First place went to a Chinese team for their sculpture “Illusion.” Pretty awesome sculpture that had a light frosting of snow that really helped set it apart and made it more visually striking! Second place went to a Mongolian team for “Exquisite.” It was well named and had an amazing 3D composition. Finally, Sam Girault from France took third place for “Time of Life.” This was a huge sculpture and it was pretty insane that he did it mostly by himself. He had a helper for short periods, but his teammate had a visa issue and couldn’t make it. Congrats to the winners!

The event was held at the Sendi Snow Park in Nantong, China. I posted another gallery just concerned with the Snow Park, since there was a lot of ice/snow stuff besides the competition. The slides were fun!

Finally, please forgive me for not having all the competitors names. This is a toughie sometimes, since many of the competitors names at international events don’t work well in English. I have to track down English equivalents if I can even easily get my hands on their names to begin with!

Here, you’ll notice that none of the sculptures have placards like you see at some competitions. To some degree, the organizers withheld competitor names to discourage favoritism, but I’m not sure why placards weren’t produced for after judging. At any rate, as judges, we aren’t really supposed to hang out with the competitors and compiling a list of the teams wasn’t a high priority after the event. But I’m going to try to put that info together since it’s kind of lame to not have it!