EditorialTaras Bihus, a snowboard instructor and Ukrainian military reservist who spent five months fighting on the front line of the war, in Polyanytsya, Ukraine, Jan. 18, 2023. (Brendan Hoffman/The New York Times)
EditorialMarkus Timander, a Swedish snowboard instructor who recounts being flooded with job offers, works at the Niseko ski resort area on Hokkaido, in Kutchan, Japan, on Dec. 20, 2022. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialA well-stocked ski and snowboard rental area at Club Med Québec Charlevoix, a ski resort that opened last December at the base of Le Massif, in Petite-Rivière-Saint-Fran?ois, Quebec, Canada, on April 9, 2022. (Eugen Sakhnenko/The New York Times)
EditorialJi Lijia, a?Chinese snowboarder, during the Men's Snowboard Cross SB-UL qualification at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Zhangjiakou, China on Sunday, March 6, 2022. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialJenise Spiteri of Malta competes in the women's snowboard halfpipe at the Genting Snow Park during the 2022 Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, China, Feb. 9, 2022. (Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times)
EditorialShaun White of the U.S. becomes emotional after the men's snowboard halfpipe final at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, China, on Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialChinese fans at a women's snowboard halfpipe event during the 2022 Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, China, Feb. 9, 2022. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialChloe Kim of the United States performs a trick, shown in this composite image, called a straight method air, soaring 12 feet, 10 inches above the edge of the halfpipe, during the women's snowboard halfpipe at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, China, on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. (Photographs by Jeremy White; composite image by Eleanor Lutz/The New York Times)
EditorialLucas Foster of the United States bends his board on the lips of the halfpipe on his second run of the men's snowboard halfpipe qualification round at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, China, on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialAttendees take their seats before the women's snowboard halfpipe qualification round at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, China, on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialChris Corning of the United States wipes out in the men's snowboard slopestyle final at the 2022 Beijing Olympics in Zhangjiakou, China, on Monday, Feb. 7, 2022. (James Hill/The New York Times)
EditorialMax Parrot of Canada competes in the men's snowboard slopestyle final at the 2022 Beijing Olympics in Zhangjiakou, China, on Monday, Feb. 7, 2022. (James Hill/The New York Times)
EditorialKikkan Randall, left, and Jessie Diggins, right, during the awards ceremony after being awarded gold medals in the cross-country team freestyle sprint at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Feb. 22, 2018. (Hilary Swift/The New York Times)