Amazon River Surfing!

[LordRaiden]

Going against the flow

Picuruta Salazar rides the "Pororoca," a wave that flows upstream and reaches a height of 4 meters on the world's second longest river, the Amazon, in Brazil, in this undated photo. The Pororoca happens every year between February and March when the ocean whips back on the heavily drained Amazon and creates a giant swell that flows upstream for hundreds of miles. Salazar, a Brazilian, rode the dirty brown wave for 37 minutes, traveling 12 kilometers through the rainforest.

Now is this cool or what?

 

[Cyberian]

Originally posted by: LordRaiden

Now is this cool or what?

Wow! - Absolutely!

That water looks a bit dirty, though, no?

 

[Azraele]

Cool, but the water looks kind of icky.

 

[Bignate603]

Very cool...

 

[LordRaiden]

Originally posted by: Azraele
Cool, but the water looks kind of icky.

Well, it's going to be icky. That wave is traveling straight up the length of the Amazon river and pulling up a lot of sediment and dirt as it goes. It might be dirty, but heck. Where else can you surf continuously for over 37 minutes and travel 12 kilometers (about 7.4 miles) on a single wave?? That's just awesome!

 

[Spoooon]

rode the dirty brown wave for 37 minutes

Heh, that sounds like a dirty sexual position.

 

[LordRaiden]

You would say that.