[VIDEO] Scott Gaffney Honors His Late Brother Robb in Heartwarming Memorial Tribute Film Freeskiing icon Dr. Robb Gaffney succumbed to acute myeloid leukemia, a type of cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow, on September 22, 2023, four days short of his 53rd birthday. He wasย a local legend in the Lake Tahoe skiing community, author of the revered book โSquallywood,โ and co-creator of the beloved game of G.N.A.R. He was also aย ski […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 18, 2023 0 Comments
GNAR: The Legacy of Shane McConkey Shane McConkey will forever be remembered as one of the greats of freestyle skiing, but today his legacy lives on not only in his skiing but also in the game of GNAR, his brainchild with Robb Gaffney, the author of Squallywood, the unofficial guide detailing exactly how to shred all the best lines in Squaw Valley Ski Resort, CA. GNAR, […] Laughs Lucy Ferneyhough | May 2, 2020 2 Comments
VIDEO: The Gnarliest Couloir Ever Skied? | 28,000′ Lhotse Couloir [arve url="https://youtu.be/wPXSFVruIHI"] SnowBrains | October 15, 2019 Likes Tweets 1 Comment
VIDEO: G.N.A.R. Hucking, Squaw Valley, CA 2017 | Josh A. & Friends Squaw Valley local rippers took full advantage of the massive amount of snow this last season. Some lines were “in season” that folks hadn’t seen ripped in years. It might have been “high tide” for Squaw with all that snow filling in, but lines were still steep and drops were huge. Follow the boys through the game of G.N.A.R. as […] LadyBrains | November 4, 2017 1 Comment
Crystal Mountain Conditions Report|Low Tide, New Snow The past week was rough for Washington. Not because there was no precipitation, but because it came as a giant pineapple. Rain. Eventually freezing levels dropped low enough for the upper mountain at Crystal to accumulate some snow. With the rain from the last storm front, a good amount of snow was lost at lower elevations and near rock bands at higher elevations. Once the rain turned to snow 8” stacked up in Green Valley. Definitely is a welcome change from no snow. It would definitely take some imagination to call the new snow powder, but the wet snow filled in shallow spots, smoothing out the terrain and giving […] Conditions Report Chaz Diamond | February 8, 2015 0 Comments
Reine Barkered POV of Verbier Xtreme Winning Run | Fast & Huge So this is what it looks like from the point of view of ‘The Mayor of Stomptown’. The run definitely looks way faster from his angle than from the telephoto lens of the media halfway across the valley […] SnowBrains | April 3, 2014 1 Comment
Are You Ready For Silverton? | VIDEO: Nestled in the San Juans is one of the Meccas of the ski world, the 1800 acres of Silverton Mountain. The town of Silverton is about an hour from Durango, CO. Founded in 2002 by Aaron and Jen Brill, Silverton has catered to advanced skiers looking for a more advanced and technical ski area. Silverton is a gem in the ski industry […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | March 13, 2014 0 Comments
$h*t F*#k Conditions: Johan Jonsson Crushing the Crud If you haven’t already seen this video floating around the internets, stop what you’re doing and watch it now. Johan Jonsson is not a human. He is a $h*t F*#k conditions shredding machine. Watch as he crushes lines that would make anyone pucker, and does so in some horrendous conditions. This is some of the strongest skiing we’ve seen in a long while…if not ever. […] SnowBrains | January 1, 2014 4 Comments