Same man. Can not believe I missed this.
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I almost missed this. You should use a single hash at the start of the line to say there is a video.
Video!
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Soft sand is a no go fo a board (too big tires, too much power, too heavyā¦).
Agree that hard wet sand is very fun to ride but you need tide chart/meteo, ā¦ other option is dry lake like Ivanpah but itās not really commonā¦
Btw, where are you located?
Thatās the first time that I will acknowledge that the size of contact patch matters : you need to deflate your tire until itās pressure is lower that ground max resistance (ie when you stand on your board, it doesnāt puncture the gound)ā¦generally around 10/15 psiā¦thatās mean large diameter (9"minimum) wide tire, without too much sculpture (to avoid shearing).
I missed you other post (thanks for your interest in the flex stuff/feel free if you need info about it) and will follow up there (Iāve also interest in foils)
Even the three weels buggys and/or boards you use with kites are not suitable for dry sand ? (really asking, i have no idea)
yes, there are some very large wheels for buggies that are suitable for soft sandā¦but itās not really riding, more being pulled by a big kite, strapped into the seatā¦
There has been few raids across the Sahara with buggies and also in Mongolia (best short grass area outside of a golf).
I dream being able to attend the raceat Ivanpah lakeā¦
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It would be cool if you could get moon buggy style wheels, they are a metal mesh so really high surface area but not a lot of material and they are ātranslucentā
There are a lot of progresses to be made on our wheels, hub and tires, to make it light and strong enough (there are not so much loads on our boards, psecially on balloon tires)ā¦
Gotcha!! 
ā¦ I cannot believe it !! You are non other than Retro Weld!! 
No wonder!
Well, well, wellā¦ surprise, surprise, surprise. The devil 
is in the details 
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wait, is it in inches ? 
Here is my sand runner
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Hellcat wide wheels 8x3" handles sand no problem. I also ended up riding 2 deep on my board for a few miles on sand when my buddies girls onewheel pint died.
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That is some hard sand! Where is this taken?
I assume the STEP format defines the units, but for reference the part is 6.5 inches long.
Let me know if you need something else or a different format.
Thatās fort Myers beach, Florida
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Itās ok i got it sorted, itās just the first time iām opening a model which was not in metric, and nor 15mm nor 1.5mm was making any sense for the with Ahahahah
There are some interesting bits of info about sand riding scattered throughout those discussions http://www.powerkiteforum.com/viewthread.php?tid=31323
and http://www.powerkiteforum.com/viewthread.php?tid=22765
and those pics of crazy tyres!
(https://www.extremekites.com.au/topic/7251-check-out-my-monster-tyres/)
keep it mind that those discussions are kite based, so the performance on soft sand is a bit different (as in better) than on a 2wd or 4wd eboard.
Iāve used a bigfoot buggy a few times, and the good thing about them is that they actually open a whole new dimension of riding sand dunes. Thatās buggy riding in 3D. Awesome fun when on the right spot, but at my local, the soft sand area is also where youāll find lots of drift wood, and itās typically much easier to ride the hard packed sand at low tide (also the plants and sand dunes are protected), so I never really splurged on the bigfoot conversion kit.
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Just for the record, Iām not RetroWeld 
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I like the idea of the WheelEEZ- theyāre a bit spendy but not totally wack. You can get the tire only for $58 ea.
Iām going out to Long Beach on Sunday - weāll see how the current 10" hard wheels work out. If they are a total bust (and 90% of the issue is sand condition) I could see swapping in a set of these.
Thanks for the tip!
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I remember about this old postā¦
I used these 9"+ wheels on the Flexboardz Haize models and they are really excellent (confortable and very fast) but heavy (1kg per wheel)ā¦but not good enough for dry sandā¦
I even installed 2 wheels per arm (one on each side) to make a 8 wheelers but I never tested it (I will find pics)
If I remember well, the test with the WheelEEZ were not really positiveā¦
The search for the perfect wheel is still onā¦
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Thanks for the feedback, probably you saved me $240
we probably need to define some bounds for the search - I donāt think dry sand is within my budget for this project because itās almost impossible without 4WD and really big tires
Effective for wet reasonably packed sand is my target, and in that case the battle between contact patch size and amount of power needed to move the board is the difficult one.