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The Great Erg Issouane N'Tifermine Desert - Ohanet - ( part of Sahara) in the eastern part of Algeria. About 3 miles(5km) long and 1500ft (450m) high. Rub al-Khali The Empty Quarter Khamis Mushayt ( 60 meter runs ) Bolson de Fiambala - Tinogasta - Catamarca Province Centro Minero - Las Grutas - Rio Negro - Good sandboarding dunes on long beautiful beaches. Isla Escondida - Rawson Monte Hermoso - Bahia Blanca - Buenos Aires Penninsula Valdez Puerto Piramides - Chubut South Australia Coorong The Dust Hole - Adelaide / Large dunes stretching about 5km along the coast between the surf beaches of Lizards and Daily Heads. Including dunes with both singing and booming sand. There is one very long run at the Daily Heads end. Hardwick Bay Sand Dune - Adelaide Lake Eyre South - Adelaide - (this sandhill, located close to the ancient temporary lake, has smooth, clean white sand perfect for riding a sandboard. The top of the sandhill is slightly rounded and increases in steepeness further down. Watch our for the thorn bushes at the very bottom.) Little Sahara - Kangaroo Island Mount Monster - Adelaide - (located at 16 mile crossing the coorong need a good map to find it unless you spot the 700 metre plus long dune pretty hard to miss. Then head to the right facing the ocean, approx 25 metres of vetical rock hard sand followed by 500m or more of suicidal dowhhill with plenty of tree stumps at speed`s to make most people bail.) Norlunga Beach - Point Norlunga - Adelaide Southport Beach Salt Creek - Adelaide - (along the coorong, at salt creek enter national park and cross at tea tree crossing and over to the left is one excellent dune.) Waipinga Beach Watson's Beach - Adelaide - (Minlaton, Yorke Peninsula. One very large dune stretching around in a crescent with radius aprox. 100m. Mostly free of vegetation. Lots of variation in gradient of slopes and length. Runs down the back side of the crescent as well.) Queensland
New South Wales
Victoria
Western Australia
Robe
Tasmania
OOstduinkerke - Veurne - biggest dunes in all belgium, high grass and sand on the spot. De Haan - Ostende - ( Dunes about 150 feet high with a little grass but not much. On the west side of the village you will find a sort of natural reserve. Grass jumps make it fun. Las Lomas de Arena - Santa Cruz de la Sierra - (30 -35 meters high) click here for map Bahia: 
* Hawaii Dune-Alamedas Beach - Itapua - Salvador * Imbui Dune - Imbui - Salvador * Ipitanga Beach - Ipitanga - Salvador * Jaua - Salvador * Devil - Jaua * Bowl - Guarajuba * Costa Azul - Salvador * Petromar - Stella Maris - Salvador * Mangue Seco * Coca Colas´ Lake - Belem * Curitiba - PR - Sao Jose dos Pinhais Ceara:
* Jericoacoara Beach - Rentals available on beautiful sand! CLICK HERE to see the dunes! * Atalaia's Beach - Salinopolis - North Para CLICK HERE to see the dunes! * Sabiaguaba - Fortaleza - (many big dunes and natural jumps) Rio Grand do Norte:
* Buzios - Natal * Cotovelo Beach - Natal * Dunas de Genipabu - Recife or Fortaleza Natal * Morro do Careca - Natal Rio Grand do Sud:
* Imbe Beach * Rondinha - Torres Santa Catarina:
* Arimeia (at Armacao do Santinho) - Florianopolis * Cidreira Beach - sud Brazil * Dama Branca Park - Cabo Frio - Rio de Janeiro - ( 5km square close to Forte Sao Matheus beach with small and medium dunes - nice visitor center all are very welcome) * Dunas da Joaquina - Florianopolis * Garopaba * Guardo do Embau - Pinheira - (Joaquina beach - beautifull location - major slope on a tiny beach on the left side of the Guarda river) * Itapeva - Torres * Itapiruba - Imbituba - Timbe Lake CLICK HERE to see the dunes! * Praia Grande em Sao - Francisco do Sul DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
