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 ...

Big Surf water park opened in Tempe in October 1969, and it quickly became an Arizona icon. Tiki torches and thatched huts surrounded the 2.5-acre wave pool. An artificial beach at one end and a ...