It takes a lot of handouts to keep the VIB on the minds of our fans throughout the year. We've given away everything from paper Viking helmets to custom made "Silly Putty," but every year the most sought after give-aways are buttons.

Once again, our friends at Chicago's Busy Beaver Button Co. have graciously taken on the task of making a big chunk of those buttons. You'll have to come see us to get one!

You can always get your very own awesome buttons. Click here to check it out.

Busy Beaver Button Co.
3279 W. Armitage
Chicago, Illinois 60647
(773) 645-3359

Back in the old days people really thought Flash was cool. Yes. We're old. In fact, this site's been up for over 23 years. Here's a few fun things from past incarnations of it:



VIB Real-Time Clock Screensaver



Mr. Potato-Sven

Download the SCREENSAVER
version for your PC!

Click here to download the EXE and here
for the ZIP file.

Check out some of our competitors' sites:



The Kilted Snow Weasels

The Slacktastic 4

The Snow Beards

Snowblind Snow Sculpting



Also check out Rockton Yeti Fest!

We've been in the news a few times. More times than we can keep track of, unfortunately. Here are some articles that are still live on newspaper sites:

Top teams gear up for Yeti Fest 2017

Snow sculptors hope to keep it cool in Lake Geneva

Snow dreams take form at Lake Geneva Winterfest

2014 Illinois Snow Sculpting Competition

Winners named in Illinois Snow Sculpting Competition

Vikings in Black, East High among winners of snow sculpting contest