Far from snowy peaks, you can ski and snowboard any time of year in, of all places, a shopping mall in Dubai. If you care two wits about the environment, though, "the amount of energy this climate-defying folly consumes" will likely keep you away. If you live near real ski country, of course, you know that hardcore downhill enthusiasts will stretch the season until May or so, wishing they could do it all year.

Hannah Teter, the 19-year-old snowboarder who won Olympic gold on Tuesday in the halfpipe event, spends her free time doing yoga, stir-frying tofu