Sandboarding Down The Oregon Dunes | Oregon Field Guide

Meet the sandboarders of the Oregon Dunes in this classic Oregon Field Guide segment from 2006. The dunes can reach over 200 feet - perfect for boarders.
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[@Arthur-Silva]

We don’t have snow in Brazil but we’ve been sandboarding in Joaquina Beach for decades.

[@ryanholleran7013]

I love this

[@anamariaaraque7818]

Sooo cool
I want to do it

[@MattCookOregon]

Nice dude. 2006? You guys need new videos? I got you

[@thadlogan51]

I used to do this a lot with my snowboard way back about 36 years ago...in little Sahara UT dunes and San Felipe MX dunes... but pulled behind an ATC. The problem was the petex slowed me way down... so I couldn't go fast without being towed. Where do you buy a board without the petex on the bottom?

[@anzaeria]

What you need is a sandboard rather than a snowboard. Some people buy sandboards and others make their own out of plywood. If you make your own, you can take your board to a business that laminates furniture. They will apply laminex / formica to the base so that it's super smooth. But before doing that, you'd need to do the drilling for the foot straps or bindings. And before the drilling, you'd need to get that curve in the tail and the nose. To make the curve, buy three thin sheets of plywood (about 3 ply each) and glue them together with epoxy resin (the first two and then add the third a few days later) while the back and front of the wood is raised by at least two inches (some clamps will come in handy here for the flat section of the board.) Though make sure you have blocks or wood and newspaper under the clamps so you don't get holes in the plywood. When the glue dries, you'll have those curves in the nose and tail. Then it's time to cut the shape of the board (and you can incorporate a sidecut like on a snowboard.)
Oh another tip - before riding down a dune, you can apply some candle wax / bees wax to the base of the sandboard for extra speed. This is most effective on a warm, sunny day. Apparently, the warm sand melts the wax and that produces some acceleration. Though it does wear off so typically, you'd need to reapply the wax after every single ride (especially on a big sand hill.)

[@thadlogan51]

@@anzaeria awesome... thanks so much for the great info!

[@quincee3376]

Neat. I wonder where the highest ( longest) hill in the world is for Sandboarding .

[@leraco4877]

Peru

[@AndrewUnruh]

It goes back at least as far as 1980 at Montana De Oro in Cali.

[@imthegrk]

69th like. Shred the gnar.