1 - I-Basics of Sandboarding
Uma i-sandboarding ibukeka njenge-eerily efana ne-snowboarding, kungenxa yokuthi ikhona. Umqondo ucishe ufanane-ubophe ibhodi ezinyaweni zakho uphinde ugibele phansi entabeni yesihlabathi kusiqeshana esisheshayo, uqondise umzimba wakho futhi uguqule isisindo sakho kusuka emlenzeni kuze kube isithende ukuze uhambe ezintabeni njengoba wenza indlela yakho ezansi.
Uma, Nokho, ucabanga ukuthi ungakwazi ukuvula ibhola lakho leqhwa esikhwameni sezinyanga zasehlobo, uzobe ungalungile. Ama-sandboards aklanyelwe ngqo isanti, futhi amabhodi e-snow ngeke asinqume. Izindawo eziningi ze-dune zinezitolo eziseduze eziqashisayo noma zithengisa ama-sandwich kumalungu athakazelisayo. Laba abathengisi bangakusiza ukuthi uthole ibhodi elungile lokuphakama kwakho, isisindo, kanye nokuhamba okuthandayo.
Njengengqayizivele ye-snow-sport, i-sandboarding ithatha umkhuba. Kudinga ukulinganisela , ukusebenzisana, kanye namandla okulawula ibhodi, futhi ungase uzithole uchitha isikhathi esilinganiselwe esihlabathini esilinganisweni sakho sokuqala ezimbalwa. Ngenhlanhla, ukugibela esihlabathini kunomsebenzi osheshayo ngenxa yokuqhuma okukhulu kwesihlabathi, ngakho kulula ukumbamba kuneqhwa, futhi ukuqhuma ukuqhuma kwenzeka ngokusheshisa.
Enye into okufanele uyikhumbule ukuthi inqwaba yezintabeni ezingasinikeli izikebhe ze-ski ukuze kusize abagibeli bakhuphuke futhi behla emithambekeni enesihlabathi. Ngemuva kokugibela phansi kwezingunqamu, kufanele uphinde ukhuphuke phezulu ukuze uyenze futhi-ngenkathi uphatha ibhodi lakho nawe. Lokhu kumnandi kakhulu, kodwa kuphefumula futhi kungakhathazeki, ikakhulukazi ezinsukwini ezishisayo noma ezinomoya.
Kukhona izindawo eziningi zokuzama ukuhlola isitifiketi, kepha ukuze uthole isipiliyoni esihle kakhulu, hlola kwenye yePhakheji kaZwelonke elandelayo efaka izixuku zehlabathi futhi namathuba okugibela.
2 - Izintabeni ezinkulu zeSand
I-Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve eseColorado inezinye zezintambo ezingavamile kakhulu emhlabeni. I-Sandboarding ne-sandsledding zivunyelwe kuzo zonke izindawo ezingekho zezitshalo zepaki, kangangokuthi iNational Park Service ihlanganisa ividiyo emfushane efaka ezemidlalo kanye nokunikeza amathiphu okuqala.
Ngenkathi ukugibela kungamangalisa, kungcono ukuhamba ekuseni noma kusenele emini, ikakhulukazi ngezikhathi ezishisayo zonyaka. Kungenzeka ukuthi isihlabathi sifinyelele kuma-degree angu-150 F, esingenza umngcele we-sandboard ungenakubekezelela. Uma kwenzeka kwenzeke ukushaya emithambekeni ngosuku olushisa kakhulu, gqoka ngokufanele ngokumboza izinto ezincane, ezinokuphefumula ezizosiza ukuvikela isikhumba sakho uma uwela esihlabathini esishisayo, ungakhohlwa izibuko zakho zokukhanya. Ngesikhathi isihlabathi singabonakali njengeqhwa, uzobe usabhekene ne-glare eyengeziwe evela elangeni.
Uma ungenayo ibhodi lakho siqu, ungakwazi ukuqasha eyodwa epakini.
3 - Valley Valley
I-Death Valley National Park igxila emngceleni waseCalifornia / Nevada futhi ineziqu eziphawulekayo zendawo "ehamba phambili kunazo zonke, ehamba phambili, ephansi kunazo zonke" e-United States. Cishe amaphesenti angu-1 ale paki enkulu ihlanganisa iziduna zesihlabathi, futhi i-sandboarding ivunyelwe engxenyeni encane kakhulu. Eqinisweni, kuvunyelwe kuphela kwizingqimba zeMesquite Flat - yizona zingqimba ezaziwa kakhulu futhi ezivakashelwe kakhulu epaki, eziseduze neStovepipe Wells eCalifornia. Isihlabathi sithatha kuphela ukuphakama kwamamitha angu-100, okusho ukugibela okufushane, kodwa kulula ukukhuphuka ngemuva kokushaya phansi.
4 - ama-Sands omhlophe
Isikhumbuzo se-White Sands National, esiseNew Mexico, sifana nomzala omncane we-Great Sand Dunes. I-sands emhlophe (impela imhlophe ngempela) inhle ukubona, futhi izintunduma ze-arcing zimboza amamayela angu-275 square.
I-Sledding ikhuthazwa ngentshiseko ezintabeni, kanti i-White Sands inikeza imihlahlandlela yokuphepha ebaluleke kakhulu izingane ukuba zilandele, njengoba zikwazi ukulimala kakhulu. Kodwa-ke, i-Sandboarding ayibhekiswanga kuwebhusayithi ye-White Sands. Kungumqondo omuhle ukugibela ezindaweni ezingahambisani nezinye izivakashi zepaki, futhi ezingabonakali izimila eziningi ze-dune. Bheka amagquma aphela nge-nice, soft slope kanye nesihlabathi esivulekile, kunokuba ihlanganiswe noma izindawo ezinzima.