Pororoca

(2006, Germany, Canada, 26 mins)
Director: Bill Heath. HelliVentures Production.

An expedition into the heart of the Amazon Jungle to ride the longest wave on Earth! With the dry season drawing to a close and the full moon setting in the West, a great roar - "Pororoca" in the native Indian dialect - can be heard throughout the Amazon's mouths. With the rivers at an absolute minimum the vast Atlantic tides are about to hurl the waters straight back with a devastating fury. This is the story of a mystic expedition of world class surfers Ross Clarke-Jones, Picuruta Salazar, Carlos Burle and Eraldo Gueiros, who travel deep into the heart of the Amazon jungle to ride a tidal wave, kilometers away from the ocean. It is a quest for the most unusual surf experience, a journey into the unknown. The most exotic surfing trip ever, it was in the setting of the "Pororoca - Surfing the Amazon" event that Picuruta Salazar set his phenomenal record by riding the dirty-brown wave over 30 minutes through the rainforest. 

 

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