Learn to use the right gear and techniques in this fun 90-second video set to surfer music!

Scene descriptions:
- A girl sleds down a dune
- A boy sandboards down a dune
- A panorama of dunes and mountains
- Title: 'The Right Gear'
- Caption: 'Rent sand sleds at local retailers' as a boy and girl carry a sandboard and sand sled up the dunes
- Caption: 'Sand Sled: handles for sitting' and 'Sandboard: Foot Straps for Standing', as the boy and girl hold a sand sled and sandboard at the top of a dune
- Caption: 'Snow sleds don't slide on dry sand' as a young girl tries to make a snow sled go, but it doesn't slide
- Caption: 'Sand Sledding'
- Caption: 'Never slide face first' as a boy slides down face first, getting sand in his face
- Caption: 'Sit upright on sand sled' as a girl demonstrates
- Caption: 'Lean back slightly' as a boy demonstrates
- Caption: 'Use wax for a faster ride' as a girl sleds down quickly
- Caption: 'Sandboarding'
- Caption: 'Good balance is needed to sandboard' as a boy demonstrates sandboarding while balancing with his arms
- Caption: 'Wear only socks in footstraps' as a girl sandboards down
- Caption: 'Avoid fragile dunes plants; protect the Great Sand Dunes ecoysystem', showing a plant growing in sand
- Caption: '...and have fun!' as a girl sandboards down successfully

Videography: NPS/Patrick Myers