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Photo of the Day: (4/17/05)

by Erik Olsen on Apr 17, 2005


Today’s POTD is a great one of a guy
surfing the bore tide on
the Amazon River. This is amazing stuff to watch, sometimes they show it on ESPN.

They do it in several places around the world where the bore tides rip, but as you can see, the waves get rather big
on the Amazon. Amazing, really.

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