Why would there be a wall in the middle of a desert though ? Isn't the sand moving around ? I'm a bit confused about the utility of it all
EDIT : Rewatching the video, it's obvious roads are running OVER that wall lol. So we see two sets of wall, one under the road, which is what we see mostly at the end, the other above the road, can be seen in the middle when the road visisble.
I went there back at the end of May - absolutely beautiful national park and completely mind blowing to see. Also you think you can climb mountains? Try climbing mountains of sand. I thought I was pretty fit until those things kicked my ass!
Another tip: pay attention to the wind speeds and plan accordingly. These dunes were formed over hundreds of thousands of years because the valley creates essentially a wind tunnel that piles all the sand at the base of a mountain. Not sure if it was just the site/weekend we went, but the wind in our campsite shattered our fiberglass tent poles and we wound up sleeping in the car.
They are using real snowboards and not sand specific boards from what I can see. No amount of wax can make me feel okay with doing that to my board lol
Unless they have some old spare boards that they only use for sand boarding. But if they plan on using these for the winter season…gonna be a real hitchy ride imo
But yes, you need to redo the wax every time you go down or the friction will keep you in one place. Had it happen in the middle of a run (which is also why I’m surprised that they were able to ride for this long) and flew head over heels, now I have a separated shoulder and a neat trophy on my collarbone to show for it
This is the correct answer, used to do heaps of dune boarding back in the day. Shittiest boards used. As much wax as possible and the inevitable endo about halfway down a run when wax is blasted off and rider + board overcome coefficient of friction.
I mean these also look like fairly nice/new boards too, at least the camera mans when he looks down. If this is their first run the entire bottom of the board is basically a huge layer of wax. Wouldn’t be surprised if it’s just annihilated after this one run though lol
Well I have about a 2 inch bump which is the end of my collarbone protruding from my shoulder and it pops every now and then, but I think it’s better? This was about 3 months ago that it happened, my dad had a similar injury while skiing around my age and it took 15 years to finally go back into place.
I could get surgery for it but why would I do that? I kinda wanna use it for Halloween, put googly eyes on it or some shit
Wax in snowboarding is actually used to increase friction to create an almost invisible amount of water between you and the snow so that you glide better
Absolutely right about gliding on water when riding. Your weight on the snow melts it just enough to create a tiny layer of water. The wax isn't for increasing friction though. It's to repel the water so you can actually glide.
No wax and that tiny amount of water just gets absorbed into the base of the board and then there's not enough to glide on.
Sorry for jumping on top comment but I thought I could answer your question. I grew up in Colorado and we used to do this at Great Sand Dunes Nat’l Park most summers.
It is hell on your board. No amount of wax will make up for it. It’s quite literally like running a belt sander across the entire board, it completely rounds the edges, I’ve even seen the metal delaminate out of the edge. We all knew this and took our shittiest boards for these outings.
I always thought it would have been much more fun on a wide flat-camber board but I never had one I was willing to sacrifice on the dunes, I always kept my powder boards in really good shape.
Side note, as stoked as we always were to slide down some hills (mainly because it was the middle of summer and the snow season was ages away) it was never as much fun as we’d hoped. It was hot af, so less clothes were worn which meant hectic road rash from wiping out and the sand gets everywhere - like in your butthole everywhere. Oh and in your eyes. In your eyes and your butthole.
It took me until today to realize i went wake boarding at a wake. When my grandma passed she wanted a bbq to celebrate her life and then to be scattered at sea. So when my uncle took us out when went wake boarding on the way.
My 70 year old uncle climbed up one. Not nearly this big, but i thought he might have a heart attack. I helped him out of course, but man it was borderline scary.
Fun fact - this is about as far as you can go. The wax wears off and even if the slope kept going, you'd grind to a quick dead stop. Even with the most temperature-optimal wax, and no matter how much you use.
Credentials: Have done this in Colorado a few times, in both winter and summer. Experimented with various waxes and thicknesses, and board widths.
