Sensation of snowboarding with the pleasure of the beach, find out the sandboarding ! this strange sport coming from south America, gains in popularity among rider.
Summer is finished, you are going to exchange your swimsuit for a sweatshirt and you are preparing yourself to struggle against the cold. However, this winter, you are not going to finish frozen on the ski runs . Go beyond the dune slopes with your sandboard.
the snowboard of sand
Propel yourself at 90 km/h through the sand dune, this is the dream of all riders. Mate skater and snowboarder, you must know that is now possible ! it is exclusively feasible in South America, where some dunes like in Perou, can reach 1000 meters of difference in height. However, we can practice it closer to home, in Spain or Morocco, for some crazy sensations !
The sand offering an enough protection to practice sandboarding, you just need to procure a snowboard or a wood plank, for striking out yourself, to the top of the dunes. However, some hours of practice are necessary if you want to reach a similar result as the snow sensation.
The Story of Sandboard
According to the legend, this sport was born on the Brazilian sand dunes, in the forties. Tired of waiting the waves, some surfers have launched themselves through the sand dunes creating the sandboard.
Some of them contradict the theory, claiming that the origin of this sport comes from a more ancient date. The Egyptians would have invented the sandboarding some 2000 years ago, hitting the Great Sand Sea in Egypt with wood plank.
Egyptian or Brazilian, the sandboarding hasn’t finished to draw attention, invading the instagram accounts of riders around the world.
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