When Viola Connelly and her friend Casey Metzler, both 10, enter the annual Saltaire Sandcastle Contest on Fire Island, the girls from Manhattan and Brooklyn choose a timely theme — they craft an ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. If you want to understand why some sandcastles are tall and have intricate structures while others are nearly shapeless lumps of sand, it ...

OCEAN CITY, New Jersey -- Building sand castles became a hobby for David Coyle when his son was born. Vacationing in Ocean City led to plenty of opportunities to construct masterpieces in time for the ...

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 ...

Alameda’s 2025 Sand Castle and Sand Sculpture Contest hosted 492 participants creating 40 stunning sand castles and 65 eye-catching sand sculptures this past Saturday, June 21, at Crown Beach. With ...

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The theme this year: Explore the World. Sand sculpture teams set out early morning on Sunday, Sept. 26, to make grand creations out of tiny grains of sand, using the salt water nearby to dampen and ...