Riding the dunes. (Photo).What to do when snowboardinq season ends? You can always try 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. , like this rider catching air on a dune dune, mound or ridge of wind-blown sand formed in arid regions and along coasts. Dunes are common in most of the great deserts of the world. Often a dune begins to form because material is deposited by the wind as it encounters a bush, a rock, or other obstacle to in Namibia's Namib Desert Namib Desert Desert region, extending 1,200 mi (1,900 km) from Namibe, Angola, along the entire coast of Namibia to the Olifants River in South Africa. It is an almost rainless area, 50–80 mi (80–130 km) wide over most of its length, traversed by rail lines . The sport has distinct advantages: There's always sand, there are no trees to ram, and it's warm enough to wear shorts. Sand's up, dude! |
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