Last week, twelve teams from around the world gathered in Stillwater, Minnesota, to compete for the gold in the first World Snow Sculpting Championships.
Last week, twelve teams from around the world gathered in Stillwater, Minnesota, to compete for the gold in the first World Snow Sculpting Championships.
Last week, twelve teams from around the world gathered in Stillwater, Minnesota, to compete for the gold in the first World Snow Sculpting Championships.
LAKE GENEVA â The 10-degree temperature was ideal. The wind, not so much.
Yes, the sun was out, but a steady 11-mph wind out of the west gusted to 21 mph, blasted across Geneva Lake and made the real-feel temperature fluctuate between minus 4 and minus 10 degrees.
Wrigley Drive and Riviera Beach were welcoming on Friday for the third and detail-oriented day of the U.S. National Snow Sculpting Championship. It just required multiple layers, hand warmers and a good pair of insulated boots. Masks on this day pulled double duty, warding off the COVID-19 pandemic and frostbite.
âItâs been brutal here today,â said Jim Malkowski, a sculptor from Milwaukee. âBut we dress for it and weâre moving around. So itâs doable.â