Rosarito Adds Sand Sculpture To Activities With September 27 Amateur Competition
Rosarito Adds Sand Sculpture To Activities
With September 27 Amateur Competition
ROSARITO
BEACH, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO---Known for decades as one of the hot
surfing spots on the West Coast, Rosarito on Sept. 27 will add another
popular beach activity to its attractions with a sand sculpture contest.
Baja
Sand 2009 will be held from 10 to 6 p.m. that Sunday in front of the
Rosarito Beach Hotel. The exhibition and amateur competition is a
prelude to the first full-scale sand sculpting competition which is
scheduled for May 2 of 2010.
Half of the profits from the 2010 event will be donated to the Rosarito Boys & Girls Club.
“We’re
very excited about this inaugural event and think it’s a perfect fit
for this city with its miles of beautiful coastline and tradition of
artistic creations,” said Rosarito Mayor Hugo Torres.
Registration and further information is available at info@rosarito.org, rosaritotur@baja.gob.mx or by calling 661-612-0200 or 661-612-0396 in Mexico or
619-730-1871 in the United States.
The
creation of elaborate sand sculptures is a popular event on beaches
throughout the world, including an annual competition in Imperial Beach
which attracts some of the best global teams and hundreds of thousands
of fascinated spectators.
Raul
Aragon, Rosarito’s delegate from the Baja State Secretary of Tourism
office, an organizer of the event, said that planning has been going on
for month to make Baja Sand 2009 a memorable and successful attraction.
The event will follow by one day the 30th-year
edition of the Rosarito-Ensenada 50-Mile Fun Bike Ride, which attracts
thousands of riders, and the same day as the Rosarito chamber of
restaurants annual steak and lobster festival.
“It
will create an incredible fun-filled weekend here,” Aragon said. “Both
longtime fans of sand sculpting and those who have never seen this
incredible activity before will have an amazing day.”
Although
this event is an amateur competition Archisand, one of the top teams in
the world, is being brought in to give an exhibition the day of the
contest.
Archisand,
a team of architects and craftsmen, was founded by in 1989 by Greg
LeBon. It has won the 10-man division of the U.S. Open at Imperial
Beach six of the past nine years. More than 300,000 people attend that
annual competition.
“People
will be amazed at what Archisand and create from simple sand,” Aragon
said. “It truly does qualify as exceptional sculpture.”
MEDIA CONTACT: Ron Raposa
619-948-3740
ronraposa@hotmail.com