The CBC original series has been renewed for a fourth season, with production beginning this summer in New Brunswick
CBC today revealed the 12 world-class sand sculpting teams, who will compete in the third season of RACE AGAINST THE TIDE (10X30), premiering Sunday, July 16 at 8:30pm (9 NT) on CBC and the free CBC Gem streaming service. Also announced today, the hit competition series will return for a fourth season in 2024, with production beginning later this summer on New Brunswick’s iconic New River Beach, on the Bay of Fundy.
Season 3 of RACE AGAINST THE TIDE makes the world’s toughest sand sculpting competition even tougher, as 12 teams compete in a beach battle – tournament style. Divided into two groups of six, the teams will dig, pound, carve and sculpt through four qualifying rounds. The top two teams from each group will face off in a sand-flying semifinal. In the end, only one team will reign supreme and walk away with the grand prize of $10,000, and the beach bragging rights of being crowned Race Against the Tide champions.
New Brunswick’s award-winning artist and godfather of Canadian Hip Hop, Maestro Fresh Wes, returns as host, alongside judges Karin Fralich, who herself has competed in more than 120 master-level contests around the globe, and is a five-time World Champion; and Rusty Croft, a seasoned sand sculptor who holds the Guinness Book of World Records title for the “tallest sand castle” as a member of the Sand Guys. He has also appeared on every episode of Discovery Channel’s Sand Wars and Sand Blasters.
Meet the Season 3 teams competing to be crowned Race Against the Tide champions:
Group 1
- Bob Atisso and Benjamin Probanza (Mexico and Ghana)
- David Ducharme and Dmitrii Klimenko (Winlaw, BC and Russia)
- Jim McCauley and Anna McCauley (Australia)
- JP Dupont and Calixto Molina Navarrete (Quebec City, QC and Mexico)
- Mike Beaupre and Rachelle Beaupre (St. Hippolyte des Laurentides, QC)
- Thomas Koet and Anique Kuizenga (The Netherlands and USA)
Group 2
- Alex Avelino and Thomas Brown (Nelson, BC and USA)
- Brian McArthur and Dawn Detarando (Red Deer, AB)
- Carlos Miguel Ramirez Pereyra and Francisco Javier Calvillo Valdez (Mexico)
- Ludo Roders and Inese Valtere (The Netherlands and Latvia)
- Marie-Line Gagne and Isabelle Gasse (Quebec City, QC)
- Mike Bradley and Shannon Fishback (USA)
Sand sculpting enthusiasts can catch up on Seasons 1 and 2 on CBC Gem leading up to the Season 3 premiere. For story updates throughout the season, please visit cbc.ca/raceagainstthetide.
RACE AGAINST THE TIDE is executive produced by Matt Hornburg and Mark Bishop of marblemedia; series producer and writer is Carly Spencer, and Donna Luke of marblemedia serves as co-executive producer. Co-produced with Hemmings House Films, for which Greg Hemmings serves as Co-Executive Producer and Stephen Foster as Producer. For CBC, Sally Catto is General Manager, Entertainment, Factual and Sports; Jennifer Dettman is Executive Director, Unscripted Content; Alexandra Lane is Senior Director of Production; and Ann-Marie Redmond is Executive in Charge of Production. RACE AGAINST THE TIDE is presented by our long-term returning parnter, Tourism New Brunswick.
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About marblemedia
marblemedia is a global multi-award-winning production company based in Toronto, Canada. For over 22 years, the company has been leading the future of entertainment through its diverse production slate of Scripted, Unscripted, and Kids & Family programming which has built up a library of over 2,100 hours of television.
The company has seen momentous growth over the past three years with recent success stories including the global phenomena and Netflix Original competition series Blown Away, new Netflix Original competition Drink Masters, hit family comedy Overlord and the Underwoods (Hulu, Nickelodeon, CBC, BYUtv, ITV), CBC original formats Race Against the Tide and Best in Miniature, five seasons of hit competition series All-Round Champion (BYUtv and TVOKids), new format A Cut Above (Bell Media and Discovery US), family comedy The Parker Andersons/Amelia Parker (Super Channel, BYUtv). marblemedia is also looking forward to the release of the company’s first ever feature doc on the iconic and beloved Mr. Dressup coming out Prime Video later this year, and new multiverse teen comedy Davey and Jonesies’s Locker co-commissioned by Hulu and Amazon Prime Video.
marblemedia was founded in 2001 by co-CEOs Mark Bishop and Matt Hornburg with a commitment to creativity and innovation. The company has offices in Los Angeles and London, plus a 50-acre production facility north of Toronto.
For more information, please contact:
Elizabeth Reid
CBC, Public Relations
Kelsey Aikman
marblemedia, VP of Marketing & Communications
