Sandboarding

I reckon it wouldn't be too comfortable what with all the sand flying around your face and getting into your clothes. but has anyone tried it before?

friend of mine has tried it, said its crap.

great sand dunes national park(now), fast and short, dumb ass above probably forgot his PAM spray, so the sand doesn't stick, but its fun, kinda like sledding, and you can say you did it and get some cool pictures. it's the stopping that sucks...

I think sandboarding would be more difficult because it doesn't really pack at all.

Looks like it could be fun for a short while but then gets pretty repetitive

 IF GIRLS IN BIKINI WILL BE RIDING WITH ME NO PROBLEM WITH SAND. NEVER TRIED IT BUT IF IT IS THE SAME AS BOARDING IN THE SNOW, I MIGHT AS WELL TRY IT BECAUSE SUMMERS WITHOUT BOARDING IS SO BRUTAL.

looks meh

I like snow, not sand.  I can't imagine how this would be fun for long.

Sand in the boots, hrm...

No thanks. I like the first pic though :D

I think it would be best to be towed by an ATV...kinda like water skiing but on sand. Then you'd be able to get more speed than using just the gravity. I'm sure someone out there has made a video...right? I not able to access videos at work or else I'd find one and post it here.

Originally posted by J&JBlks2k I've seen it on tv before...this one dude travels to go sand boarding...his board was like a wake board then binding..looked fun he said but sand all over your face.. looking at the pics on previous post..dang..I actually felt bad for the board..wouldn't grainy sand scratch the bottom of the snowboard?? would be fun to try though with an old beat up skateboard at the sand dune in hermosa/rendondo beach area!!!

They use formica boards...think countertops in cheap diners.  It's pretty durable and slides well, though you still usually wax or spray it for best performance.

wouldn't the board get pretty messed up from it?

We used to do something called slash boarding when I was a kid.  First you nail some old skate shoes to an old skate deck sans wheels/trucks.  You wait till it's rained pretty hard and everythings muddy.  Then you find a steep hill with an open line down it, take your shoes off, jam em in the nailed on shoes and point it.  Definitely only something a kid would do though, cause you get muddy and scraped up as shtook but I remember it being pretty damn fun. 

Originally posted by wpiass i'm guessing you need to have an older board since it seems like the sand/rocks would be murder on the board.

exactly what i was thinking. I have hear of this before though and my friends was thinking of making a sand dune. So unless you go to a desert...i dont think its a great idea cause of the pebbles and junk.

ive done it before in aus up in the gold coast.. it sounds good and all... but when u experience it.. you realise snow is 100 times better..
nothing worse then lugging ur board up a hill, on a hot weather, with sorching sands burning every step, and it takes 5 times the effort to walk up in sand, when you get up there you just want to find shade and relax instead of boarding down as you realise it wasnt worth it in the first place.. in the snows when u walk to the top, your body swet is balance out by the coldness of the snow, so you dont feel that tired.. When you board down on the sand, you get pebbles in your face, sand in your body, and rice grains up your crack, end of the day board is heavily scatch, and lots of things feel uncomfortably. When you fall down its even worse

watched it in the line traveling circus just last week.... seemed so sick but it looks like its a pain cuz it goes in everything and it burns if you fall... pretty ill though

^ it's real mate. Apparently there's quite a big following in Namibia where they haw actual deserts and dunes. I think it works my like a wakeboard, but definitely more similar to snow boarding. Helps to have an ATV around so you can buggy up to the top again after each run down.

looks fun but looks like it would be bad getting sand in your mouth lol

maybe if i had a board i didn't want then i'd try it

Where's the chair lifts?

wow check this out too. looks worth while.

Sandboarding vid.

doesn't work, I tried it before you barely move

I can honestly say that I've never even thought of that. But it kinda seems like a wast of time unless you're on a huuuuge dune.

Might be fun if you found a giant sand dune with a chairlift.

i wanna try this someday