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04-12-2003, 01:25 PM
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Radical Centrist
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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. |
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04-12-2003, 02:03 PM
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The future is unwritten
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http://www.boreriders.com/Pororoca.html
The Boreriders site mentions the "Diverse array of deadly creatures" that surfers share the water with. Just to make it more appealing to tourists I guess.
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04-12-2003, 02:31 PM
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He who reads, sometimes writes.
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That would be amazing! I think my longest ride ever was about 12 seconds, though it seems eternal when you're staring down the face. And that was even on a longboard in the spring. It'd be about half that on a short stick.
*damn, I miss the coast* |
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04-12-2003, 10:13 PM
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Read? I only know how to write.
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When does the World Record holder get eaten by piranha?
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04-12-2003, 10:50 PM
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lobber of scimitars
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When I saw the title about record breaking amazon surfing, I thought there was going to be an image lift of my purchase records from amazon.com ... I overspend there on a regular basis. Jeff Bezos sends me letters wondering if I'm doing okay when I go more than a week without buying anything.
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04-12-2003, 11:00 PM
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Disorderly Orderly
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Brown Crush!
Mud surfing. Ewwww. And after being munched by piranhas: blood surfing.
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04-12-2003, 11:24 PM
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Person who doesn't update the user title
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I have to admit, I thought this would be about someone that browsed the shit out of Amazon.com.
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04-13-2003, 12:25 AM
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Kinda sad really. Kinda? Who am i kidding.
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04-13-2003, 05:15 AM
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I thought I changed this.
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Me too. I considered, briefly, how one could have an image of the record surfing of a specific website, much less come to a conclusion as to whom the title goes to. Then the page loaded, and realization dawned. Last edited by Skunks; 04-13-2003 at 05:17 AM. |
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04-13-2003, 06:59 AM
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still says videotape
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I nominate Picuruta for Worlds Coolest Human status.
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04-15-2003, 09:18 AM
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I think this line's mostly filler.
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