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
Sculpture Title: Inoculation
Team Sculptora Borealis took home both 1st place in the championship category, as well as 2nd place in people s choice at the 2021 U.S. National Snow Sculpting Championship.
Team Name: Flozen: Less Latitude, More Attitude from Florida
Sculpture Title: The Power of the Mind s Eye
Team Frozen: Less Latitude, More Attitude from Florida took home both 2nd place, as well as 3rd place at the 2021 U.S. National Snow Sculpting Championship.
Team Name: Snowblind from Wisconsin
Sculpture Title: Tribal Dance
Team Snowblind took home both 3rd place in the championship category, as well as 1st place in people s choice at the 2021 U.S. National Snow Sculpting Championship.