Stunning Sandcastle artists battle it out! (Artists from around the world )

There is an amazing Sandcastle competition going on in treasure Island Florida in November.
Sanding Ovations 2017 is in its ninth year and draws tons of traffic to this wonderful beach.

source-http://www.mytreasureisland.com/visitors/sanding_ovations_2014.php

This was a four-day competition and had 10 master sculpture artists from around the world including contestants from Europe, North America and Asia. These works of art were created just using sand and water to hold them together.
I am amazed that these are still standing even after a few storms have past through.

Here's a picture of my favorite created by Andrius Petkus, Vilnius, Lithuania.

This work of art was created by Abe Waterman, Prince Edward Island, Canada

And here we have Edith van de Wetering, Netherlands

Next up is another one of my favorites by Helena Bangert, Netherlands

And my hats off to first place- Jobi Bouchard, Montreal, Canada

The sculpture received a lot of attention by Ilya Filmonstev, Moscow, Russia- 3rd place

This one had more to it , On the other side was a man! By Sue McGrew, Tacoma, Washington

This one was created by Fergus Mulvaney, Dublin, Ireland

There were two more contestants that I missed due to low batteries, You deserve a big shout out!

Kirk Rademaker, Santa Cruz, California
Jooheng Tan, Singapore

I hope you enjoyed all my pictures and information on this event and thank you all for stopping by!