Build it and they will come – 2018 Vans US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach
Construction for the upcoming 2018 Vans US Open of Surfing started a couple of weeks ago and it’s coming along well. If you take a stroll down the Huntington Beach Pier you’ll see the large city being erected on the south side of the pier, right on the sand! The event will take place 7/28/18 through 8/5/18, so they have some work ahead of them. But each year they manage to finish construction just in time for the crowds.
Each year I try to photograph the construction of the US Open in Huntington Beach, not sure why, maybe it’s because the location is beautiful and to see a crew of people build a small city in the sand fascinates me? Perhaps, but maybe it has to do with the anticipation of the event, the progress of the build sort of “builds” the anticipation that it will soon start.
We’ve been photographing and posting about the US Open of Surfing going on for eight years now. Sure it’s not that many, but I will say that the construction of this event is one of the coolest I’ve ever seen. I mean, they make regular old storage containers look like pieces of art!
For now all we have is the construction to let us know the day is getting closer. Soon the crowds will arrive and it will all be worth it. The US Open of Surfing has taken the phrase “build it and they will come” to an all new level!
Be sure to follow us on Instagram @ocsurfpix for more updates from this event in the coming weeks.
