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JANUARY 10, 2017|SPORTS & OLYMPICS


The Professional Snowball Fighting League You’ll Long To Join


I admit I was a little afraid to show this video to my 12 year old son, because I am not sure it is a good thing for him to know that being a “professional snowball fighter” is actually a real thing. Still, it is the perfect antidote to the cold.

As you watch Finland and Japan squaring off in a battle to capture the flag with 90 machine created snowballs each, you might wonder how this is not already a Winter Olympic sport. The world needs this way more than it needs luge relay, that is for sure.

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