The hydraulic features of the White Nile are the stuff of legend. The river is huge, usually flowing 1,000-to-1,600 cubic meters per second. All that water, spilling from the inland sea of Lake Victoria, is comfortably warm but refreshing enough to provide relief from the Africa-hot air, according to Kayak Session. Packs of bright-eyed children approach kayakers with the familiar phrase, “jambo mzungu,” which means “hello white person.” The water slides over bedrock shelves, recoiling into waves and holes on a scale better suited for giants. The Nile Special wave is arguably the world’s best big-water surf spot — just one of dozens of play features here. In this video, professional kayaker Nicholas Troutman performs aerial flips and backwards maneuvers as he kayak surfs into the Ugandan sunset.
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