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	Greyhound Racing Authority
		POROROCA smashed the Albion Park track record to win Thursday night’s Group 1 Brisbane Cup and now could be America bound.
		Pororoca (Token Prince-Local News) ran an unheard of 29.66 to smash the 29.73 track record shared by Flying Amy and Surf Lorian in the final when scoring by nine and a quarter lengths over Go Forever with a length to Watch The Web in third.
		Pororoca was initially trained in NSW by John Herd who prepared him to win 21 races including three track records.
	www.graq.org.au /brasch/show_stories-04.asp?story_id=1334 (613 words)

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		For most river dwellers, the arrival of the Pororoca means run like hell for high ground, wait till its all over, and then return home to salvage what remains.
		It means the world's longest surfing wave, a wave that sweeps the surfer through piranha infested waters, past floating logs and crocodiles, and through clouds of the world's most voracious mosquitos.
		The Pororoca window opens wide from March 27 to March 29, and Salazar and a crowd of other extreme surfers will be there to catch it, rip it, and...hopefully...survive it.
	www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=5729690&postID=107754897812153181 (362 words)

	São Domingos do Capim Journal: Far From the Ocean, Surfers Ride Brazil’s Endless Wave (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A monthly occurrence, a pororoca develops when the strengthened Atlantic Ocean tide advances into the river basin, creating a giant swell that flows upstream for several hundred miles at speeds of 20 miles an hour or more.
		"Surfing a pororoca is an entirely different sensation from surfing in the ocean," said Ricardo Tatuí from the Rio de Janeiro area, who won the competition in 1999 and 2001 and finished second last year.
		The pororoca surf competition has become such a popular tourist attraction that there is now a sanctioned "pororoca surf national circuit" that includes competitions in the neighboring states of Amapá and Maranhão in April.
	www.nytimes.com /2004/03/22/international/americas/22AMAZ.html?ei=5035&en=d265784d81158e0e&ex=1166331600&partner=MARKETWATCH&pagewanted=print&position= (792 words)

	Brazil - Surfing the Pororoca by Jordan Junck - Surfing Vancouver Island.com ..... cold water surfing in Canada
		The Pororoca on the Rio Araguari is accepted as the most feared tidal bore wave in the Amazon.
		The Pororoca is one of the largest tidal bore waves in the world.
		Poroc Poroc, or the word Pororoca, depending who you talk to, means the great roar, the big din or the meeting waters.
	www.surfingvancouverisland.com /surf/st406.htm (3843 words)

	Surf the Earth
		It was on the so-called "Pororoca", a wave which flows upstream and reaches a height of 4 meters, on the world´s longest river, the Amazon, that Picuruta Salazar managed to surf for 37 minutes and for more than 12 kilometres.
		The surfers rode upon the "Pororoca", a wave of up to 4 meters tall, which flows for many kilometres through the Amazon rain forest in Brazil.
		The massive wave gives them the chance to surf and stay on their boards for a "surfing eternity." It was during the "Pororoca - Surfing the Amazon" event, that "Local Hero" Picuruta Salazar rode the dirty-brown wave for an astounding 37 minutes through the rainforest and in doing so, has surely set a new record.
	www.gotours.com.au /Salazar.html (375 words)

	Bore Riders Club - Pororoca (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The pororoca has been sighted throughout the basin, from the tiny village of Sao Domingos do Capim in Para state, to the feared monster of the Rio Araguari in Amapa state's jungle depths.
		With a maze of river channels, a diverse array of deadly creatures, and bank debris hurled upriver in excess of 20mps, the concept of hunting down the pororoca is a truly phenomenal prospect.
		A pororoca roars up the Furo do Guajuru, a vast channel cut through Caviana Island in 1850 by the tide itself.
	www.boreriders.com /Pororoca.html (350 words)

