Destiny's DIY's well how far away is the beach?

Andy Hancock about three hours away :(

So where r u

Andy Hancock Pennsylvania

Lol I live in Colorado 😭

HighStreet Killers hey there!..it is Easy!..if you use the tools..and practice..i have used tools all my life but I still had to learn the 3 basics wet sand, build it like a pyramid and most importantly work from the top down!..my mission is to try and introduce more people to the fun and art of sand so part of the delivery is to show that everything is possible..enjoy the videos..more on the way!

I wish i could send you pics, i've made 4 castles now.Each one better. I put too much texture so tomorrow i'm going to try again. Thanks for your help. Sandcastling is so much fun. I gotta find hand stackable sand. Please make a video of the different castle making types. I want to see drip castle please

Just going add that my 4th castle i did get a small tower on top and detailed it before lifting off my bucket form. Im on Lake Huron in Canada

HighStreet Killers cbc:: t

First weekend i havent gone castling at all. My neck and back have been killing me a week now, lol. I need to use a barrel like you or limit myself to 1 a week, haha. Its so much fun. Thanks for teaching me the basics.

Thank you! - we try to do our best to teach and laugh at the same time. This is a sim[ple thing that can show young people how the world works in all sorts of ways, something which is sadly lacking in my opinion in the digital age. My theory is if you can engage the mind to think a slightly different way it will open up more ideas across a wider range of subjects and make things a tad more interesting than 1+1!! hope you enjoy the new content coming soon

Windex hey there Windex! Couches are fun. Look up javiers birthday video where we built a monster!..you need a lot of shovels for that!

Andy Hancock thank you. But what is the video titled? I can't find it.

Glad you love the videos - got more on the way..and something new..

Glad it was helpful! we try to help families - even young ones have more fun together - that's why I do this! you are welcome

only one 2 year old and his @#$%^& was glowing as he walked off the beach...dad was not impressed after telling him 100 times not to touch!

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Repins Watson no but when I left to get something yea

Andy Hancock is there a vid of it

I hear kids and people joking about doing it. The funniest part is all the girls that stop and chat make other guys jealous and i hear and see them start trying to make a castle

Mia Garcia Thanks Mia!..great to hear from you..actually, I just like to think I'm a pro at having fun! #wedontdoboring..check out our Instagram feed on www.sandcastlelessons.com

excellent news

Thanks RJW..we try!..but it is the sublime skills of www.lewishancockfilms.com that really makes them good..check out the advanced lesson video!

I know right

it kinda sucks lol

@@jasperpetersen8241 u still awake

yes

@@jasperpetersen8241 do u play fortnite

thank you Angela - sorry for very tardy response - try this instagram.com/reel/Cq61XXqOiMg/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Hey Jon - yes you are right but advertising is not allowed on the beach, and I create the videos to entertain myself and people who like what I do, - my tool sales help support my business and local businesses help in promoting me. People on the beach are kind too!

scyther gaming yah I’m sure u can do this in Minecraft

Down Bomb eventually u could

Down Bomb yeah

scyther gaming i bet he can build a huge mansion without help

jean garcia the Dino Hunter in 2 seconds

no worries Sumitra - where are you building sandcastles in the world?

Shred 306 that’s what I’m wondering 😂

Shred 306 same I'm just bored

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Hey there, I think it's to satisfy that little part of your brain that wants to be on the beach!..

Don't be mean he worked hard on the castle

thank you!

XdroidGamer_ YT never quite heard it put like this!..but I suppose so!..

XdroidGamer_ YT of course..make up for sandcastles! Love it!

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Thank you..thats what makes this sooo much fun

And where in the world are you?

Thank you so much 😀 we try!

ℭ𝔢𝔰𝔞𝔯 thanks..glad you caught a vids..just trying to help a few folks get better! #wedontdoboring #SouthPadreIsland #sandcastles #Thingstodoonsouthpadreisland #momsrock #A

FORTNITE LOVER Thank you!

It is a common problem! LOL - try thinking about castles!

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Got any further mugen?

@@SandcastleAndy some seaweed just randomly washed up near the spherical base and things started to get kinda hairy.

