Deep in the wilds of Alaska lies the Turnagain Arm – aka “one of the world’s biggest bore tides.” It’s a waterway, not too far from Anchorage, naturally constructed between two snow-coated slopes, ...
Surfing on the Amazon River, as weird as it sounds, is nothing new. People have been riding the tidal bore, dubbed the "Pororoca," for years now; and yet, any time this natural phenomenon comes to ...
Dylan Graves, the acclaimed weird waves surfer hailing from Puerto Rico, has officially broken a Guinness World Record – most turns on a single wave. The governing body of world record acknowledgement ...
Surfers prepare to ride the tidal bore wave known as “Pororoca,” during the Amazon Surf Festival held in the Canal do Perigoso, or “Dangerous Channel,” at the mouth of the Amazon River near Chaves, ...
Surfers wade into the shallow water of Turnagain Arm on Monday. (Dev Hardikar/Alaska Public Media) Twice a day, the normally calm waters of the Turnagain Arm surge upwards, creating a wave known as a ...
“It was an insane experience—people talk about the ‘flow state’ during a ride and I had that, only it just went on forever,” Graves told me. “With tidal bores the whole reason you’re able to surf is ...
Small New Brunswick town on Canada's east coast has become a surfing hotspot. Jan. 7, 2014— -- A pair of surfer dudes from the land of Endless Summer recently conquered an epic wave in the land ...
It would be pretty epic to add Pororoca, the Amazon River's tidal wave, to your surfing bucket list. It'd be even better to actually check it off that list. Surfers have been riding Pororoca for years ...
Our Chinese hosts have us on a pretty tight schedule over here. Rightly so, as the Silver Dragon tidal bore waits for no one. In fact, we were a little late today after being swarmed by Chinese media ...
CHAVES – Surfers from all over Brazil gathered this week at the Amazon River’s mouth to ride some of the world’s longest-lasting waves, when the incoming tide roars upriver in a broad band that can ...