During a heat wave in late June, 1,200 sauna enthusiasts gathered in Brooklyn for the first competitive aufguss event in the US. This two-day event featured ten top sauna masters performing routines that integrated lights, music, dance, and storytelling. Each routine lasted 13 to 15 minutes, where masters showcased skills like spinning towels and using aroma-infused ice on hot stones. Participants aimed to earn points in categories like heat distribution and towel technique to become the first US aufguss champion, who would advance to the world championships in Italy.
The two-day event featured 10 of the nation's top sauna masters, who took turns spinning towels like lassos and pounding aroma-infused ice balls onto hot stone as a panel of judges and fired-up fans looked on.
Each 13- to 15-minute routine also brought the heat with lights, music, dance, narration, costumes and props intended to blow hot air and tell a story.
The goal of those in the hot seat? To rack up enough points in categories like heat distribution and towel technique to secure the title of first US aufguss champion.
'Fire can help warm and ice can help soothe, and those working together creates a more beautiful world,' said the real-life siblings and Vegas showgirls.
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