Sandboarding and Sand Sledding at Great Sand Dunes

Learn to use the right gear and techniques in this fun 90-second video set to surfer music!
Scene descriptions:
- A girl sleds down a dune
- A boy sandboards down a dune
- A panorama of dunes and mountains
- Title: 'The Right Gear'
- Caption: 'Rent sand sleds at local retailers' as a boy and girl carry a sandboard and sand sled up the dunes
- Caption: 'Sand Sled: handles for sitting' and 'Sandboard: Foot Straps for Standing', as the boy and girl hold a sand sled and sandboard at the top of a dune
- Caption: 'Snow sleds don't slide on dry sand' as a young girl tries to make a snow sled go, but it doesn't slide
- Caption: 'Sand Sledding'
- Caption: 'Never slide face first' as a boy slides down face first, getting sand in his face
- Caption: 'Sit upright on sand sled' as a girl demonstrates
- Caption: 'Lean back slightly' as a boy demonstrates
- Caption: 'Use wax for a faster ride' as a girl sleds down quickly
- Caption: 'Sandboarding'
- Caption: 'Good balance is needed to sandboard' as a boy demonstrates sandboarding while balancing with his arms
- Caption: 'Wear only socks in footstraps' as a girl sandboards down
- Caption: 'Avoid fragile dunes plants; protect the Great Sand Dunes ecoysystem', showing a plant growing in sand
- Caption: '...and have fun!' as a girl sandboards down successfully
Videography: NPS/Patrick Myers

[@eissaa.f7779]

Searching youtube for sledding videos:
1st video: a guy get yeeted to the air, slams hard and gets a concussion.
2nd video: 2 kids just enjoying their time looking like some cereals commercial

[@BeanCruisers]

It is doable.

[@ChinaChuck]

Visited the Great Sand Dunes on May 24, 2022 and they were completely covered in snow. Sandboard rentals were not available as the shop owners said the moisture would warp the boards. We tried using cardboard but even on steep slopes the kids couldn't go more than 10-12 feet before a wall of snow and ice stopped them. Someone blessed us with a cheap, clear, thin plastic poncho which the kids put on, then slid down on their backs. It was great fun and my wife screamed all of the way to the bottom!

[@BeanCruisers]

Did you ever make it?

[@forcesightknight]

There was a dune behind the barracks on 29 palms, kinda back by the bowling alley. I would charge to the top with a board, then ride to the bottom. Great workout, as long as to much sand doesn't cover the board, it's not snow after all.

[@dididiihas]

*too
lol

[@forcesightknight]

@@dididiihas I blame auto correct, not my own stupidity. I am just a ignorant jarhead after all.

[@HunterLvyiXIII]

Brother I'm in the same place working on that situation right now. Looks like fun, can't wait to do it!

[@BeanCruisers]

Interesting.

[@Ethanstevelawson]

How much Is it to make 1

[@thepretzel2]

How much does it cost to buy or rent a sandboard there?

[@carteremmonds5625]

20.00$ plus you get wax

[@BeanCruisers]

🙂This is how you surf the great sand dunes: th-cam.com/video/Bbb4QE_ws0s/w-d-xo.html

[@farmer9180]

$20.00

[@Shacorndog]

thanks Terry

[@GigiHabibi]

Great visuals…but the music..ouch!

[@BeanCruisers]

You don't like the tunes?