Today I went to do some sandboarding and Hanne came along to take some pictures. Around 9h15 a mini-bus from Alter Action, the sandboarding company, picked us up at our apartment and brought us to the dunes. Immediately it became clear to me that we had to walk up the dunes instead of taking a lift or being brought up by a quad. So after we got the gear (normal snowboard and boots), we walked up the dune. What a hassle with snowboard boots! The first run was very smooth and the boarding on the sand feels as snowboarding in fresh deep snow. It is just awesome cruzing down the dune at high speeds. The view on top of the dune is just amazing.
Every time you also have to wax your board with some messy wax because the sand just eats the wax of the board. I did about 6 awesome runs andthe walking up every time makes it really exhausting. At multiple spots at the way up they put water container cause the sand and the sun makes you so thirsty.
Just before the last run we did a slide down the other side of the dune on what they call a ‘lay-down board’. It’s just a flat thin piece of waxed wood. I was the second fastest and reached a crazy speed of 71 km/h.
Around 12h we had lunch and some drinks and after that they brought us back to the apartment where we had a nice shower. The sand was just everywhere! At 6h this evening we are going to watch the video because they filmed everything and you even get the DVD for free.
