death-defying ride is brazilian, pedro olivia. he was competing for the brazilian national team and i was filming for a company that produces kayaks here in the united states and he was tell meg about these amazing rivers and waterfalls? brazil. a year after meeting, the two planned a ride that would push them close to the danger zone. our hope is to establish a new world record for the tallest waterfall run in kayak. the previous record is for 108 feet and to beat this, they look for the perfect falls and come upon this fall in central brazil. we looked hat does defense of waterfalls that were potential candidates. from the time that pedro first saw the falls, he says that it was the perfect falls. he knew in his mind right then that he was going the run the falls. he felt that this was one of the most beautiful places he d ever seen. he felt like this was a heaven
then we film tell process of getting to the rivers and running those rivers. it is pretty exciting stuff, really. in 2009 they plan one run that will break records. the kayaker making the death-defying ride is brazilian pedro olivia who he met in 2007. pedro was competing for the brazilian national team and i was filming for a company producing kayaks here in the united states. he started telling me about the amazing waterfalls in brazil. i m just going to lean back over. a year after meeting, the two planned the ride that would push them close to the danger zone. our hope is to salvage the new world record for the tallest waterfall run on the kayak. the previous is 108 feet and to beat this they look for the perfect falls and come upon salto bello in southern brazil. we looked at dozens of waterfalls that were potential candidates. from the first time pedro first saw the falls he says it was the perfect falls. he knew in his mind right then that he was going to run the f
waterfall run on the kayak. the previous is 108 feet and to beat this they look for the perfect falls and come upon salto bello in southern brazil. we looked at dozens of waterfalls that were potential candidates. from the first time pedro first saw the falls he says it was the perfect falls. he knew in his mind right then that he was going to run the falls. he felt that this was one of the most beautiful places he had ever seen. he felt like this was a heaven on earth, a paradise. salto bello means beautiful waterfall, and that s exactly what it was. pedro is going to make the run and ben is going to catch the whole thing on camera. we are right on the edge of the amazon. big waterfall kayaking is not to be tried at home. we are professionals, we have years of experience under our belt. we know exactly what is at stake. but in terms of just going over a waterfall in your kayak or getting your kayak on the river,