Keenan Grady, Author at SnowBrains

Happy 420: “Tanner Hall and the Athlete’s Case for Cannabis” – by The New Yorker

Is this for real? Our beloved stoner athlete Tanner Hall has been making unprecedented moves in the action sport community. He is one of the first high level athletes to endorse pot as helpful substance to his training and his success. Tanner said “[I] used it when I competed at the X Games,” he mentioned, “It helps with the stress, with […]

Keenan Grady | April 19, 2016

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VIDEO: Highlights of Hard-Charging Locals at Squaw Valley, USA This Season

Squallywood, the Palisades, and KT-22 are just a few of the most notable names out of Squaw Valley. The next big thing to come out of the area is the Squaw Squawd. These guys are absolute mayhem and look like a blast to ski with. It’s such a relief that there’s finally enough snow in the Tahoe region to […]

Keenan Grady | April 7, 2016

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2015/16 Closing Dates For North American Ski Resorts

Ahh, the sweet, distinct smell of cheap hot dogs and brats being grilled accompanied, with of course, some PBR or the other cheapest libation you can get your hands on. Puppies are running around everywhere and there are girls skiing in bikinis, sometimes even guys too. Closing days will soon be had by many ski resorts around the […]

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Keenan Grady | March 31, 2016

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Skier Who Pushed Snowboarder Off Chairlift in Aspen To Plead Not Guilty By Insanity

On January 17th, Thomas Proesel, 31, pushed snowboarder Seth Beckton off the Loge Peak Lift at Aspen Highlands, Colorado after a comment that Beckton made about skiing vs. snowboarding. Seth fell about 25-feet. Proesel is now pleading insanity so that he will not be charged as guilty. Seth: “to get tits deep pow shots you just need to […]

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Keenan Grady | March 29, 2016

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Doctors Experiment With Alternative Torn A.C.L. Solutions

In the active sports world that we live in, injuries are common: unfortunately one of those most common injuries is a torn ACL. As it stands the traditional way of repairing the Anterior Cruciate Ligament is through grafting a piece of ligament from either the hamstring or the patella. This technique is generally fairly successful, but after looking at […]

Keenan Grady | March 28, 2016

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Video: Pep Fujas & Jonny Moseley Shred 19″ Powder Day at Snowbird

Talk about blower! Snowbird racked up 19 inches of the fresh stuff over the last couple days; thanks to Johnny Moseley, Pep Fujas, and Mckenna Peterson we have a quick clip of some of the moment of sheer epicness from Wednesday, March 23rd. The clip starts out with Pep ripping some classic surf-style butters in the powder. Mckenna follows […]

Keenan Grady | March 25, 2016

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Whistler Extends Season Til May 30th

Thanks to an excellent snow pack in British Colombia this year, Whistler is planning on extending the spring season by an extra week. This means that the resort will remain open until May 30th. This season’s snowfall statistics at Whistler: 1177cm (463in) of total snowfall 292cm (115in) so far this march The 10 year average snowfall is 1163cm […]

Keenan Grady | March 22, 2016

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2nd Avalanche Death In Small Region of B.C. In 2 Weeks

This season has been one for the books in terms of avalanche fatalities. There was a 34 year-old Sicamous man who was riding his sled solo and was trapped in an avalanche on March 10th. Read that article here. More recently, this week, there was another fatality recorded in British Columbia. He was part of a group of snowmobilers that […]

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Keenan Grady | March 21, 2016

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