Photos from this year’s Oregon Sandcastle Competition…these are amazing! More photos at…
http://s794.photobucket.com/albums/yy221/dennyconn/sandcastles/
Really cool looking sandcastles. They are some really talented folks.
Oh WOOOOOOW!
This is just amazing!
Very cool!
So all the people who have been told throughout the years to “go pound sand” went to Oregon and perfected the craft! :D Very nice!
Denny,
those pics make me homesick.
my wife is from gresham (went to school with Jim Parker) and we spent a lot of time out in seaside, newport, astoria.
would love to move back…
Don
Holy Brew Buckets Beer Man. That’s very impressive.
Don, those pics are from Cannon Beach. Hope you get your wish to move back some day. Oregon rocks!
Hey Denny, now you just need a large Godzilla suit… 
Very cool - Thanks for sharing!
Those look really cool.
What are the rules. Only water and sand, or do they add something to make it more stable?
Kai
Thats what I was wondering. There is no way that they could use just water and sand and get that kind of detail.
Pretty neat stuff.
Looks like that’s exactly what it is. From the contest website…
“The rules are simple. Contestants must stay within their designated plot (20’x 20’ for adults). No sand may be added or removed from the plot. Only materials natural to the beach may be used in the finished sculpture.”
[quote]Only materials natural to the beach may be used in the finished sculpture.
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Maybe incinerating sea shells to produce quicklime allows them to make a rudimentary cement mixture? ;D
Driftwood rebar?
Maybe certain bodily fluids?
Might not be natural to the beach in high concentrations though.
AFAIK, only water and sand. I’ve seen similar at a festival here in Eugene and that’s all it was.
I was thinking superglue… 