It’s that time again: the 2026 Olympic Games are officially underway, inspiring a patriotic spirit in even the most skeptical Americans. From the thrill of the opening ceremony to the exhilaration of competition to the shock of the latest Olympic scandal, the Games rarely fail to bring people together.
So, as the Winter Games get going, we couldn’t help but reminisce on the many winter sports-themed pictorials from Playboy’s past, from snow bunnies to ice queens. Because if we’re being honest, sports are cool, but our country’s real winners are no doubt these gorgeous women. What’s more unifying than that?
Here, find 15 photos from the Playboy archives that will get you in the team spirit.
Julie Lynn Cialini posed for Richard Fegley in the February, 1994 issue.Morgan Fox hit the slopes. Shot by Stephen Wayda, 1990.Dwight Hooker photographed Sheri Moore in 1973.Jill De Vries posed for Dwight Hooker, 1973.Cara Wakelin, shot by James Imbrogno for the November, 1999 issue.Deanna Baker, Lenna Sjooblom, and Sheri Moore by Dwight Hooker, 1973.Arny Freytag captures Danielle McCann for the February, 1983 issue.Sharon Rogers captured by Don Bronstein, November, 1963.Karen McDougal bares all for Stephen Wayda in 1997.Kari Kennell, by Stephen Wayda for the February, 1988 issue.Lorraine Michaels posed for Arny Freytag. January, 1982.Kari Kennell posed for Stephen Wayda in the February, 1988 issue.Sue Batchelor defined snow bunny in the November, 1966 issue. By Pompeo Posar.Lenna Sjooblom, au naturel. By Dwight Hooker in February, 1974.Cynthia Ramstead by Arny Freytag, February, 1983.