* Bettystown - Dublin - (15m high grassy and rough sand - secluded sand pit about 25m high and 75m wide with better sand) * Donegal County - NorthWest - ( Situated along the Atlantic Coast ) * Port Stewart - North Coast - ( good dunes ) * White Rocks Beach - Portrush * Tramore Sand Dunes - Waterford * Ori's Dunes - Ashdod ( not very tall but steep enough ) * Salorno * Porto Pino Dunes Santa Anna Arresi - Sardinia * Stromboli Volcano Lipari Islands * Chiba * Fugiyama * Fukuoka * Hamamatsu * Onjuku * Shimoda * Sunayama Beach - Miyako Island * Tottori Sand Dunes - Tottori * Gabr Oun Oasis - Sebha ( beautiful oasis surrounded by dunes which can exceed 200m in height ) * Ghadamis - Ghademis (oasis city surrounded by dunes ) * Chinguetti * Mauritania Dune Field * Nouckchott - (pritine dunes where the Sahara meets the Atlantic) Baja California:
* Dunas Algodones - Algodones - (close to Yuma Arizona - offroad ok) * Cantamar - Rosarito (just south of Rosarito - on the beach) * Carretera a Ensenada - Rosarito (beach dunes south of Rosarito) * Centinela - Mexicali - (desert dunes with steep side and natural jumps) * Dunas Cuervos - Cuervos * Duna Reyna - La Cruz - San Luis Rio Colorado (talleset in the system) * Rocky Point - (beach dunes) * San Felipe - San Felipe - (beach dunes offroad allowed) * La Jococa - (medium size dunes) Chihuahua:
* Samalayuca Sand Dunes - Cuidad Juarez - (huge desert dunes 45-60 min from El Paso Tx - 35 min south of Juarez Mexico) Coahuila:
* Cuatrocienegas - Saltillo - (huge desert dunes) * Dunas de Bilbao - Torreon Sonora:
* El Golfo de Santa Clara - San Luis (big dunes) * La Cruz - San Luis Rio Colorado (big dunes 1 hour from San Luis) * San Nicolas * Los Arenales - Cuatrocienegas Veracruz:
* Chachalacas - Mexico City (modest beach dunes) Gobi Desert:
* Khongor Dunes * Moltsog Els Sand Dunes * Morocco * Dune 3 * Dune 7 - Walvis Bay - Erongo * Kalahari Desert * Matterhorn - Swakopmund * Sandwich Harbor * Skeleton Coast Sand Dunes * Swakopmund Dunes * Sossusvlei Sand Dunes - Rehoboth - ( nearest village is Maltahohe - 1,000 foot dunes. Camping facilities with showers.) * Dutch Coastal Dunes * The Papenberg - Castricum * Schier Islands * Klimduin - Alkmaar - Den Helder - Noord-Holland (three 100 m.dune faces - 20 degrees - tourist area with beach resort) * Cape Reinga - North Land * Ocean's Beach - Whangarei - North Island * Herbertville - Palmerston North - ( A Moderate to extremely steep dune (45 degree). White sand, bit soft tinged with vegetation. 300 meter long run though and about 100-200 meters high right on the beach along the east coast of the North Island.) * Mangawhai - ( 2 dunes - 30 m high with a 45-50degrees angle with lots of natural jumps from the (pingau) grass one big dune - 50-60 m with an angle of about45-50 degrees. ) * Smails Beach - Dunedin - ( Some really steep dunes for draging and natural jumps formed by vegetation ) * Sandfly Bay - Dunedin - (2 areas, either sides of beach north end, 2km long slope with natural jumps and drop offs roughly 20 degree slopSandfly bay is made up of two halves, south end there is heape of natural jumps, but is a steeper smaller hill while over the north side there is a great long hill for racing and above that a few drop offs and some more natural jumps) * Tangimoana - Palmerston North - ( Small dunes about 5 metres high with the longest run about 10-20 metres a short 30 KM drive outa town. A few drop offs which aren't good on a long board. Good fishing there too.) * Cerro Negro * Bousher Dunes - Muscat * Wahiba Sands - Sifah * Makran Coast Sand Dunes North Duna Sandta - Trujillo - 23 kilometers El Filo de La Navaja - Casma Trujillo Sand Dunes - Trujillo (400 ft) Central El Sitio - La Molina -Lima (500 ft) Lomo de Corvina - Lima (600 ft) Pasamayo - Lima (1000 ft) Sarapampa - Lima (200 ft) South Cerro Blanco - Nazca (2,078 m) - Mountain of fine white sand. Extremely