Love the thrill of downhill sports? Lose your woolly socks and thermal fleece and get ready for sandboarding—arguably the coolest new way to have fun on a beach or desert getaway. Kids have long been ...

Living the dream as a skier, mountain biker, and fly-fisher in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Kelly Bastone contributes to our women’s gear column, The XX Factor. In the past 15 years, destinations with ...

A child's bucket of sand is one sure sign of summer. But to REALLY experience sand, you have to "let it slide." Barry Petersen leads the way: At first glance you might think these sand dunes belong to ...

Standing on a board in the desert, contemplating my descent into dangerous terrain, I felt like Luke Skywalker hovering over the Sarlacc in “Return of the Jedi.” While there was no gaping mouth with ...

FLORENCE, Ore. — On the central Oregon coast, sand is about more than beaches: It’s about skidding, sliding, sledding and slogging down the slopes of giant dunes. Stretches of the Oregon Dunes ...