IMPERIAL BEACH, Calif. -- What do you get when you mix water, feather dusters, trowels and beach sand? The 30th annual U.S. Open Sandcastle Competition.On a wide, flat beach south of San Diego in early August, dozens of teams built impressive sand sculptures in the likenesses of everything from SpongeBob SquarePants to famous monuments. Some even made a political statement, like Masters "A" Division winner I.B. Posse, whose sculpture titled "Got Oil?" depicted dying marine life in the wake of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
The five-hour sandcastle-building event is the centerpiece of an annual weekend beach party that also features food, games, music and more than 400,000 spectators. The event, which was inspired by a similar competition in White Rock, British Columbia, began in 1980, and is a grass-roots effort run by volunteers.
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Author: Joe Soehn
