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2009 Pacific National Exhibition
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The Fifth International Sand Sculpture Competition was a great success at the Pacific National Exhibition with 10 competitors from around the World. Professional International sculptors - Fred Dobbs, Canada - Peter Vogelaar, Canada - Sue McGrew, Japan - Susanne Ruseler, Netherlands - Sandis Kondrats, Latvia - Pedro Mira, Portugal - Brad Goll, United States - Benjamin Probanza, Mexico - Alexey Schitov, Russia - Arianne Van Rosmalen - Netherlands. The Sandemons Sand Sculpture Company was again invited to organize and run the event on behalf of The Pacific National Exhibition along with creating a large display sculpture to open the Fair. For the 2009 Display sculpture we created a sculpture named "The Aliens Visit to the Fair". It was a fun piece playing on an alien space ship which crashes at the 1913 Vancouver Exhibition, with aliens going into the exhibition. Inside the tents, the big top has exciting sights with the people unsuspecting thier new visitors to the fair. Brett Stocker, Delayne Corbett, David Dureault and Will Rice, Professional Sand Sculptors from B.C., Charlotte Kolff and Arianne Van Rosmalen from Holland, worked with me to create the Demonstration sculptures and prepare the Competition Site. I would like to give a special thank you to Corrado(Cory) and staff from LaRocca Restaurant for the fabulous Italian dinner and wine for our Annual Party. I would also like to thank the staff of the PNE who treat us very well during the event along with the staff of the Country Kitchen. Other thank you's go to Curry in A Hurry and China Kitchen for the food and to Corporate Touch & Go for all the well needed massages. We look forward to this continuing to be a larger and greater event over the upcoming years at the PNE Fair, with a larger group of International Sand Sculptors participating. The input from the PNE Fair staff and visitors has been overwelming and appreciated for this amazing live art form. Create and Enjoy!! 2005 results and photos of Competitors and Demonstration Sculpture.
Pacific
National Exhibition - 2005 International Sand Sculpture
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1st Place - ALEXEY SCHITOV, RUSSIA 2009 PNE International Sand Sculpture Competition Alexey Schitov won 1st place at the 5th annual event with a sculpture called 'Caribbean Pirate'. The sculpture was one of many sculptures Alexey creates at various contests and sand projects around the world. We are all looking forward to having Alexey back to defend his title in the 2010 PNE event. |
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2nd Place - BENJAMIN PROBANZA, MEXICO 2009 PNE International Sand Sculpture Competition Benjamin created a beautiful abstract sculpture to win the second place prize at this years PNE event. Benjamin is from Spain, but currently resides in Mexico. He creates some beautiful sand works. Check out more of his work at Benjamin's website. |
 
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3rd Place - SUSANNE RUSELER, HOLLAND 2009 PNE International Sand Sculpture Competition Susanne Ruseler placed third in this years competition with a sculpture named "But I want a Pony". Susanne's work can be found at many International events around the world and you can see more of her works at Susanne's photo pages. |
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4th Place - BRAD GOLL, UNITED STATES 2009 PNE International Sand Sculpture Competition Brad Goll's 4th place sculpture was named "The Ogar" and was a very strong piece. Brad has been part of the Sandscapes sand sculpture group and has won many World Championships since the early 1990's. Brad continues to compete, but mostly works on large International sand projects. |
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PEDRO MIRA - PORTUGAL 2009 PNE International Sand Sculpture Competition Pedro created a sculpture called "The Rower" at this years PNE event. It was great to have him at this years event. You can find more of works at Pedro's Website. |
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FRED DOBBS, CANADA 2009 PNE International Sand Sculpture Competition Fred created a great West coast themed sculpture called "Ocean in Motion". Fred has been a big part of the Sandemons group of the last few years and has won many world championships with different groups and on his own. He creates many permanent sculptures for clients throughout the West coast and Canada. |
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SUE MCGREW, JAPAN 2009 PNE International Sand Sculpture Competition Sue's creation of "Sisters of the Sea" was a beautiful sculpture depicting 3 mermaids. Sue is from Washington state and Japanese by decent. She has won many competitions over the last few years and continues to grow to be an amazing sculptor. |
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SANDIS KONDRATS, LATVIA 2009 PNE International Sand Sculpture Competition Sandis from Latvia created a sculpture called "Mother's Hands". Sandis works on many ice, snow and sand projects throughout Europe. More of his works can be for at Sandis's website. |
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ARIANNE VAN ROSMALEN, HOLLAND 2009 PNE International Sand Sculpture Competition Arianne worked for the Sandemons group on the display sculpture this year and created a beautiful scuplture called "Paradise" for the competition. Arianne does some amazing works on projects and in competitions through Europe. More of her great sculpting can be found at Arianne's website. |
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PETER VOGELAAR, CANADA 2009 PNE International Sand Sculpture Competition Peter was the 2008 PNE International Sand Sculpture Champion and created a fantastic Mayan sculpture for this years event. He creates many snow sculptures throughout Canada and has won a number of competitions over the last few years during his transition to sand sculpture. More of Peter's snow and sand works can be found at his snow sculpture website. |
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