Don't miss Sand Blasters: The Extreme Sand Sculpting Championship airing Saturday, March 8, at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
Sand Blasters: The Extreme Sand Sculpting Championship returns for a third time to Travel Channel, with an explosive competition between man, sand, and pyrotechnics. Paired off into eight teams, 16 of America's best sand sculptors hit the beach at Pacific BeachFest in San Diego, California, for the chance to win a share of $15,000 in prize money, and bragging rights as Champions of Sand Blasters III. Over the course of this grueling two-day competition, five of the eight sculptures are randomly selected for complete destruction by a Hollywood pyrotechnics crew. The ill-fated blast victims then have the remaining time to create another world-class work of art from scratch ... always working against the clock -- and the next random blast -- in order to win, place, or earn the nod for "Best Recovery" at Sand Blasters III. Sanctioned by the founding fathers of modern sand art, Gerry Kirk and the World Sand Sculpting Academy, Sand Blasters is a gut-busting test of endurance and inspiration, ego, and all-out sand warfare. Our hosts, Michele Merkin and Rossi Morreale, inform and entertain viewers, and the thousands of live spectators, on this outrageous mash-up of art, sport, and ... stuff blowing up. The stress and excitement build to epic proportions as the world's greatest sand sculpting competition rages on, only on Travel Channel.
MEET THIS YEAR'S SCULPTORS
VIDEO!
Check out clips from Sand Blasters III to learn about the rules of the game, the behind-the-scenes preparation of The Pound Up, how this year's Sand Blaster's Rookie fared at the event, and to see sculptures exploding in spectacular super slow motion. Watch now!
MORE VIDEO!
Check out clips from last year's event.
And get a behind-the-scenes look at how the explosives are prepared and executed in our Behind the Pyro clip.
