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Sandboarding Comes of Age
Like many, you may consider sandboarding to be the "latest" in board sports. In a sense it is new and still relatively unknown. However, sandboarding is not so "late" as the word might imply. Sources provide evidence of ancient Egyptians sliding down golden dunes of sand on planks of hardened pottery and wood. If this is accurate one begins to view the slopes of the pyramids and consider the possibilities. Rare yet still present B&W photographs of upright sandboarding date even as early as World War II.

Surf's Up
Greatly influenced by the surf board, boards of every sort were soon to follow. The sandboard, like it's cousin the snowboard, made sense to many and found a permanent place in our efforts. Pieces of cardboard, car hoods, snow discs, old surfboards and water skis lent themselves to the quest for another 20 years. Through the 60's sandboarding began to gain momentum through surfers and skateboarders who found that riding the dune was not only challenging but was also great fun. Shaping wooden boards specifically for the sand was a natural and primitive boards were then ridden like a skate or surf board, naturally.

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