Sand skiing
Sand Skiing (including sand skiing or sand-skiing ; in German and sand skiing ) is an extreme sport similar to skiing but found on sand instead.
This board sport has a growing following around the world, but is particularly common in desert areas such as Namibia , the United States, and the United Arab Emirates . It is operated in the form of downhill , cross-country skiing and telemark skiing . In Namibia this sport is mainly practiced in a dune area between Swakopmund and Walvis Bay . As it is a national park , the world's highest dunes in Sossusvlei can only be driven with a special permit.
There are international competitions in sand skiing. The international European sand skiing championship has been taking place regularly in Hirschau on Monte Kaolino in Upper Palatinate since 2007 .
On May 31, 2010, Henrik May set the speed record in sand skiing in Namibia with 92.12 km / h and recorded it in the Guinness Book of Records .
Another variant of sand skiing is sand boarding .
Web links
- Sand skiing near Swakopmund
- Sand skiing in Idaho, USA (English)
- Homepage of the Sand Ski European Championship 2015 in Hirschau accessed on July 18, 2015
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://sandski-em.de Homepage of the sand skiing European championship 2015
- ↑ World record in hot desert sand, Ski Namibia, June 6, 2010
- ↑ Certificate received - Henrik May in the Guinness Book of Records, Allgemeine Zeitung, November 18, 2010
- ↑ Guinness World Records, Fastest sand skiing, May 31, 2010. Retrieved March 25, 2014