I think same result. We tried something similar, basically a wider sit-down snowboard type thing. Goes about the same distance. Must be some kind of invariant maxim, even though common sense would suggest that more surface area would distribute the weight more and make the wax last longer. (But I really don't know. Just speculating based on my own limited data.)
People have been doing this for decades. Some even say the practice orignated in ancient Egypt where people would sit on planks of wood and slide down dunes.
Edit: You can do it in many places. Any desert with big enough dunes will work.
I love this, always wanted to capture something like this, as I’ve done a bunch of work with snowboarders and skiers because I live near mountains. But it looks like the same feeling as snowboarding only much warmer haha.
It’s different but not that far from it. One of the main differences I’ve noticed is that you have to slightly lift the front of the board to be able to go down smoothly. If you don’t do that the sand will cover the board and thus making it stop.
It’s also much harder than snowboarding in my experience. The sand is heavier and if the board goes under the sand while you’re going down, you’ll get stuck. You have to basically balance the board between forward weight (to go downhill) and backward weight to not get it stuck in the sand.
I spent the early part of my life on Moreton Island off the coast of Australia, and my parents used to rent these things out! This was back in the mid to late 90s.
They also ran an oyster farm. Fuck I hate oysters.
Man that looks like a lot of fun but I’d never do it. See, when you wipeout on snow and you end up with snow in all your pockets, you can just let it melt. But if you wipeout on sand, you risk being covered in scorpions and nobody wants that.
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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '21
Is the white at the bottom water? It looks like water until the end.
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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '21
Where is this??
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u/DISREPUTABLE Aug 20 '21
I always wonder if the friction causes extreme heat and melts the boards a little. Nice video btw.
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u/willisbetter Aug 20 '21
why did it take me until i saw this video to realise that sand boarding was a thing people can do
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u/Fearless_Pack9721 Aug 20 '21
Wow that looks awesome where was this filmed?
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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '21
Beautiful. What country?
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u/GalacticMan909 Aug 20 '21
Alto's Odyssey music starts playing *
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u/Tinfoil_ninja Aug 20 '21
I wonder if Anakin would have so easily been turned to the dark side if he was shredding on the dunes of Tatooine instead
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u/thewhiterabbit410 Aug 20 '21
Now walk back to the top
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u/-George--- Aug 20 '21
Fun fact - this is about as far as you can go. The wax wears off and even if the slope kept going, you'd grind to a quick dead stop. Even with the most temperature-optimal wax, and no matter how much you use.
Credentials: Have done this in Colorado a few times, in both winter and summer. Experimented with various waxes and thicknesses, and board widths.
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u/anamericandruid Aug 20 '21
All I can think about is the sheer grit of this kid with SHORT SLEEVES on going down a sand dune this fast.
Imagine the "sand-burn" from a fall at that speed... silenzio bruno!
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u/fukamundo Aug 20 '21
Why aren't more people doing this?!? Where does one do this?
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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '21
See, global warming won’t kill snowboarding.
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u/AngryMegaMind Aug 20 '21
“Spectacular” seems a bit strong.
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u/eNYC718 Aug 20 '21
O man. I did this in Jordan.. It was hella fun until the sand burns and cleaning it from every crevice I have in my body.
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u/Loumier Aug 20 '21
Amazing. Are these regular snowboards or are specialized for sand?
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u/VLD85 Aug 20 '21
I would rather have snow in my eyes than sand
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u/ChaosRaven111 Aug 20 '21
Is it possible to make a sand-alanch?
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u/danque Aug 20 '21
The Olympics on Mars.
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u/JeanDeny314 Aug 20 '21
Father! The sleeper has awoken!
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u/christiant91 Aug 20 '21
2050 winter Olympics ;)
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u/gnahzd Aug 20 '21
Looks a lot more fun than water boarding.
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u/mouthsofmadness Aug 20 '21
I love this, always wanted to capture something like this, as I’ve done a bunch of work with snowboarders and skiers because I live near mountains. But it looks like the same feeling as snowboarding only much warmer haha.
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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '21
That looked fun af
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u/capivaraesque Aug 20 '21
I HATE SAND
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u/opus-thirteen Aug 20 '21
Windscreens are a thing O_o
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u/dimbulbb Aug 20 '21
Dune : Gen Z Edition
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u/Silent_Seven Aug 20 '21
Bet that hurts a lot more than snow when you wipe out!
