Author name: Pete

Archisand is in major prep mode in advance of the Inaugral New Zealand Sandcastle competiton in Christchurch NZ. January 21, 2012 Here is the information you need to know for the Christchurch Event: Archisand will travel to Christchurch NZ to compete in their first Annual competition. This is an open to the public event. Come visit the way cool sand sculptures that will adorn the beach at New Brighton Beach. Archisand was awarded this trip as a result of finishing in the top two places at the US Open Sandcastle Competition in 2010. Archisand will build the event Logo in sand on Friday January 20th2012. Saturday January 21st is the Professional contest day. Contestants have a 6 meter sq plot to build their sculptures in. They have 6 hours to finish, and have  up to 6 team members. Sunday January 22nd is the Open amature competition. Archisand team mates Greg LeBon and Ko Tanaka will be assisting by judging this event. Christchurch NZ New Brighton Beach has been recovering from major earthquakes  since March 2011. The event was postponed from March 2011 to January 2012 as a result of the major earthquake.To this day the region is getting major aftershocks. We are now working on our design. A hint on some of the ideas… “Clowning Around” We are now developing concept sketches that use this theme. We should have something that we can publish in about a week. So stay tuned! Click here to add the NZ Sand Castle event as a Friend on Facebook!