Omar Benali
I’m Omar. I make videos about driving and planning desert routes in my old 4x4, and I sell route notes, checklists and two short courses.
Side A · Drive the Piste with Confidence
1Walk around the truck with me11 min- 2Tyre pressure on sand13 min
- 3Reading the ridge ahead15 min
- 4Soft sand and momentum14 min
- 5Digging out and recovering18 min
- The whole course, $59
Side B · Free videos
B1Crossing the Dunes in the Last Light14 min- B2Three Ways to Dig Out a Stuck Wheel11 min
- B3How I Write My Route Notes the Night Before9 min
- B4Over the Pass at Sunrise12 min
About
About me
I grew up in a town at the edge of the desert, and my father took me out on the pistes in the school holidays. I drive the same old 4x4 now, with a dent in every door, and I film what I see on the way.
Each week I post one drive. Some are long days over a mountain pass, some are an hour stuck in the sand with the boards out. I show the mistakes as well as the good days, because they are the part I learned most from.
The route notes, checklists and courses are what I wish I had owned on my first trip. I am a driver, not an expert, and everything here is what works for me in my truck.
Downloads, a course and merch
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Piste Notes
A short letter every Thursday: the route I drove, one thing I learned on the way and a photo from the bonnet.