Entrants in the 2022 Carmel Beach Sandcastle Contest were working hard Saturday morning in the hopes of taking home the coveted Golden Shovel Award.Grain by grain teams carved everything from, ...

Even without the massive, multi-ton intricate sculptures that Imperial Beach made famous for years, the allure of sandcastles remains as constant as the tide. Thousands of people flocked to the most ...

Janel Hawkins spends hours building intricate structures — and destroys them not long after. Such is the life of a professional sand castle builder. As the owner of Sand Castle University, she spends ...

It’s hard out here for a sand sculptor, when he tryin’ to get this sand for the castle. Travelin’ to county fairs, what a hassle. OK, so maybe the Academy Award-winning drama “Hustle & Flow” has ...

This week, Hamptons Online profiles builder du jour Joe Farrell and his mega-mansions that have become staples of the East End's real estate scene. Farrell, as it turns out, has taken to living in his ...

Hunter, a 7-year-old professional sandcastle builder from Los Angeles, dropped out of preschool to pursue his dreams, and it looks like it’s paying off. He reveals that he worries about many of the ...

SAN DIEGO (NEWS 8) — Senator John McCain is being honored in different ways in cities across the country including here in San Diego. A well-known sandcastle builder in Coronado built a tribute ...

Life’s a beach for Greg LeBon and his sandcastle-making team, Archisand. The Mission Viejo-based group hit Imperial Beach last weekend to compete in the biggest sandcastle contest in the country, the ...

From India’s Taj Mahal to the ancient Mayan city of Chichén-Itzá, amateur and professional sand sculptors carefully shaped and crafted their masterpieces on Corona del Mar State Beach to take their ...