Sand skiing explained
Sand skiing (occasionally sand-skiing) is a sport and form of skiing in which the skier rides down a sand dune or strides across a beach on skis. It is practised in many sandy areas, including Sossusvlei, Namibia and Peru,[1] along with other boardsports such as sandboarding. Sand skiing equipment includes a pair of skis with a laminate base and wax that needs to be applied to reduce friction from the sand.[2] An International Sandboarding and Sandski Association (InterSands) was founded in 2014 at St. Gallen, Switzerland.[3]
Henrik May, a German living in Namibia for some 10 years, set a Guinness World Record in speed sand-skiing on 6 June 2010. He reached a speed of 92.12 km/h.[4] [5]
Competitions over the years have included:
- International Sand Ski Tournament in Florida held from 1949 to 1951[6]
- Sandblast held in Prince George, British Columbia annually from 1971 to 2003[7]
- World Sand Skiing Championships held at Redondo Beach, CA[8]
- Nevada Sand Mountain GS Championship[9]
- international European championships in sand skiing held regularly on Monte Kaolino since 2007
- Freestyle SandSnow was first held in 2018
In 2018, Fayoum University held a sand skiing event in Fayoum with students from around Egypt joining in on the fun.[10]
History
Skiing on sand has been reported before 1920 in Germany,[11] [12] in 1927 Sahara,[13] on an Asian expedition[14] and throughout the 1930s in
See also
Notes and References
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKkms6hYJQQ Dunes
- Web site: Sand Skiing: The Latest Sand Sport Fad . 30 January 2021 . Sand-boarding.com. English.
- https://intersand.org/en/sandski/sandskiing/ InterSands
- News: Fastest sand skiing. Guinness World Records. 2018-03-26. en-GB.
- Web site: The Namibian. www.namibian.com.na. en. 2018-03-26.
- Brown, Canter Jr. (2005) None Can Have Richer Memories: Polk County, Florida, 1940-2000 University of Tampa Press pg 78
- Petersen, Hanna (2022) "Whatever happened to Prince George’s Sandblast?" Prince George Citizen
- https://books.google.com/books?id=3Ux5lJi9SjcC&pg=PA19 "California never calls it quits"
- Dorworth, Dick (1983) "The Dune Goons" Ski v47 #7:22,24
- News: Abdullah . Michelle . بمشاركة 720 طالبا.. مهرجان للتزحلق على الرمال للجامعات في الفيوم . 11 December 2018 . El Watan News . 8 December 2018 . Arabic.
- Hearst News No 51 (1919) newsreel
- http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/germany-free-state-prussia-berlin-berlin-participants-of-a-skiing-in-picture-id543913007 Ski Lesson
- Blumenfeld, Jeff (2021) "Skiers Will Ski on Anything -- Especially Sand" Skiing History v33 #2:20-22
- https://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/en/item/?type=film&itemid=3657 Med Sven Hedin i Österled (1928)
- https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1931-01-07/ed-1/seq-4/ "Sand Dunes Skiing is Colorado Sport"
- Bradley, Edwin M. (2009) Ski Pilots (1931) The First Hollywood Sound Shorts, 1926-1931 McFarland pg 295
- https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87093008/1932-04-14/ed-1/seq-2/ "French May Use Skis in Sahara Sand Hills"
- https://www.britishpathe.com/video/sand-skiing/ Sand Skiing! Over and Under ‘Down Under’
- https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1934-08-18/ed-1/seq-3/ "Just Can't Wait for Winter"
- Sundberg, Steve website, photo of Sand skiing, Shirahama Beach
- Azallion, Nancy (1968) "Who Said It Couldn't Be Done ..." Skiing v20 #6:36
- Conniff, Cal & Allen, E. John B. (2006) Skiing in Massachusetts Arcadia pg 34
- https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVAAGNNODENUP1QD4JG1YJ8GCTMT-QUIRKY-SKI-JUMPING-ON-SAND-AT-LONG-ISLAND/ Quirky: Ski Jumping On Sand At Long Island
- https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1939-fun-1930s-woman-skiing-sand-2061239884 Woman Skiing Sand
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkGqD-OktvI Grantland Rice Sportlight: Death Valley Thrills
- https://www.britishpathe.com/video/cinetopicalities-in-brief-no-65/query/Cinetopicalities+in+Brief+No+65 Cinetopicalities in Brief No. 65
