NY Post: Inside Brooklyn’s ‘show sauna’ competition, where masters wow sweating crowds with heat, towel technique and storytelling

Call them hot and unbothered. 

During late June’s heat wave, when most New Yorkers sat pinned to air conditioners, 1,200 sauna enthusiasts swarmed Brooklyn’s Bathhouse to witness the country’s first sauna master smackdown.

Some wore bell-shaped felt bucket caps to prevent overheating and to signal: This ain’t my first hydro-deo. Others were Bathhouse regulars who, like any good New Yorker, saw a line — in this case for the wellness venue’s 80-seater “event sauna” — and joined the queue.

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