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Making Art Out Of Ice: World Record Holder Puts Skill On Display In Westhampton Beach

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Ice carver Rich Daly created a custom Santa Claus, holding a surfboard, at the Westhampton Beach Brewery on Saturday. Daly, a Mastic Beach resident, is in the Guinness Book of World Records for speed ice carving. In 2013, he carved 61 300-pound blocks of ice into 61 different sculptures in just two hours and 52 minutes. CAILIN RILEY

Ice carver Rich Daly created a custom Santa Claus, holding a surfboard, at the Westhampton Beach Brewery on Saturday. Daly, a Mastic Beach resident, is in the Guinness Book of World Records for speed ice carving. In 2013, he carved 61 300-pound blocks of ice into 61 different sculptures in just two hours and 52 minutes. CAILIN RILEY

Ice carver Rich Daly created a custom Santa Claus, holding a surfboard, at the Westhampton Beach Brewery on Saturday. Daly, a Mastic Beach resident, is in the Guinness Book of World Records for speed ice carving. In 2013, he carved 61 300-pound blocks of ice into 61 different sculptures in just two hours and 52 minutes. CAILIN RILEY

Ice carver Rich Daly created a custom Santa Claus, holding a surfboard, at the Westhampton Beach Brewery on Saturday. Daly, a Mastic Beach resident, is in the Guinness Book of World Records for speed ice carving. In 2013, he carved 61 300-pound blocks of ice into 61 different sculptures in just two hours and 52 minutes. CAILIN RILEY

Ice carver Rich Daly created a custom Santa Claus, holding a surfboard, at the Westhampton Beach Brewery on Saturday. Daly, a Mastic Beach resident, is in the Guinness Book of World Records for speed ice carving. In 2013, he carved 61 300-pound blocks of ice into 61 different sculptures in just two hours and 52 minutes. CAILIN RILEY

Ice carver Rich Daly created a custom Santa Claus, holding a surfboard, at the Westhampton Beach Brewery on Saturday. Daly, a Mastic Beach resident, is in the Guinness Book of World Records for speed ice carving. In 2013, he carved 61 300-pound blocks of ice into 61 different sculptures in just two hours and 52 minutes. CAILIN RILEY

Ice carver Rich Daly created a custom Santa Claus, holding a surfboard, at the Westhampton Beach Brewery on Saturday. Daly, a Mastic Beach resident, is in the Guinness Book of World Records for speed ice carving. In 2013, he carved 61 300-pound blocks of ice into 61 different sculptures in just two hours and 52 minutes. CAILIN RILEY

Ice carver Rich Daly created a custom Santa Claus, holding a surfboard, at the Westhampton Beach Brewery on Saturday. Daly, a Mastic Beach resident, is in the Guinness Book of World Records for speed ice carving. In 2013, he carved 61 300-pound blocks of ice into 61 different sculptures in just two hours and 52 minutes. CAILIN RILEY

authorCailin Riley on Dec 15, 2021
When Rich Daly enrolled in culinary school at Johnson and Wales University more than 20 years ago, he thought he was embarking on a career in the food industry. Then... more

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