Muscle tanks move over. More than a dozen massive, sand sculptures took center stage at America’s first public beach for the Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival in its 21st year.
This year, the three-day event carried the theme America 250, which honored the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. To mark the occasion, a gigantic sand sculpture commemorating Paul Revere’s midnight ride served as the festival’s main feature.
This sculpture ultimately stood amid 15 others that were carefully crafted by artists over the course of four days. These artists came from all over the world to compete.
Abe Waterman of Canada took home first place and $5,000 for the Sculptor’s Choice and People’s Choice awards for his piece named “Delicate Balance.”
“Oh my gosh. It’s incredible. I don’t know how they do it,” said Pam Kline, who was remarking about the sand sculptures Sunday morning…