Robb Gaffney Ski Highlights

A glimpse back at my brother's ski film career, this edit only played publicly prior to an MSP Films' premiere of "The Land of Giants" in Olympic Valley. Our lengthy career of shooting together resulted in a whole lot of footage from Adrenaline Descents in 1992 through Ski Movie II to G.N.A.R in 2010., so this is obviously only scratching the surface. There are some really good film lines missing (like Robb's first ski descent of Tahoe's Tom Burt Spines), and Robb probably would have argued that his greatest big mountain skiing came post-film career, but either way, it's certainly not too shabby for a doctor. Robb was rowdy but calculated, kinda pro but all soul, progressive yet old school, and, as I said it in Walls of Freedom, he was "as smooth as they come." His passion for skiing overflowed until the day he lost his four year battle with cancer on September 22, 2023.

Footage from the films:
Adrenaline Descents (1992)
The Edge of Existence (1993)
Walls of Freedom (1995)
breathe (1997)
1999 (1999)
Ski Movie II: High Society (2001)
Immersion (2002)
G.N.A.R.: The Movie (2010)

Backed by the sounds of David Gilmour, one of the last concerts Robb ever saw.