Legendary Tahoe Skier Robb Gaffney Gets Rare Cancer at 48, Asks For Your Help: Skiing legend Scott Gaffney broke the news last week on Instagram that his little brother, Robb Gaffney, was battling a rare form of bone marrow cancer. Robb is a genius, one of the smoothest, most gorgeous freeskiers we at SnowBrains have ever had the pleasure of watching. He still managed to ski 100 days every year while attending medical school […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 24, 2019 1 Comment
Ultra Bonus SQUALLYWOOD Chapter Released Today: The FORBIDDEN Tram Face… The Tram Face at Squaw Valley, California is arguably the sickest piece of easily accessible terrain in the Contiguous USA. The Tram Face just may be the sickest piece of forbidden terrain on Earth. Dr. Robb Gaffney, M.D. just released his Ultra Bonus Chapter all about the lines of the forbidden Tram Face and it’s absolutely gnarly. “The Squallywood Ultra […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 5, 2016 2 Comments
Squaw Valley Denounces Robb Gaffney’s Resignation as Ambassador Last Week, Dr. Robb Gaffney announced that he would be stepping down as an ambassador of Squaw Valley ski resort after 20 years of ambassadorship. Robb stated that the reason for his resignation was that he is: “not comfortable being linked to an organization and a process that fundamentally disturbs me at several levels.” – Robb Gaffney Squaw’s response to Dr. Gaffney’s letter of resignation was expected to be something like this: [..] SnowBrains | April 18, 2014 24 Comments
Robb Gaffney Responds to Squaw CEO’s Tough Talk on NPR Against Creating Town of Olympic Valley Andy Wirth has come out strongly against the incorporation of Olympic (Squaw) Valley in an NPR interview saying that: “there are so many mistruths and mischaracterizations being made that we had to step up.” “They are suggesting that they can improve services. They have yet to even prove that they can sustain existing services. In fact, we […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 15, 2014 47 Comments
Robb Gaffney Resigns as Squaw Valley Ambassador: Robb Gaffney, one of them most accomplished skiers to grace the slopes of Squaw Valley resigned today from being a skiing ambassador for Squaw Valley after 20 years of ambassadorship. Robb sites Squaw Valley’s new direction as the cause for his resignation stating that he is “not comfortable being linked to an organization and a process that fundamentally disturbs me at several levels.” […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 11, 2014 7 Comments
Scot Schmidt Avalanche Interview: “I Got My Ass Handed to Me By a Massive Avalanche” “I didn’t know anything about big mountains. I basically got my ass handed to me by a massive slide and I was lucky to have walked away from it. That experience alone put me on a whole different path. If I hadn’t have had that experience I wouldn’t have been as cautious and as intuitive and as conscious.” – Scot Schmidt Robb Gaffney […] Avalanche SnowBrains | October 8, 2013 1 Comment
Dr. Robb Gaffney on Squaw Valley “Speaking Up to Protect Squaw Valley: What Would Muir Do?” Dr. Robb Gaffney (author of Squallywood the Book) has written a poignant piece for our friends at Moonshine Inc. about the changes going on at Squaw Valley, California. It’s a powerful read from a man that knows Squaw Valley and it’s many faces well. Speaking Up to Protect Squaw Valley: What […] SnowBrains | September 12, 2013 4 Comments
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