Gregory N. LeBon AIA, Founding Member of Archisand

Professional Sandcastle Designs Architect since 1984
Located in Mission Viejo, CA

Greg LeBon has been competing in competitive sand sculpting events since 1981.

Greg’s accomplishments and contributions to the sand sculpting community are numerous. Greg’s early years in sand sculpting included being a member of the Sand Sculptors International (SSI) Team. This team won many U.S. Open and World Championships in the 1980’s. He worked professionally with SSI on a part time basis while continuing to practice Architecture in the State of California. In 1989 Greg founded Archisand. This team has competed extensively on the West Coast of the United States ever since. For 7 of the last 10 years Archisand has taken first place in the Masters 10 Man division, in the prestigious U.S. Open Sand Sculpture event held each year at Imperial Beach California. This event draws over 350,000 spectators annually.

Greg often contributes his time to volunteer, church and other agencies by conducting workshops on sand sculpting. Greg and the Archisand team donated a sculpture to Extreme Makeover – Home Edition with Ty Pennington, and been featured in Travel Channels “Sand Blasters” Sand sculpting competition. frequently competes in National and International Sand sculpting competitions with many awards to show for his efforts. Most of Greg’s work in sand sculpture is for corporate clients such as Toyota, Scion, Honeywell, and Experian.

Sand Sculpture has taken Greg too many interesting destinations, including trips to Japan, Canada, Mexico and throughout the US. Many of Greg’s creations have been crafted on local beaches in Southern California, Including Manhattan, Zuma, Hermosa, and Huntington Beaches to name a few.

Kathy LeBon Bio

Kathy has been associated with Archisand since 1999.

Kathy is an artisan who understands anatomy well. She has an eye for facial proportions and compositions. Recently she has taken on the role of Director of Marketing for Archisand. Since then Archisand bookings have more than doubled.

Kathy supports the Archisand in many ways, both on and off the Beach

Alex LeBon Bio

Archisand Team Member since 1997

Alex has been sculpting sand since he can remember (Age 4 or 5 yrs old). Alex found ways to contribute to the team at a very young age. Now Alex can say he is a professional, with 2 U.S. Open titles to his credit. He has sculpted projects in the finest hotel properties in California. Alex has been to many of the projects his dad (Greg LeBon) sculpts, including projects for ESPN’s cold Pizza, and the City of Ventura, Sea Fest, and the Camp Vegas 2010 marketing campaign.

Donnie Dewees Assoc AIA Bio - Founding Member of Archisand

Donnie Dewees has been sculpting professionally, since 1985, and has been a member of Team Archisand since its inception. Donnie has competed in Ten different U.S. Open Sand Sculpting Contests including Seven with Archisand including Masters wins in Six of the last nine years. He has also participated in four Guinness Book of World Records projects for the largest Sand Castle, along with Archisand founder, Greg Le Bon.

Donnie has completed sand sculptures all over the United States working for county and state fairs, mall project and art festivals from Southern California to Oregon – and New York to Florida and sculpted full-time professionally in 1992.

Donnie has also traveled internationally having been an invited sculptor, also along with Archisand founder Greg Le Bon, to the Kamaishi Sand Sculpting Festival in Kamaishi, Japan in 1989.

Professionally, Donnie is Principal and Director of Design of DeWees Design located in Orange, California since 2005.

Michael Dewees Bio

Archisand Member since 1989

Michael Dewees has been carving sand since the mid 1980’s. Michael’s talents are diverse. Along with his brother Donnie they form a great one two punch for competitions and promotional events. Michael has been part of many US Open Championship teams.

Rick Foster Bio

A Founding Member of Archisand – Sculpting Since 1981

Rick is one of the Founding members of Archisand. It was Rick along with Greg LeBon who first started carving sand in the State of Oregon in 1981. Rick has been carving sand ever since. When Rick is not carving he is an executive in the Pet products industry.

Rick has been part of numerous championship teams over 3 decades of sand sculpting. Rick provides a level of commitment, Intensity and leadership any sand sculpting team would welcome.

Joe Garcia Bio

Archisand member since 2003

Joe provides Archisand with a great mix of strength and art. When Joe is not sculpting Sand he is a personal trainer and competitive weight lifter. Joe is a real power house. He is so much fun to watch – especially during the pound up phase of the project. Joe sculpts professionally for Archisand and has been a part of numerous U.S. Open championship teams.

The Tanaka Family Sand Sculptor Artist Bio
Mission Viejo, CA. Archisand Members Since 1993

The Tanaka family is made up of Ko Tanaka, and his wife Midori, son Tetsuya and daughter Amy. They have been involved in numerous sand sculpting events with Team ARCHISAND.

Ko has a special talent that grows from his profession as a design Architect licensed in California. The family has embraced sand sculpture 100% and attends events with all pitching in toward a common goal of excellence.

Tetsuya is the family’s workhorse. He can now call himself a professional and a U.S. Open Champion. All family members are skillful sand sculptors. Amy, The youngest of the Tanaka Family, has shown great progress with her sculpting abilities. Midori provides detailing skills. Ko has become the Logo king. His precise carving ability lends itself to replicating corporate logos with exacting results.

Ed Nagy
Professional Sand Sculptor Archisand Team Member since 1995

Ed Nagy has been competing in competitive sand sculpting events since 1995.

Ed’s accomplishments in sand sculpture have occurred over a decade of working with Archisand. Ed has developed as an artist and team leader providing artistic and practical problem solving to sand sculpture. Ed has been part of 7 US Open Championship teams. Ed is also a talented Video editor and contributes his time to generating Archisand video for our team mates. Ed is a top performer in sales of fine Commercial Carpets working with Designers and Architects in the flooring industry when not carving sand.

Henry Nagy Bio

Henry is a relatively new member to Archisand. Four years ago he joined Archisand with guns blazing. He quickly learned the art and has become an important part of Archisand’s recent successes. When not sculpting, Henry is Solar Photovoltaic Design Consultant, fulfilling people’s dreams of a sunshine powered life. Henry’s Son John Nagy also contributes to the teams successes.
Henry recently contributed his efforts to carve for a music video for the TV show “How I Met Your Mother”, and Bridget’s Sexiest Beaches.

Dan Audick Bio

Archisand Member since 2008

Dan is a retired NFL professional athlete. In his NFL career, Dan blocked for such Hall of Fame greats as Joe Montana (San Francisco 49ers) and Dan Fouts (San Diego Chargers). An NFL highlight for Dan was protecting Joe’s blindside in the 49ers’ Super Bowl XVI victory over the Cincinnati Bengals. Dan has drawn upon those NFL experiences to engage in his hobby of photography in order to produce slideshows that document the creations of Team Archisand.

Tracey Weiss Bio

Archisand Member since 2006

Tracey first competed with Archisand in 2006 and was part of the “Poker Party” Sculpture that took first Place at the prestigious U.S. Open Sand Castle completion at Imperial Beach California. Tracey continues to contribute to Archisand’s success.
Tracey is a true professional artist. She has dedicated her life to teaching Ceramics and other related art. Her ability to understand space, order and composition makes Tracey a valued team member. Tracey sculpts with many professional sand sculpting teams in addition to Archisand.