Brazilian surfer Naysson Costa rides 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 ...

A surfer’s dream – and a riverboat pilot’s nightmare – is on its way up the Amazon. A seemingly never-ending wave, known in Brazil as the Pororoca, is expected to hit the world’s largest river these ...

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 ...

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Surfing in the Brazilian Amazon begins with practitioners in the river, waist-deep in brown water, and a clap that starts the challenge: riding the “Pororoca,” one of the most admired and feared waves ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHAVES, Brazil (AP) — Surfers from all over ...

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 keep ...