tall! Paracas - Ica (150 ft) Duna Santiaguillo (323 m) Saraja - Ica (500 ft) Huacachina Oasis - Ica (800 ft) Dr.Dune rates Huacachina in the top ten locations. Paradise Dune - Ica - Paradise Park in Ica City. Hotel Las Dunas - Ica (300 ft) Ica Dunes - Ica Leba - Leba Slowinski National Park - Bohaterow Warszawy (45-55 m tall) Bajura Caban Camaceyes Camuy Hallows Beach Middles - Isabela North Shore Plage Mar Chiquita - Manati Playa Jobos - Isabela Tunel de Guajataca - Quebradillas Arniston Atlantis Dunes Aston Bay - Jeffreys Bay Betty's Bay - Capetown - ( take the Hangklip turnoff ) Bonza Bay - East London - ( Entering Bonza Bay Beach you turn right and then walk to the second dune, thats it. It is a big bowl with no vegetation, about 100 meters high and quite steep.) Fish Hoek Dunes - Cape Town Greatbrak Dunes - George - ( Has a couple good ramping dunes. Very good for beginners.) Hout Bay Klein Krantz Kommetjie Lambertsbay Dunes Maitlands - Port Elizabeth - ( Coastal dunes. Long slopes and a natural bowl with a steep side perfect for racing at the mouth of the river.) Mount Mayhem - Benoni - Gauteng - ( Mine dump 500ft with natural jumps, quite long runs and fun. There is a parking area. No off road allowed.) Sedgfield Dunes - Sedgfield - ( Has a couple good ramping dunes, but one main VERY good dune ( 20 min.hike up). Good racing dune.) Shade - East London - ( Entering Bonza Bay Beach turn left and walk about half an hour until you see the sand dune"Shade" it is really shady and steep. Not many people know about it. It is really big and there is enough space to build a lot of ramps.) Silverstromstrand West Coast Restricted Diamond Area Witsand Canary Islands Dunes - Canary Islands Elda Dunes - Elda Tarifa`s Dune - Southern Spain Kenting Tunisia Dunes
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
UNITED KINGDOM Holywell Bay - Newquay - Cornwall - ( 3 huge dunes offerring steep long fast rides, drop offs, fly offs, lethal wall of sand quaterpipe, enough room to build up ramps. All this only a few miles from Newquay.) Porthdinllaen Dunes - Bangor - (small sand/clay cliff drop offs on beach, one long run with a big drop off.) Rhosnigor Dunes - Abberfraw - Anglesey Braunton Burrows - Barnstaple - North Devon - (Range of small drop offs, mogules and a bowl of hard packed sand. Highest Dunes in the UK)
UNITED STATES
Kobuk Sand Dunes - Kobuk Valley National Park - Ambler Artic County Arizona:
Ehrenberg Sandbowl - Ehrenberg Hot Well Dunes - Safford Parker Sand Dunes - Parker Yuma Sand Dunes - Yuma California:
Buttercup - Glamis - ( South of Glamis, past Gordon's Well (freeway hill), across Hwy.8, smaller dunes and less people.) Carmel Beach - Carmel - ( Small dune but beautiful location. the sand is so good that the boards run on gentle slopes.) Death Valley National Park - Stovepipe Wells - ( Small Dunes. No offroad. ) Dillon Beach - Bodega Bay - ( Good run located in an RV park" ) Dumont Dunes - Baker - ( 455ft. Home of the "World Back Flip Record" ) Eureka Sand Dunes - Death Valley National Monument - (680+ ft.) Gordon's Well - Glamis Guadalupe Dunes - Guadalupe Ibex Dunes - Saratoga Springs Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area - Glamis Indian Rocks - Lake Los Angeles - ( private dune bank for films ) Kelso Sand Dunes - Baker - ( 600ft. - no offroad - pink feldspar ) Marina State Beach Marina - ( very limited area but extreme runs! ) Montana de Oro State Park - Los Osos - ( now closed to sandboarding ) Fort Ord - Seaside - ( small dunes, 40-50 ft.) White Water - Palm Springs Manilla Dunes - Grassland Community - Arcata/Eureka ( Very small - no offroad ) Panamint Dunes - Panamint Valley Pismo Beach Dunes - Pismo Beach / San Luis Obispo Point Mugu Sand Bank - Pacific Coast Hwy. - Pt. Mugu Pudding Creek - Fort Bragg ( small dune at the creek's mouth & the Pacific Ocean + parking ) Rice Valley Dunes - Death Valley Saline Valley Dunes - Death Valley Salmon Creek - Bodega Bay ( small coastal dune on Sonoma State Beach ) Ten Mile Beach Dunes - Cleone ( small to medium size with nice sand ) The Pit - Sand City ( Easy access - huge bowl right on the beach. ) Superstition OHV Park - El Centro - (The Sand Dam / 409. Steep runs and jumps.) Tomales Bay Colorado:
