--- title: Snow Volleyball Makes Its Debut at the 2018 Winter Olympics description: It might be the winter Olympics, but that hasn't deterred high-profile volleyball players from having some fun of their own. canonical: https://time.com/5160359/snow-volleyball-winter-olympics-2018/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-15T17:35:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-12T08:58:38.133Z og:title: Snow Volleyball Is the Way to Unite Summer + Winter Olympics og:description: Petition to make this an official Olympic sport og:url: https://time.com/5160359/snow-volleyball-winter-olympics-2018/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt334331750622451d/698927c586f68e18ef6e84e3/snow-volleyball-olympics-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Playing snow volleyball in Austria House at 2018 Winter Olympic Games og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Snow Volleyball Is the Way to Unite Summer + Winter Olympics twitter:description: Petition to make this an official Olympic sport twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt334331750622451d/698927c586f68e18ef6e84e3/snow-volleyball-olympics-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Snow Volleyball Is the Ultimate Way to Unite the Summer and Winter Olympics > Sponsored content. 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International volleyball officials are trying to get snow volleyball added to the olympic lineup_  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 15, 2018 5:35 PM UTC International volleyball officials are trying to get snow volleyball added to the olympic lineup  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 15, 2018 5:35 PM UTC It might be [freezing temperatures](http://time.com/5154428/pyeongchang-winter-olympics-extreme-weather/) at the [2018 Winter Olympics](http://time.com/5123348/winter-olympics-2018-schedule/) in [PyeongChang, South Korea](http://time.com/5145898/time-difference-south-korea-us-olympics/), but that didn’t stop some of the world’s best volleyball players from having some fun with their sport while frolicking in the snow. While beach volleyball has become one of the highlights of the Summer Olympic Games, volleyball enthusiasts made a case for a possible new winter sport: snow volleyball. According to [_Yahoo Sports_](https://sports.yahoo.com/snow-volleyball-olympics-pyeongchang-exhibition-plants-seed-112526657.html), the International Volleyball Federation and the European Volleyball Confederation recruited beach volleyball Olympians from countries like Brazil, China, South Korea, and Austria to compete in a demonstration at the Austria House, where the athletes donned warm clothing, gloves, and soccer cleats to bump, set, and spike on a snowy court. > [](https://twitter.com/FIVBVolleyball/status/964112076502437888) > [](https://twitter.com/FIVBBeach/status/963486703859257344) While there’s no guarantee that snow volleyball will become an official Olympic sport for the winter games, it’s worth remembering that events like curling and snowboarding weren’t Olympic sports in the past but are vastly popular now. As might be expected, this unlikely fusion of the summer and winter Olympics was a huge hit with spectators, who took to the Internet to share their feelings about snow volleyball. > [](https://twitter.com/odissy/status/963673146296602626) > [](https://twitter.com/jaybusbee/status/963669826769211392) > [](https://twitter.com/aprildhenning/status/963854647747375104) > [](https://twitter.com/murphdogg%5F/status/963603893417517057) ## Transcript [00:00] [ MUSIC ] It's a great idea [00:04] to bring it here to [00:09] Pyeong Chang. It shows it's [00:14] for good. What [00:20] we can do with this fascinating sport. [ MUSIC ] I've had [00:22] a lot of fun, playing for me it's also the first time, [00:24] [ INAUDIBLE ] and I think we can have a lot of fun but [00:25] also that we can play at a high level. It's all about our [00:26] engagement We wanna have more people [00:38] play volleyball. We wanna have our fans enjoying [00:42] being inspired by volleyball as well. Future, who [00:44] knows? It is so much, it depends, but we are [00:49] very happy. You know, todays special, you know. [00:52] Because we could see our youth medalists playing [00:53] snow volleyball in the world race. 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