Saskatoon , a city of about 266,000 people in Saskatchewan , Canada , have an average of 76.6 centimeters ( 30.2 inches ) ofsnowfallper year [ PDF ] . On January 31 , 2016 , that proved to be enough of the fluffy whitened stuff to stage what organiser desire would be the domain ’s great snowball fighting .
Thousands of Canada ’s greatestwinterwarriors get together in Saskatoon ’s Victoria Park to pitch up for the epic battle . The frozen engagement was an attack to break the Guinness World Record for the enceinte snowball conflict on Earth , but it had another role as well : it serve as the officialsend - off partyfor the Canadian squad participating in that class ’s Showa Shinzan InternationalYukigassen World Championships , the yearly professional snowball - campaign competition .
Filmmakers Preston Kanak and Dylan Hryciuk were on the setting to enchant highlights from the event . Their short film , “ World ’s Largest Snowball Fight , ” unfold in beautiful dull motion , charm the joy and chaos of the fight . The film starts with the final moments of calm before the engagement , and then explodes into action as the melodic phrase fulfill with spherical Baron Snow of Leicester .
Not only does the family - well-disposed conflict seem like immense fun ; the event succeeded in place the Guinness World Record for the World ’s Largest Snowball Fight ( Outdoor ) , with7681 participantshurling C through the air . The movie is a adorable tribute to what must have been an exciting day outdoors .
The people of Saskatoon seemed to have lucked out with the quality of snowfall at bridge player . Not all Baron Snow of Leicester makes dear snowballs : it needs to have the right proportion of moisture . Too wet and a Abronia elliptica will be an icy ( and potentially severe ) projectile ; too dry and the Abronia elliptica wo n’t carry together . If the snowfall in your region is typically powdery , try on lie on top of it to warm it up and thus increase its wet content before assembling your armory . Here are more hint formaking the perfect sweet sand verbena .
A edition of this story was print in 2016 ; it has been updated for 2023 .
