Island snow sculptors win fourth straight Jack Frost title

Sculptors from Caledonia, P.E.I., have defended their first-place standing at the Jack Frost Children's WinterFest over the weekend and took home the $2,000 prize money.
Abe Waterman and Ben Waterman have won first-place standing at the Jack Frost festival for four years in a row. They also took part in the Quebec Winter Carnival International Snow Sculpting Competition in 2008, representing P.E.I., where they placed fourth.
The title of their entry this year was Charlie's 9-5.
The Watermans explain their sculpture this way:?"Ordered by the Olympians to hold up the skies of the earth, without Atlas the earth would be in a continuous free-fall into the depths of nothingness, making it nigh on impossible for us earthlings to have the winter Olympics."
Second place went to Harry Farfan, an architectural design conceptualist, master sand sculptor, chainsaw artist, snow sculptor and musician. Originally from Montreal, he now resides in southern Ontario and has been attracted to snow sculpting because, like sand, there is no limitation to the material, enabling large artistic decisions to take shape.
It has also helped pass the long Canadian winter, said Farfan. He plans to create more snow and ice combinations in his work and has been experimenting with pyrotechnics and lighting effects to add even more enchantment and excitement to the sculptures.
The title of his sculpture was The Skirmish and he explains his work this way:?"The hockey fight - a Canadian tradition brought to life through snow. Hockey, one of our great Canadian games, includes what is affectionately known as the Skirmish or digging deep to get that game-winning goal."
Farfan won $750 for second place.
The People's Choice winner was Stephane (Bob) Robert, from Austin, Quebec. Robert has spent a number of years sandsculpting around the world and just arrived on Prince Edward Island after creating specialty rooms at the Ice Hotel in Quebec City.
The title of his sculpture was Freestylin.
Teams from Portugal, Ontario, New Brunswick and Quebec participated alongside the Watermans.