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I had the idea some years ago. As I was walking the beaches I wondered why we don't have
sand castle contests like they do in Europe or Asia. One day I was walking right here
and I ran into Jeff building a sand castle...
...I started building sand castles on the beach and Julian Miller asked me to help start
a competition. I like to do an Aloha sign. This is probably the best one yet.
What did you all create?
Two-headed dragon!
Colosseum in Rome.
A giant octopus.
We made a mermaid's lagoon.
They had to flip coins to see who got to be the mermaid, because they both wanted to.
We made a palm tree / coconut tree.
Well, when we came and we saw the sand, we thought that there was a palm tree here, so
we just uncovered the non-palm tree parts.
This is a volcano with Cayenne pepper. It's erupting right now, it has fire coming out
of the top and a little bit of smoke. It's pretty spicy.
We made roadkill. I went to art school, so I have an understanding of how sculpture works.
You can't do a freestanding rooster in sand unless you have glue and a support system,
which we don't, so I talked her into making it lie down so we could run it over instead.
What was the hardest part?
I think it was the face, because it kept on breaking.
One's Coocoo-head, and one's Lily.
No wait - one's...
[Laughter]
One is a girl and one is a boy.
Do you think you're going to win?
I think.
We're doing a table for four. We decided to go down this year because last year we
built up and it was destroyed.
It was actually easier than a sand castle, and I think going down was easier than going
up. It's practical, we're going to eat dinner in here.
A sand sculpture needs more water than you think it needs. For example, in the Aloha
sign we put in over 100 gallons of water.
Lots of water, lots of water. Pour water on it. Pound it, pound it. Spray, spray, spray.
As long as it's very compact and moist, it won't collapse.
The other thing that really makes a sand sculpture look good is putting in the details. The bricks,
the rocks, putting in some stairs, it's pretty easy, but it adds a lot of detail and
makes them stand out.
We used kitchen supplies - spoons, forks, an ice cream scooper.
We made a big mound and started cutting away.
For the first two hours it was us and a bucket and a lot of heart.
It's nice for everybody to be able to get outside, to play with their families, to have
an opportunity to build and be creative, do something artistic and three-dimensional.
The competition makes you rise to another level, it's more fun, you have to put more
thought into it, and hope that it doesn't collapse before the judges see it.
The highlight for me is having this many people out and enjoying the sand.
I'm impressed. I think people have done a great job.
Was it a good time?
Yes!
Alright!