Pororoca - Amazonian Tidal Bore Surfing

Surfer Chico Pinheiro relaxes in a hammock during a boat ride while returning from fresh-water surf adventure on the Araguari River in Brazil's amazonian state of Amapa. Surfers take a 12 hour boat ride, and a 3 hour car ride to the mouth of the river in a quest to surf the tidal bore wave known as pororoca. The Araguari pororoca is possibly the most feared of all the Amazonian tidal bores, and local residents of the remote areas surrounding the mouth of the river always feared the thunderous waves which capsizes boats and washes away anything in its path twice daily. Thanks to a group of daring surfers, they have begun to see the wave in a different way: as a tourist attraction to generate money in one of the poorest regions of Brazil.(AustralFoto/Douglas Engle)

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Surfer Chico Pinheiro relaxes in a hammock during a boat ride while returning from fresh-water surf adventure on the Araguari River in Brazil's amazonian state of Amapa. Surfers take a 12 hour boat ride, and a 3 hour car ride to the mouth of the river in a quest to surf the tidal bore wave known as pororoca. The Araguari pororoca is possibly the most feared of all the Amazonian tidal bores, and local residents of the remote areas surrounding the mouth of the river always feared the thunderous waves which capsizes boats and washes away anything in its path twice daily. Thanks to a group of daring surfers, they have begun to see the wave in a different way: as a tourist attraction to generate money in one of the poorest regions of Brazil.(AustralFoto/Douglas Engle)

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