It is great fun, I wouldn't buy anything fancy to start off with.
A £120ish Scrub will do everything you want for the first year or so.
( Anthropos Was making beer on, Fri 10 Jul 2009, 20:44, archived)

Yeah, I used to go down sand dunes on my mates cheapish scrub, so I think I'll pick one up when I'm ready to give it a try.
Cheers.
( Harold Bishop's Love Child some sort of terrifying sex magician., Fri 10 Jul 2009, 20:48, archived)