	H2uh0 : Longest Wave Riden by a Surfer - 37 mins.
		It was on a so-called “Pororoca”, a wave which flows upstream and reaches a height of 4 metres, on the world’s longest river, the Amazon, that Picuruta Salazar managed to surf for 37 minutes and more than 12 kilometres.
		The surfers rode upon the “Pororoca”, a wave of up to 4 metres tall, which flows many kilometres through the Amazon rain forest of Brazil.
		It was in the setting of the “Pororoca – Surfing the Amazon” event, that “Local Hero” Picuruta Salazar rode the dirty-brown wave an astounding 37 minutes long through the rainforest and in so-doing, set a phenomenal record.
	h2uh0.blogspirit.com /archive/2005/11/15/longest-wave-riden-by-a-surfer-37-mins.html (645 words)

	MARANHAO - LoveToKnow Article on MARANHAO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The principal rivers of the state are the Maracassum and Tury-assfl, the Mearim and its larger tributaries (the Pindar, Grajahfl, Flres and Corda) which discharge into the Bay of So Marcos, and the Itapicurfl and Monim which discharge into the Bay of So Jos.
		Like the Amazon, the Mearim has a pororoca or bore in its lower channel, which greatly interferes with navigation.
		There are a number of small lakes in the state, some of which are, apparently, merely reservoirs for the annual floods of the rainy season.
	99.1911encyclopedia.org /M/MA/MARANHAO.htm (718 words)

	Greyhound Racing Authority
		The Andrea Dailly trained Pororoca became the third fastest greyhound to win at Albion Park when he scorched around the track in 29.75 last Thursday night.
		Pororoca won a heat of the group one Brisbane Cup.
		Pororoca was one of five Victorians to qualify for this Thursday night's $50,000 to the winner Brisbane Cup final.
	www.graq.org.au /brasch/show_stories-04.asp?story_id=1326 (338 words)

	Wavescapes Film Festival surfer rides wave up Amazon
		Pororoca will be shown in Cape Town at the Wavescapes Surf Film Festival, sponsored by First National Bank, from Friday 10th to Saturday 18th December.
		A group of international surfing stars were selected by Red Bull to tame the Pororoca: big wave surfers Carlos Burle, Eraldo Gueiros and Picuruta Salazar from Brazil, and Australian surf legend Ross Clarke-Jones.
		It was Salazar who managed to ride the muddy wave all the way through the jungle for an exhausting 37 minutes, riding in the pocket of the breaking wave as it broke along the banks of the river.
	www.globalsurfnews.com /news.asp?Id_news=15076 (691 words)

	Amazon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		O termo pororoca vem do Tupi Porórka, gerúndio de porórog que significa estrondar.
		Pororoca é um fenômeno natural produzido pelo encontro das correntes de maré com as correntes fluviais, no período de maresia ou sizígia (também conhecidas na região como marés vivas), durante as luas nova e cheia.
		A Pororoca, apesar de ter maior amplitude no rio Amazonas, também ocorre nos rios que desembocam no golfo Amazônico e no litoral Amapaense.
	www.amazonia.com.br /canais/turismo_novo/amapa/atracoes.asp (2493 words)

	Kayak & Canoe News, People, Corran Addison about the Pororoca Wave
		In April 2005, a group of expert wave-surfing kayakers surfed the Pororoca for the first time in history.
		The group was accompanied by world renowned photographer Mirco Garoscio and a film crew whose job was to capture the entire adventure for the upcoming extreme sports documentary 'Risking Life'.
		No one complained about their boats - we all had fun, but looking at the footage, the turning radius of the Squashtail just seemed to be better suited for the wave.
	playak.com /article.php?sid=1179 (1056 words)

	pororoca, tidal bore, Araguari river, Newton Carvalho, Victor Miguel Ponce (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Newton first described to me the "pororoca," the giant tidal wave of the Amazon and surroundings.
		Ten years later, in 1989, I decided to go in search of the pororoca.
		We flew for two hours over the state of Amapa toward the northeast, and sighted the pororoca at 8 am, as expected, at the mouth of the Araguari.
	ponce.sdsu.edu /legacy_tales_a_place_to_land.html (230 words)

	Surf.Co News Riding The Big One
		Here the "Pororoca" gains force and power, even though the river is many kilometers wide and pushes itself through with a torrent force and pulls upstream, reaching a height of up to 4 meters.
		We were warned over and over, that boats are completely flipped over by the Pororoca, mainly because directly in front of the wave the water becomes shallow and the boats run aground.
		Picuruta, probably the best Pororoca surfer, is with us in the boat and is the first to jump out into the water.
	www.surf.co.nz /newsletters/index.asp?newsletterId=2278&archive=592 (1260 words)