Hey there Hotel Venus! Yes, it is you are right, best way on earth to forget all your troubles...#wedontdoboring

@@SandcastleAndy yeah man ! back to the childhood, never get boring when we build this sand =-D

Good question - I have a great habit of learning about the things that matter IN THE BIG PICTURE with a subject. (some people call it an obsession and say - why?, who cares?) but i wanted to know why my sandcastles can be built to 7ft and remain solid! So my second rule, (after keep it simple stupid which does not apply!!LOL) is "if you don't know something - ask or get help from someone who does! - we all do this but my ability, developed over many, many years is to find THE person who can help me the most by sharing the nitty gritty details that build the big picture. I want to ask the big questions and if you do that you get answers to all the small ones! My knowledges come from over 30 years of working alongside people in all sorts of industries - mainly outdoors, who were able to give me snippets of information that linked together like a honeycomb. and, in a lot of cases crossed over across many subjects - like - earthmoving, drainage, farming, landscape design, landscape architecture, engineering, fabrication, wood working, housebuilding, and alongside this I do have a nasty habit of looking for more uses for one single item that just what they were designed for - like Ceran wrap - amazing stuff, food, but then hurricane protection, securing abnormal loads to making sure that wooden boxes when used as HUGE forms for sandcastle competitions don't leak when you fill them with water! so in answer to you question of half an hour ago - LOL I know so much because i ask questions on a massive array of subjects and want precise answers as to why they work - there is no substitute for experience, and the people around you have a wealth of it - you just have to ask the question - whether its perceived as stupid of not as this starts a communication trail that doesn't really end - I have always been "locally famous" for this reason as i tend to learn from people directly around me. Some people want to share - and fully understand "when we Share, We grow, others don't - and that doesn't matter because the do's MASSIVELY OUTWEIGH THE DON'TS I am also happy to learn, even when discovering i am wrong - which is most important - have a great day on the beach and keep watching!

I'm 35 and am hooked on castling. I'm getting really good. People laugh, I don't care, it's fun. And a sand castle is better than a sports car or puppy for meeting women. Keep on Castling Andy

Hey Simon party of 4 (love the title!) It was a pleasure to teach and meet solo many great people on a new Texas beach!.And what did www.sandcastlelessons.com think of the sand at Crystal Beach? It gets an A. The sand had a fine broken shell layer which was a worry at first but turned out to be as strong as everything else . Nice place, with the best supermarket greeter I have ever seen..Thank you to all concerned and a special mention must go to the shoveled who literally saved my day! See y'all next year! #alacartesolutions #ashoreventure #CrystalBeach #sand #castles #lessons

@@SandcastleAndy we had an absolute blast! And yes. The "Big Store" greeter LOVES people!! 😎 Can't wait to see you next year! And thanx for the complement! My bride takes credit for the name! 😁 We posted our video of y'all and our lesson! Hope you enjoy it! It was a bit windy. But I got some good footage!!

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Thank you - took years of practice and a lot of fun times

smileyfaceseba gaming Only the best

Except during spring break lmao but ayy I live there so I’ve gotta enjoy it haha

Yall from Laredo?

Thank you cumi cumi!..we try help everyone on the planet as we are all part of the #SandNation!...which beach do you go to? and what is the sand like?

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it

El Petro true

True

So true...

Lol, love it, lost on you tube!..isnt that the point of KZfaq? To find things you would never have thought about before? I know I have discovered all sorts of stuff that tickles my brain

Literally true! Don’t know why it was recommended lmao 😂

Thats why we put it on a base - not quite a cliff for directional defense though!

​@@SandcastleAndy Can't beat south padre!

mmmm we have a cure for that..but hey thats what practice is for right? people are ALWAYS the biggest sandcastle killers - not the waves or the weather! #wedontdoboring

excellent, remember keep it clean as dad will be rushing to beat you!!!

Thanks - i have been called that a few times in my career! #wedontdoboring

because you wish you were here? winters av temp is 76 here so we dont quite have the same view of the word Winter! Thats why i dont live "up north" #wedontdoboring

what about building sand? - it has to be angular (also known as "sharp"), not sub angular - I don't know how to explain that to a Swedish building sand supplier! but basically river sand with clay is good and any sharp sand without granules will do..just try to find that and let me know! - I will see if i can find someone who knows about Swedish sand for you. Keep trying as #wedontdoboring

Andy Hancock Many thanks Andy for explaining the difference. I would call it some kind of quartz sand we used to have around these lakes, it's mostly grey granite sand. I'm very new to this stuff, only a few weeks ago I started to look closer to sand castle art, I love castles and I watch how easily one could work with high quality beach sand but our sand is totally different, not so nice and smooth. It's pretty funny to think what sand you got there because that would cost hundreds of swedish crowns per kilo in the stores here, and you got millions of tons laying around there, for free, lol. I have to examine closely what we have here so I subscribed. Many thanks for the info!

