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Sandboarding

Climb the ridge, wax the board, slide. Repeat until the sun goes down.

Boards are available at most camps for a few rials. The best slopes are the steep leeward faces of the first mega-ridges, where a run lasts long enough to feel it. Children use plastic sleds; the villagers of Al Hawiyah have been sliding down the dunes behind their houses for generations.