	Pororoca
		From there it flows some 350 km south and then, fed by the Amapari river and smaller rivers, it flows east until it drains into the Atlantic Ocean on the north bank of the mouth of the Amazon itself.
		The tidal bore known as the Araguari Pororoca (meaning a roar in Portuguese) is possibly the most feared of all Amazonian tidal waves.
		The Pororoca was first board-surfed in 1997, since when it has become a destination for surfers seeking a major challenge.
	www.2imagine.net /blogger2005/pororoca.html (611 words)

	Araguari Pororoca, Amapa State
		The Araguari pororoca is possibly the most feared of all the Amazonian tidal bores.
		Observing the Araguari pororoca is not easy, and takes a long boatride or viewing from the air.
		The pororoca is observable for about fourty minutes breaching approximately 25 km inland, and since 2001 has become the home of the most extreme tidal bore surfing.
	tidal-bore.tripod.com /brazil/araguari.html (233 words)

	www.myspace.com/pororoca
		Pororoca resembles the sounds coming out of your parent's bedroom when they think they are alone: disturbing yet unforgettable.
		Formed by the criminally insane minds of Nick Guthrie and Matt Brown, Pororoca is an outlet for the anger and grief generated by the outside world's repetitive music.
		In and out of bands since they were kids, Matt and Nick realized that they each had a sound that complimented each other.
	www.myspace.com /pororoca (475 words)

	Pororoca - Surfing The Amazon @ EzyDVD
		"Pororoca" is the legendary giant wave that rolls up the Amazon — to ride it is a thrill-and-a-half.
		The wave washes away whole trees, tons of dirt and more than a few panicking animals that either a.) find humans tasty to begin with or b.) get quite dangerous when their desperate.
		But it turned out to be their countryman Picuruta Salazar, the hometown hero, who during "Pororoca — Surfing the Amazon" managed to ride the dirty brown wave through the jungle for an unbelievable 37 minutes.
	www.ezydvd.com.au /item.zml/227431 (492 words)

	Surf Life For Women (.com) - Surf Life For Women a magazine for every authentic surfer girl - - Bonus Cafe Reviews
		The pororoca is the Amazonian tidal bore that simultaneously brings destruction and the longest rideable wave in the world to inland Brazil.
		These high-production values are a must, as the pororoca is one of the least photogenic waves on the planet.
		But when a rider digs a rail, falls and gets left behind, viewers get a glimpse of the staggering isolation inherent in surfing the pororoca, as there is no wave behind it to catch, and the next set isnât due for another year.
	www.surflifeforwomen.com /index.cfm?page=bonuscafeW (856 words)

	Surfing the Pororoca :: Tom Wright
		Surfing the Mearim Pororoca on Sunday 14th March 2005, Copyright Sergio Laus (More photos of the trip).
		We shared lunch with the Mayor on day two as Sergio pushed forward his case for Pororoca tourism in the area, as well as being accompanied by the Global TV network for the first two days.
		Sometimes communication across languages can be a barrier, but the universal language of tidal bore surfing brings everyone together as we all share the same passion and the same understanding of what it means to ride the waves generated at the end of a process initiated by gravity.
	www.severnsolutions.co.uk /twblog/archive/2005/03/17/surfingthepororoca (1081 words)

	The Cellar - 4/12/2003: Record-breaking Amazon surfing
		Brazilian surfer Picuruta Salazar rides the "Pororoca," a 12-foot wave that flows upstream once a year on the Amazon.
		The wave occurs when the ocean whips back on the heavily drained river, creating a giant curl that flows for hundreds of miles.
		Salazar rode this year's Pororoca through the rainforest for 37 minutes -- a surfing record.
	cellar.org /printthread.php?t=3173 (294 words)

	Amazon Pororoca Pages from Boreriders.com. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		, the concept of hunting down the pororoca is a truly phenomenal prospect.
		Several hundred kilometres to the south-east the Mearim river in Maranhao state is the stage for possibly the cleanest and most hollow of pororoca waves.
		Pororoca 2005 : World Record : Surfing The Pororoca : Around The Web
	boreriders.com /pororoca (435 words)

