Beach Wheelchair

The Sand Rider Beach Wheelchair is a game-changing, expertly designed beach wheelchair, and is guaranteed to encourage independence and endless summer family fun.

Why chose Sand Rider as opposed to other beach wheelchairs on the market?

Unrivaled ease of use over deep sand and rough terrain Yes, our beach wheelchair can be pulled, pushed, or pushed backwards from its front pull handle. The front of the Sand Rider bears no weight, even a baby can pick it up!

Portability. It goes where you go. Pack it in its custom designed rolling duffle bag and hit the beach. Get there, takes two minutes to put it together and you’re rolling in style! The whole contraption is held together with 4 screw knobs and three pins! No tools, no fuss.

Ease of maintenance. Yes, all you need is to rinse it with fresh water and squirt some dry lube on. Done!

Sand Rider beach wheelchair is all aluminum, stainless 316 hardware, powder coated, waterproof, UV resistant. It can be configured for a child and sturdy enough to hold up to 350 pounds. Proudly made in the USA and built to last.

Assembles in Minutes
No tools required!

Sand Rider Beach Wheelchair Highlights

Sand Rider custom beach wheelchairs are engineered from the ground up to be light and durable and easy to push even in deep sand or snow. They are stylish, easily disassembled for transport and storage and virtually maintenance free.

Maintenance Free

Easy To Use And Operate

One size fits all adjustability
Ergonomic handle, easiest to push
Exceptional stability and safety
Ideal seat height-wheelchair users
Easy seat height for older people
Swing-away and removable armrests

Easy To Store/Transport

Easy to transport in a small car trunk, or fly with it to your beach vacation. Even disassembles and conveniently packs into a rolling duffle bag.

Ergonomic push handle design and a convenient front pull point enables you to travel from your car to the water with ease.

Moveable armrests enable easy transfers from everyday wheelchairs.

Oversized tires and a long wheelbase provide a stable and comfortable ride.

Beach, park, trail, even snow!

Even a child can push an adult in the Sand Rider with ease!

Stylish Beach Wheelchairs

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Sand Rider Beach Wheelchairs

Sand Rider Beach Wheelchairs are light, durable and easy to push. It performs equally well on grass, gravel, snow, and pavement. Build a custom Sand Rider beach wheelchair to fit your lifestyle. Silver frame, blue upholstery, cupholder, and parking brake

Cupholder: holds beverage cups of 3” diameter or less or fishing rods and umbrellas with diameters of 1” or less. Installed on the right side unless requested on the left.
Parking brake: stainless steel hub brake can be applied by either user or assistant. Keep Sand Rider in place for secure transfers and while relaxing on sloped beaches or grassy hills.

Sand Rider Balloon Wheel®

Sand Rider Polyurethane Beach Wheels are the perfect choice for your beach adventures. Made entirely in the USA, these wheels are comparable to the Wheeleez model WZ1-49UC,19.3” or 49 CM polyurethane wheels and can be used as a one-for-one replacement.

Axle Sizes: Available in 1/2 inch, 3/4 inch, and 1 inch, ensuring compatibility with a range of beach equipment

Our Story

Beach wheelchairs are an incredible asset to wheelchair-bound individuals seeking independence. Bill Fertig, a paraplegic and the founder of Sand Rider, knows this fact firsthand. After a motorcycle accident left him without the use of the lower half of his body, Fertig found himself needing more help than ever. The feeling of relying on others to move around, especially after an incredible career as a police officer, was a challenge. He soon adapted to life controlled by his arms, exploring a new independence with his wheelchair, becoming a competitive hand-cycle athlete, and driving his car using various hand controls. However, his independence would soon be challenged during a beach vacation.

Fertig and his family wheeled down to the beach, using an outdated and cumbersome beach wheelchair, not expecting the experience to be extremely difficult, uncomfortable and unpleasant. Rather than become a burden for his family, Fertig chose to stay behind, missing out on the family fun and the beautiful weather to avoid using the sand wheelchair. He and his son Chris knew, at that moment, that something needed to change.

Sand Rider, the ultimate beach wheelchair, would be the solution. Fertig and Chris, an engineer and two time world record holder for the fastest speed boat run from New York to Bermuda, put their heart and soul into the new and improved beach wheelchair. Its lightweight and rigid frame, along with its oversized tires, allow users to glide over deep sands and navigate obstacles with ease.

This new kind of independence gave sand wheelchair users, like Fertig, the opportunity to be actively involved in beach activities such as digging for clams in tidal areas, shell collecting on barrier islands, and exploring the beaches of the world without hesitation. The Sand Rider can be easily checked as luggage in its special roller duffle bag, or broken down into three parts, without tools, for easy transportation. The Sand Rider is a game-changing, expertly designed beach wheelchair, and is guaranteed to encourage independence and endless summer family fun.

We sold our products to state and local governments from coast to coast and across the border.

Examples include, California Beaches and Harbors, City of Virginia Beach, City of Ottawa, Government of Saskatchewan and most recently the Town of Kill Devil Hills in North Carolina. Kill Devil Hills is a notable example as it’s a small beach community that invested over $60,000 in providing beach accessibility ranging from improving ramps, to beach mats to deploying 5 Sand Riders for beach use. This is a first in the Outer Banks and is hoped to be a trend that will be adopted by other localities up and down the Coast. Join Kill Devil Hills and Sand Rider in providing the gift of accessibility to those who need it. Invest your tax dollars in a product that’s proven to be durable, easy to use and cost effective solution to providing access to beaches and parks.

Saskatchewan Provincial Parks Expand Beach Wheelchair Program

“I am proud to announce that we have added five chairs to the beach wheelchair program in our parks, doubling the total number of chairs available,” Parks, Culture and Sport Minister Ken Cheveldayoff said. “Everyone deserves to have access to our beautiful beaches and lakes. Our visitors have a diverse range of needs and the addition of these beach wheelchairs mean that more people can enjoy exactly what makes our parks so special.” The beach wheelchairs are made from a lightweight aluminum frame and have three buoyant tires. They navigate over sand with relative ease, can be taken into one foot of water and can be used by both children and adults. The beach wheelchairs are free for park visitors, and can be made available in any Saskatchewan provincial park.

The Benefits of
Being Outdoors

Beach wheelchairs give users the opportunity to experience more of the outdoors than ever before. Being in nature has a countless number of benefits and can offer a significant health boost. The outdoors can reduce blood pressure and stress, improve sleep, increase happiness levels, boost Vitamin D levels in the body, and provide a wide variety of additional benefits. Thanks to sand wheelchairs, like the Sand Rider, these benefits are more widely available for wheelchair users than ever before.

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