How to Turn Sports Weekends into Virginia Beach Vacations

Spending a weekend at the beach for a special event is a common pastime. Virginia Beach, Virginia hosts many sporting events that celebrate the sun and the outdoors. For those who are participating in competitions, this is a popular venue for family and friends to tag along and support their loved ones. Some Virginia Beach group rates are available for teams and large families to make it more affordable. Sporting events include marathons, soccer and sand soccer tournaments, sand castle building competitions, surfing and skimboarding. Visitors stay in Virginia Beach waterfront hotels and spend their free time on the sand or shopping. Sand Castle Building For those who might argue that building sand castles is not a sport, they have probably never tried it in a competition. Like many sports, it requires strategy, skill and endurance under a deadline. The annual North American Sand Sculpting Championship takes place at the Virginia Beach oceanfront during the Neptune Festival in September. Teams come from all over the East Coast and beyond to participate. Competitors build ornate sand castles and sculptures of scenes, people and animals, hoping to win in one of many categories. Surfing and Skimboarding