Cancer victim, avid boarder hits the dune for new rage.Byline: Winston Ross The Register-Guard FLORENCE - "If you have anything you don't want sand in," Josh Tenge Josh Tenge is a professional sandboarder who has won four world championships and five national titles. Tenge has set three Guinness World Records, including one for the longest backflip by distance at 44 feet, 10 inches. External links
Tenge ten·ge n. pl. tenge See Table at currency. [Kazakh and Turkmen; akin to Sanskrit  a was halfway through a brief introduction to sandboarding Sandboarding is a recreational activity similar to snowboarding that takes place on sand dunes rather than snow-covered hills. For some, it involves riding across or down a dune while standing with both feet strapped to a board, while others use a board with no bindings. at
Florence's Sand Master Park, the world's first sandboarding
park and one of the few places in the United States where it's
possible to ride a Formica-laminated board down a sand dune.
Which explains why 16-year-old Kelsey Roble and her family took their first trip to Oregon on Monday. The Wausau, Wis., native was diagnosed last year with Hodgkins lymphoma and underwent nine months of chemotherapy and 29 days of radiation. Her trip to Oregon was courtesy of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, based in Phoenix, Ariz., which grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions. Roble, whose cancer has been in remission for the past four months, chose sandboarding as her wish after watching it on MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. , she said. Kiteboarding Kiteboarding may refer to several sports that use a kite for propulsion while riding a board, including:
Roble was about to join that elite group, but not before a lesson from Tenge, a professional sandboarder who holds the Guinness world record for the longest backflip back·flip intr.v. back·flipped, back·flip·ping, back·flips To perform a backward somersault, especially in the air. n. A backward somersault. on a sandboard - 44 feet, 10 inches. Although it's rooted in surfing, the same way snowboarding and skateboarding are, sandboarding is easy to learn, Tenge said, because you don't go as fast. Point your arm and shoulder where you want to go and your hips and board will soon follow, he said. Kelsey Roble went first, gliding straight down a short hill at the park without any indication that she was having a tough time. In fact, the avid snowboarder and wakeboarder made it look easy. "Great!" Tenge said as Roble reached the bottom, with her family members quickly following suit. "It's fun," Roble said, but added, "You have to watch where your weight is." Roble and her family have toured the Heceta Head Lighthouse and Sea Lion Caves Sea Lion Caves is a tourist attraction on the Oregon Coast 11 miles north of Florence, Oregon, United States. It is home to the only year-round colony of Steller's Sea Lions in North America. since arriving in Oregon on Saturday. They plan to kayak along the Siltcoos River trail. For more information on the Make-A-Wish Foundation, visit www.wish.org. |
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