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Sandman: The Vietnamese snowboarder training on dunes

AFP, Published on 28/05/2019

» MUI NE (VIETNAM) - Sun-kissed and shaggy-haired, Nguyen Thai Binh swaps his flip flops for bulky boots ahead of snowboarding practice on the sand dunes of southern Vietnam -- the unlikely training ground for the country's fledgling winter athletes with mountain-sized ambitions.