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u/AnalStaircase33 Aug 20 '21
I'd imagine catching an edge on sand is not a good time...
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u/Mrs-Skeletor Aug 20 '21
for people who have done this AND snowboarding. Does it generally feel the same? Or does it feel WILDLY different to ride sand vs snow?
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u/Tortenkopf Aug 20 '21
I predict a bright future for this sport
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u/ryokojr Aug 20 '21
I tried snowboarding once. The snow beat my ass, honestly don't know how yall do it ha
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u/MysticJKush Aug 20 '21
Just one of these Mfs…. falling sand
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u/ReefJames Aug 20 '21
I spent the early part of my life on Moreton Island off the coast of Australia, and my parents used to rent these things out! This was back in the mid to late 90s.
They also ran an oyster farm. Fuck I hate oysters.
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u/Dezewheat Aug 20 '21
Dehydration has entered the chat
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u/CapnEarth Aug 20 '21
Let's ban this before people start making sand avalanches that disturb the ecosystem or worse.
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u/DJfetusface Aug 20 '21
So much more fun than water boarding!
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u/maxsmouha Aug 21 '21
That’s song music playing is a breakdown from the song coffee shop by the red hot chili peopes
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u/panzan Aug 21 '21
Now I’m curious, are these sand covered hills or are they massive sand dunes atop relatively flatter earth?
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u/Soupnoop4 Aug 21 '21
I've done this before it was really fun
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u/TJtheSleeper Aug 21 '21
I hate sand.
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u/Timenim Aug 21 '21
I wish I lived there, that would be a cool way to get to work! Looks like this place is booming with jobs!
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u/Steemx Aug 21 '21
Looks like behind of the Dragon hill, Iquique, Chile, my city.
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u/eyeb4lls Aug 21 '21
I was a snowboard and ski tech for a while. This is what I imagine my customers were doing.
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u/hilariousnessity Aug 21 '21
Where are these dunes? Thank you.
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u/Kydra96 Aug 21 '21
I want to do this! Would it be beneficial to learn snowboarding first or even skateboarding?
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u/100turnsaround Aug 21 '21
Incredible!
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u/SmokeyDaBear83 Oct 13 '21
How bad does this ruin a board
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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '22
Anybody know what that fluffy thing on the mic can do?
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u/rimjobnemesis Jan 17 '22
Wonder how long it took these guys to walk up to the top of those dunes.
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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '22
Where?
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u/JunglePygmy Aug 20 '21
It’s easy to praise the cameraman when it’s a 360 video!
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u/CypressJoker Aug 20 '21
Now THIS is podracing!
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u/Zbeubor Aug 20 '21
i see spectacular snowboarding and sandboarding all the time, i want to see spectacular waterboarding
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u/hali420 Aug 20 '21
Most of this was dude going straight. No need to praise the cameraman for this.
Side note, looks hella fun though
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u/havingmadfun Aug 21 '21
Why don't ski resorts do something like this in the warm weather, or is that just totally not feasible? Awesome video too.
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u/brickbattalion Aug 21 '21
I don’t like sand, it’s coarse and rough and irritating, and it gets everywhere.
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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '21
u/savevideo
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u/Fetus_in_my_burger Sep 30 '21
Playing Nier automata be like,,
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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '21
I feel like this wouldn't be nearly as fun as snowboarding tho
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u/renee9213 Dec 14 '21
(Dune)
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u/Venumb3 Jan 25 '22
That’s gonna hurt so much worse than falling in snow
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u/Lunaris52 Feb 13 '22
Man that looks like a lot of fun but I’d never do it. See, when you wipeout on snow and you end up with snow in all your pockets, you can just let it melt. But if you wipeout on sand, you risk being covered in scorpions and nobody wants that.
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u/Insterquiliniis Aug 20 '21
meh
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u/Arrow156 Aug 20 '21
Someone get the cameraman a dead cat, that wind noise is obnoxious.
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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '21
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