Andy Hancock I was thinking about an idea. (I'm an assemblage artist, used to work with plaster cast, among others) Since you create such wonderful castles it would be interesting to test if you could make some of them permanent, in a smaller format, at home or a secluded area. The idea is to mix in some cement into the sand (I don't know the ratio though) and form a castle, then let it dry (but it needs daily spraying of water during a week to avoid cracks) and see if it would stand permanently. I don't know if the sand would keep it's smoothness after mixing with cement (say fifty fifty or much less cement) and if you could form it as usual, or it would retain hardness but I think it would be interesting if this would work somehow. I love when a great castle work is preserved. Here in Sweden we have endless amount of rocks, as it were a rock garden so I will try to make small stone plaster cast castles (if I can, I only tested with paper and it's great) and place them out as pixie castles hehe, making the environment into a magic place. Pity that I didn't think about it earlier, now I have to learn castle architecture from ground, but I catching up. Thanks for sharing your inspiring and beautiful art!

except, build a sandcastle? - south padre island is a great place to do that!

@@SandcastleAndy Yes, except build sand castle.

@@AlexanderRodriguez-ni4kt Go build one where ever you are! - it makes for a great day to forget all your troubles and find a new passion! #wedontdoboring

Try this video and tool for testing the sand..if you can do this you are ready..try different locations on the beach - or even a quarry - building sand might work! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jLdip9eIrMXQk30.html

@@SandcastleAndy the rounding tool? Alright, thank you so much!

Jonathan Caceres thanks Jonathan..we do try to pass on what we know

Hi Candy Flossy - awesome name btw - well when you put the first bit of sand in the bucket - 6-8 inches you pour water into the center of it then chop it up with a shovel or in smaller buckets, stir it round with your hand and while holding it smack the side of the bucket - sand will compact, expel the air and settle into a hard base, unless you are in navarre beach. also take out any shell sediment or whole shells when filing the bucket where are you..in the world

Hi Kaiken - great to hear from you!! Where are you? and to answer the question - about 18 yrs in sand and about 35 years as a professional artist - and you are right - nothing more fun that watching random on KZfaq - was my content recommended? @sandcastletoday on Instagram too!

Jason Anhorn thanks Jason...glad you enjoyed it..anything else you wanna see?

Hi Andy, I'm wanting to get into sand sculpting and I'm looking up info online. I've been snow and ice sculpting for about 15 years and I'm ready to work on sand sculpture in warm weather for once. I would like to go straight to competing if possible. Do you have suggestions how to get involved with sand sculpting competitions? Thanks, Jason jasonanhorn.com/snow-sculpting/

Jason Anhorn hi Jason..if you are experienced just go win a few amateur division comps and you will get invited to step up..unfirtunately there is no league or promotional system to jump right in unless you know another sandcastle "master" (as they like to be called!).. amateur comps don't pay anything..but get you seen..the best two comps to aim for are the north American championships aT ft Myers in Florida which is at thanksgiving time and sandfest at port Aransas in Texas..hope this helps..i don't do many competitions as I haven't got the time..hope this helps

Andy Hancock I live in Florida and a majority of the beaches I go to have WAY TOO MANY SHELLS. I'm assuming from your previous comment that Ft. Myers has good sand? Would appreciate your response. Thank you Andy. I subscribed.

Always use wet sand - sloppy wet - buildild it with a form (buckets trashcans) and like a pyramid, and always work from the top down using your tools - NOT your fingers

Hi there Unicorn! - we mix sand and water till sloppy - molten in the bottom of the bucket then tap the sides to cause compaction, then add more water - and THEN ADD SAND TO WATER ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP - only way - where are you located?

@@SandcastleAndy right now im at ocean city Maryland, but i live in Scranton

@@maxi_patty Make a volcano on the beach fill it with water and start adding sand - send me a video of what happens and a close up of the sand. Have you got any sand shapers as they could help test your sand in minutes? watch video on making a ball - best way to see if the consistency is right and that there is no air in the sand. #wedontdoboring #GoSandNation

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2012/13 American sand sculpting champion and peoples choice winner, 2014 peoples choice winner at Sandcastledays on south padre island and builder of the largest outdoor permanent sandcastle in the USA as well as the largest ever sand sculpture on the beach in Texas - the Alamo 300 tons