The season of sports is in the air and what’s catching up with Emiratis is a new fever of snow volleyball. Dubai’s first official Snow Volleyball tournament will take place in October this year.

Taking place at Ski Dubai in Mall of the Emirates, the four-day tournament will be held under the support of Fédération Internationale de Volleyball and is organised by Esperia Volleyball Academy in collaboration with Dubai Sports Council and Ski Dubai.

To strengthen Dubai’s position as the world’s most preferred venue for international sporting events, the event will attract hundreds of participants to the game.

Held under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Sports Council, the event will be the first of its kind in the Middle East.

Through the matches, it will help emphasise Dubai’s reputation as one of the region’s top supporters of snow sports and a premier destination for snow sports enthusiasts.

Snow-sports has been gradually catching up with the Emiratis and a few months ago Ski Dubai also hosted the world’s first indoor edition of Red Bull Jump and Freeze. The event saw participants on a vehicle slide down the slope of Ski Dubai before jumping into a pool of freezing water.

Last year too, Ski Dubai organised DXB Snow Run where residents and visitors ran 3km through the snow at Ski Dubai.

Not just that, in the coming times, Ski Dubai plans to host various snow sports events including the UAE Alpine Ski Championship, UAE National Ski and Snowboard Freestyle Championship, and the 12th edition of Ice Warrior Challenge.