Welcome to the Officicial Site for the Myrtle Beach Open Sand Sculpting Competition!  
The 2000 event was held on May 6 & 7 and we know you want to see pictures and 
find out who won!  Sit back, click and enjoy!  

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"Mirror to the Future" - 1st Place

by Mark Mason of Sarasota, FL

WOW!

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"Sandman Blues" - 2nd Place
& Winner of People's Choice Award

by Jim Richardson of Palm Bay, FL

The finished product

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John Gowdy of Absecon, NJ
finished third with his "Gophers & Golfers Don't Mix"

Sculptors on Display receiving their awards!

Meredith Corson of Treasure Island, FL sculpts her "Casting Call" piece.

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Barry Swires of Kelso, WA sculpted Meredith Corson tied to some pilings.

Chuck Feld of West Chester, Pa pounds his sand pile early on Saturday morning.

The result of his hard work -
"Drag-on Inn"

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Lucinda Wierenga's
Myrtle Beach Art Gallery!

Just call her "Sandy Feet"

Hey Diddle Diddle, Elliott Kephart of Federal Way, WA sculpted a cow that jumped over the moon!

Kirk Rademaker of Oakland, CA

sculpts this "Machine"
on Myrtle Beach.

Andrew Gertler of Sea Cliff, NY
sculpts a dog in his first competition.

Amazin' Walter McDonald of South Padre Island, TX

sculpted this fabulous castle on Myrtle Beach!

Mark "Shalimar Sandman" Flynn
of Shalimar, FL

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Karen Fralich of Toronto, ONT

sculpts a surfing girl who comes upon an unexpected swimmer!

Mark puts the finishing touches on 
his Aquastation on Mars

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2 castles built on different ground by Matt Deibert

Lunch Break!

Bert Adams of Vancouver, WA
"Buddha"

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Part of Meredith's "Casting Call"

Dan Doubleday - Treasure Island, FL during the "pound up" on Saturday

The result - "Sanctuary" and 
a 4th place finish!

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Gowdy's Gopher!

Kali Bradford sculpts her castle on 
top of a turtle with Barry Swires in background. Both sculptors traveled from Washington state to compete!

Kali's new world order

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Barry Swires pulls his creation 
out of the sand

John May of Ft. Lauderdale 

sculpted this bar with a monkey and a pig as its customers.

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Friday - before the event

Monday - after the event

Thank you from the event committee!

The Contestants    The Winners    MB Open 2001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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