A taste of Brazilian downriver racing. Italian athlete Carlo Mercati, soon after winning Garmisch world champs in 2004, went to visit his friend Rafael Daher in Santo Antonio De Padua (BRA), on Rio Pomba. He stayed there for 3 weeks. A local TV broadcasted a video story about their training sessions. Then, a difficult training session on Cachoeira dos Macacos (1999), and finally another video story about Rafael Daher. (6'42") 2004