Sandboarding / Sand surfing across the world.
Bolivia is one of the greenest countries and tropical heavens of South America, but it still makes for a great sandboarding destination. Even though it does not have any real desert, the Lomas de Arena ("sand hills") near Santa Cruz are a very popular tourist destination where this activity can…
From July 07 to 10, the emblematic event of the city of Hirschau Germany, the sandboarding competition SANDSPIRIT will be held. Its location is the Monte Kaolino vacation center, a place with an artificial dune with more than 50 years of history, where the first skiers tested their skis to…
Planning to take your desert dirt bike out to the dunes? Make sure you wear proper eye protection against sandstorms and dust. The best goggles for desert are dust proof and have UV400 dark colored lenses, protecting you from both dangerous UV rays and from extreme weather conditions - particularly…
Guetamala is a lesser known destination for volcano boarding in Central America. The slopes of Pacaya volcano have in fact only become suitable for sandboarding following recent eruptions, the last of which was reported in 2021. Today there are plenty of hiking tours that will take you on top of…
Famous for its unique vegetation and wildlife, much of which cannot be found anywhere else in the planet, Socotra Island is a unique place on Earth, known as the pearl of Yemen and of the entire Arabian region. Ras Erissel, the eastern cape of the island, is also home to milky…
Oman is an authentic and wonderful country full of interesting places to visit, and sandboarding can be practiced on the magical dunes of the Omani desert. The area known as Wahiba Sands or Sharqiya Sands, located in the Eastern Sand Desert, is like an ocean of regular dunes that seem…
If you are wondering whether there are any sandboarding spots in CDMX, the answer is yes! Within the enormous metropolitan area of the city you can find a slope of volcanic origin, called "El Arenal", in the town of San Andrés Totoltepec, where you can slide down with your board.…
There are many spots for sandboarding in California's Mojave desert as well as on Southern California's beach dunes. If you want to find the best sand surfing rides head to Death Valley National Park, America's second largest national park, where you can find many incredible different types of dunes. Sandboarding,…
There is a little-known side effect of spending time under the hot desert sun: it can sunburn your eyes. Yes, quite literally. People who live in the desert often experience this phenomenon known as "photokeratitis", which is a gradual and long-term damage of the cornea of your eyes. This is…
There are many sandboarding locations in Western Australia. The sand dunes near Lancelin are probably the most popular, but there are many other spots across the region, on desert and coastal dunes near Perth, the Turqouise Coast near Green Head and Jurien Bay, and on the coast east of Albany.…
