave that rolls up the Amazon – to ride it is a thrill-and-a-half. Ross Clarke-Jones and other surfing stars hit the jungle to learn its wild ways.

Pororoca. The word is from a local Indian language and it translates as "great destructive noise." Others call it "Monster," or "Killer."

Nicknames like these mean a good opportunity for the greats of surfing to come and test their mettle.

So the thing’s a wave, and it rolls up the Amazon and other rivers in Northeastern Brazil. First there’s low tide, and the river pushes back the sea. And then the tables turn, as they inevitably must, and the tide comes back in. The current’s a powerful one, and the match between sea and river can produce only one victor. Out there on the open sea, a giant wave rears up its head; it reaches the river’s mouth which, even though it’s very wide, gives the wave an even bigger punch and sends it charging up-river, three to four meters high. Only after around 13 kilometers will it come to rest and slip back, leaving behind it the colossal mess that the people living by the river experience twice daily during the full moons between January and April. The wave washes away whole trees, tons of dirt and more than a few panicking animals that either a.) find humans tasty to begin with or b.) get quite dangerous when their desperate.

Again and again, random daredevils have attempted to ride the Pororoca – with varying success.

This time, the world’s best surfers came and paid a visit. Hand-picked stars of the surfing scene, including the Brazilians Carlos Burle, Eraldo Gueiros and Picuruta Salazar – as well as Ross Clarke-Jones from Australia – arrived to face the challenge. They all did their thing on the up to four-meter-high "Pororoca," traveling many kilometers through Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest.

Ross Clarke-Jones was the most prominent rider to take part in the one-week Pororoca expedition. He ranks among the world’s best big wave riders. Carlos Burle and Eraldo Gueiros are themselves internationally renowned big wave specialists. But it turned out to be their countryman Picuruta Salazar, the hometown hero, who during "Pororoca – Surfing the Amazon" managed to ride the dirty brown wave through the jungle for an unbelievable 37 minutes. He covered over twelve kilometers in the process, a stupendous record!

[wakeskatefooo]

kool

[Kavanagh]

cool man, ive seen that on tv, the water is all brown and shizzle right? yeah i heard about that fish, ughhh

[HatzicScape112]

kinda gross with that fish... but that would be rad to ride the whole wave up until it stopped.