“Something strange and dangerous dwells in the Amazon river. It is as old as the river itself. It is no animal, the the most vicious river creatures flee from it. The native people know it…and fear it. They call it “Pororoca”.

In the local tongue the name means “huge wave” and “killer” at the same time. The destructive power it brings with it to this already harsh environment is chilling. It is truely a monster like: the taker of libes and breaker of dreams.

Former Olympic slalom kayak racer and world free-style champion Corran Addison has come to Brazil to find the monster, and to fulfill a long held dream; he and his team of elite paddlers from around the globe intend to become the first kayaker to ever surf the Pororoca.”

The Pororoca on the Rio Araguari is accepted as one of the most feared tidal bore wave in the Amazon if not the world. The river starts in the Tumucumaque Mountain range over 350 km’s into the Amazon rainforest and winds its way through the basin opening into the Atlantic Ocean. In 1997, for the first time, a group of surfers rode the mighty bore. Continue reading