# Sand Boarding **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 25, 2001, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sand-boarding/63207 "2001-04-25T00:00:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Podalack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@Podalack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podalack)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2001, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sand-boarding/63207/1 "2001-04-25T00:00:09Z")
I want to take a snerfer (a prehistoric snowboard) and go down the Great National Sand Dunes. I tried it before, and it didn’t work very well. Any suggestions on what to wax the board with so it will slide on sand? ---
**Author:** ![upperdeckfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/65b543/32.png) [@upperdeckfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/upperdeckfan)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2001, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sand-boarding/63207/2 "2001-04-25T00:56:34Z")
If I recall correctly, a snerfer board is made of wood, is very narrow, and about an inch thick. Another dis-advantage is that I think the snerfer has a concave bottom like this: V , rather than a reverse concave. Back in the late 70’s I remember reading that the innovators of sand surfing used a teflon coating. Plus, the boards were custom designed at the start, and more closely resembled a very light weight snowboard. I highly recommend full padding. A fall at a good speed will be a lot like body surfing on sand paper. ---
**Author:** ![upperdeckfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/65b543/32.png) [@upperdeckfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/upperdeckfan)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2001, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sand-boarding/63207/3 "2001-04-25T01:37:14Z")
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