The 41st annual Leap Sandcastle Classic at Ocean Beach San Francisco was scheduled for Saturday, October 28, 2023. We heard a little bit about it from the website:
The Leap Sandcastle Classic is back at Ocean Beach on Oct. 28, 2023 from 11am-3:30pm! The free event brings out thousands of people for the ultimate sandcastle contest. You can watch teams build absolutely enormous sand sculptures while enjoying live music, performances, and local food trucks. The event is hosted by Leap Arts in Education as their main fundraising effort to support arts education in Bay Area schools.
This will be the event’s 41st year, and the theme is “Halloween Haunts” — that is, teams will be including fun and spooky Halloween elements into their sandcastle designs. Costumes at the event are highly encouraged.
Check-in begins at 8am on the morning of the event, and the official sandcastle competition begins at 11am with a live DJ onstage. Teams will build until 2:30pm at which point the competition’s judges will make their rounds, and the awards ceremony will happen from 3-3:30pm.
Save the date for the 41st annual Leap Sandcastle Classic on October 28, 2023 from 11am-3:30pm at Ocean Beach and Balboa in front of the Cliff House.
After spending a day SUP surfing at Sana Cruz, I returned home at 12:30, and Inna and I decided to drive to Ocean Beach, San Francisco, to see the sand sculptures.
Since we were hungry, we first stopped for lunch at Outerlands on 4001 Judah Street, San Francisco. We parked our Sienna minivan on 44th Street and ordered the following items. Luckily, our friends reserved a table for us (and the restaurant was not very busy)
- Boris: Tomato Soup (early girl tomatoes), Dutch Pancake (with Ricotta Cheese), Cappuccino
- Inna: Tomato Soup, Breakfast Sandwich (with Bacon, Avocado), Latte
I had never eaten a Dutch Pancake, and I was pleasantly surprised. It was sweet but delicious! Inna's Breakfast Sandwich was alright.
The food was great, but the service was a bit slow/spotty, and the bill had many extra charges, like:
- 5% Service Charge
- 5% Health Mandate
After lunch, we rushed to Balboa Street and arrived in time to see the award presented to the #1 sand castle. I ran to take photos as many groups started to tear down their creations.
There were many pumpkins and octopuses.
Next time, we will come an hour earlier to have more time to enjoy and photograph the Sand Castles.
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