Florida:
National Seashore - Pensacola - 150 ft.(A barrier island in the panhandle. Relatively flat with a steady grade to a 110 ft. face on 1 killer dune about a mile long. The drop sends you into Pensacola Bay. Hike through protected wilderness. Sugarhill Sand Dunes - Jensen Beach Hawaii:
Barking Sands - Nohili Point - Kauai Honu Point - Kauai Ka Lae Okaiwa - Kauai Kokole Point - Kauai - (kite sandboarding) Puu Poa Marsh - Kauai Waikoko Beach - Kauai Wainiha Bay - Kauai Idaho:
Bruneau Sand Dunes St.Anthony Sand Dunes - Rexburg - (400ft) sandboard rentals Indiana:
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore & State Park - Chesterton / Porter (NS) Mt. Baldy - Michigan City (NS) Massachusetts:
Cape Cod - Coastal Dunes Cranes Beach - Ipswitch Michigan:
Little Sable Light Station - Mears - Dune banks & trails. Mt. Bald Head - Saugatuk Laketown Saugatuk Dunes - Saugatuk Laketown Silver Lake Dunes - Mears - State Park Sleeping Bear - Empire (NS) Warren Dunes - Bridgman / Sawyer - State Park Nebraska:
Nebraska SandHills New Jersey :
New Jersey Sand Dunes Nevada:
Amargosa (400 ft) - Beatty Sand Mountain (600 ft) - Fallon New Mexico:
White Sands National Monument - Alamagordo New York:
Long Island - very small dunes. North Carolina:
Jockey's Ridge State Park - Outer Banks - Nags Head ( Best sandboarding on the east coast. Good sand for sandboading - very small dunes. A permit is required but is free. ) Oklahoma:
Little Sahara Sand Dunes - Waynoka Oregon:
Barview - Northern Oregon Bayshore - Waldport ( 80 ft. chutes with jumps & beach runs ) Cape Kiwanda - Pacific City ( Huge 500' sand island right on the beach ) Honeyman State Park - Florence ( 250' with chutes and water runs ) Horsfall Camp Grounds - North Bend ( 200 ft. offroad allowed. Great camping on the 101 Hwy ) Lost Forrest - Central Oregon ( 100ft. tall dune field - offroad allowed ) Manzanita - Northern Oregon Nehalem Bay - Northern Oregon Oceanside - Northern Oregon Oregon Dunes Recreation Area ( 300ft. Coos Bay to Florence ) Sand Master Park - Florence ( World's first sandboard park! ) South Jetty - Florence ( lots of natural jumps & beach runs ) Spinreel Hill - Lakeside ( on hwy.101 5 miles south of Winchester Bay ) Winchester Bay - Reedsport ( 'Sand Fest' is held each August - Many dunes various terrain. Off road allowed ) Rhode Island:
Burrivle - Providence Coventry Sand Dunes - Mishnok Lake - Coventry( Large area with many dunes. Vehicles are prohibited. ) Texas:
Monahans Sandhills State Park - Monahan Utah:
Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park - Kanab Little Sahara Sand Dunes Recreation Area - Delta Vermont:
Range Road - Jerico - ( Old military sand quarry. Steep dunes left.) Virginia:
Virginia Beach ( small dune made of coarse sand and shell fragments ) Washington:
Beverly Dunes - Beverly Moses Lake Dunes - Moses Lake Wyoming:
Killpecker Sand Dunes - Rock Springs - (200 ft.) Canelones Bajada 6 - Montevideo - (saliendo de montevideo - tiene buenos lugares, cortos pero) Shangrila El Pinar Las Vegas - Parque del Plata ( Rampas cortas pero muy buenas para tricks ) Parque del Plate Solymar Punta Del Este - Chiguagua Beach Maldonado
Rocha
Coro Dunes Pico Pan de Azucar Piedras Blancas Mui Ne - Phan Thiet ( fairly small white sand and red sand dunes ) Kikuik Ly Nhon Thon Tam Ky Thon My Thuy Marib Province - 105 miles east of Sanaa
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