	Brazilian surfer & writer conquers longest wave in Europe
		This brought together education about the environment, cultural exchange and preparing geographical studies, making this one of the biggest adventures put together in the aquatic world, capturing and mapping all of the tidal phenomenon's in the world.
		Serginho already has 10 years of experience surfing the Pororoca and never imagined that he would find another spot in which the same phenomenon occurs and has the same impact as the rivers of the Amazon.
		"The impact of the pororoca is impressive especially when you talk about the feared wave coming out of the biggest jungle in the world, the Amazon," tells photographer Carlos Henrique Martin.
	www.globalsurfnews.com /news.asp?Id_news=14978 (808 words)

	a few Words with Raph Bruhwiler on Vancouver Island tow in surfing and the Pororoca tidal bore on the Amazon - Surfing ...
		For as long as people have lived in the Amazon basin they have known there's something different about that river and its tributaries, something that sets it apart from other rivers.
		In the spring during the rainy season, around the full moon, the river sends out a "great boom" that reverberates through the low land jungles.
		When the river runs low, the big tides around the full and new moons, rush up the river and its tributaries in a muddy wave that has been recorded as far as 200 kilometers inland.
	www.surfingvancouverisland.com /surf/st404.htm (2115 words)

	Greyhound Racing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		FORMER NSW sprinter Pororoca closed out 2005 in style for leading sire Token Prince by winning tonight’s Sky Racing Brisbane Cup at Albion Park in record time.
		Last Thursday, Pororoca was making his Albion Park debut and registered a stunning 29.75 all-the-way win.
		The clock stopped at 29.66 this evening and Pororoca is now the proud owner of four record (Gosford 29.54), Gold Coast (25.60) and Maitland (25.25) the others.
	www.grnsw.com.au /news/news_story.asp?id=1732 (252 words)

	Pororoca, Parque Nacional do Cabo Orange, Macapa
		Pororoca is an onomatopoeic Indian word for the noise produced when the waters of the Amazon, surging down at the rate of 240,000cu.m/53,000,000 gallons per second, meet the Atlantic.
		The clash is particularly violent at the spring tides.
		Unauthorized duplication in part or whole without prior written consent prohibited by law.
	www.planetware.com /macapa/parque-nacional-do-cabo-orange-pororoca-bra-ap-pncp.htm (223 words)

	Surfing Araguari Pororoca (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In 1997, board surfers first road the Araguari Pororoca an Amazonian tidal wave on the Araguari river in Brazil.
		The wave, known for its crushing height and speed, is extremely difficult to surf and offers the additional threats of anacondas, crocodiles and parasitic fish.
		According to Xackers.net, a group of wave-surfing kayakers planned to attempt to surf the Pororoca in April.
	www.outdoornewswire.com /v/current/htdocs/etc/sa.php/63617465676f72794c6162656c3d57686974657761746572266c6f636174696f6e3d323030352f30352f313131353232383533372672737349643d393134 (80 words)

	Paddler Magazine Online : Paddling the Pororoca
		But it was this spring as he rounded up a posse to become the first kayakers to ever surf a legendary tidal wave in the heart of Brazil’s Amazon.
		Called Pororoca, from a Tupi Indian term meaning “mighty noise,” the wave forms twice a day for four days straight when perfect conditions allow a flooded river to meet the incoming spring tide.
		Offering rides of up to two hours, the tidal bore was first surfed in 1997, but never in a kayak.
	www.paddlermagazine.com /issues/2005_5/article_272.shtml (341 words)

	The Hindu : Making waves
		Brazilian surfer Savio Carneiro rode the thunderous "Pororoca" tidal bore wave during national "Pororoca" circuit on the Mearim river, 30 km inland from the sea in the Amazon jungle near the Noth Brazilian city of Arari in the Maranhao state in April.
		The term "Pororoca" comes from the Amazonian indigenous term meaning "destroyer, great blast".
		The phenomenon begins when the ocean tides reach the shallow river flowing out at the mouth.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/yw/2003/05/31/stories/2003053100940400.htm (115 words)

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