GNAR
Giving Skiing & Snowboarding an extra edge! 🤘
Welcome to GNAR.ski
This website is dedicated to The Game of GNAR, which is a great way to make Skiing & Snowboarding even more fun than it already is!
GNAR originated as a game for skiers to play in Squaw Valley, Tahoe, USA (now called Palisades Tahoe). GNAR stands for Gaffney’s Numerical Assessment of Radness. It is essentially a point-based system for determining who was the Raddest skier, in Squaw Valley over a set timeframe. Invented by the late, great Shane McConkey & his friend Robb Gaffney.
We are in no way affiliated with the originators of the GNAR game and this website is simply a homage / modification of it.
Essentially, because the original game was Skiing based for Squaw Valley, we just thought it would be a good idea open the game up to both Skiing and Snowboarding, and to make the game non-location specific with a set of formalised rules as specified below so that it can now be played anywhere.
To achieve this we have decided to focus our rules on the Extra Credit Points (ECPs) from the original game, as they can pretty much be used anywhere and are really funny. We have modified the rules to make them more universal and have added some of our own. We have also removed the Daily & Yearly Categories and just made them all Unlimited which should make things simpler, we are keeping some of the penalties too!
We also thought it would be a good idea to have a suggestion form so that people can add their own ideas – that is if they are good enough!
The Rules
- Decide on the group
- Specifiy the time limit
- Keep track of the scores
- Winner has the most points!
Points
| BG | Beggar | Pay for lunch in only coins (meal, drink, side) | 6000 |
| BN | Butt Naked | Complete a run butt naked. If jailed you lose all your points | 5000M 10000F |
| BG | Bragger | Brag to people on the lift about how rad you are | 1000 |
| BR | Beer Run | Complete run with beer in hand | 10000 |
| CH | Call Home | Ski or Snowboard a hard run while talking to a family member on the phone (no headset) successfully | 3000 |
| DS | Dog Shit | After seeing someone letting their dog shit in the snow and walking away, pick it up in a poop bag & give it back to them | 10000 |
| EB | Extreme Brag | In a bar brag to a group of least 5 people about how rad you got today | 5000 |
| EC | Ego Claim | After skiing or boarding a run, go over to group of strangers who were watching and claim, “I’m the best skier/boarder on the mountain!” | 200 |
| FB | Fart Bag | Be the first person to spot someone in a one piece | 250 |
| FC | Fart Claim | Produce a smelly fart in a crowded gondola / tram / cable car etc and loudly state “that was me”! | 500 |
| FL | First Lift or Chair | Get on the very first lift or chair of the day | 5,000 |
| FO | Foreign | Convince someone you are from a foreign country | 2,500 |
| GR | Glade Runner | Ride off-piste / avoid groomed pistes all day except when necessary to get to lift | 2000 |
| GT | Goggle Tan | Ask any stranger which player in your group has the darkest, most defined goggle tan. Winner gets points | 500 |
| IC | Instructor Callout | To any instructor / coach yell, “I can’t believe you’re a instructor / coach. I’m so much better than you!” | 500 |
| JU | Just Undies | Complete run in only underwear. If jailed, you lose all your points | 2500M 5000F |
| LC | Last Chair Hero | Get last chair of the day on any lift | 5000 |
| LF | Lost and found | Collect entire outfit from lost and found and wear it the entire day | 10000 |
| LL | Liftie Love | Get liftie to say you are cool | 500 |
| LN | Local Legend | Lifties know you by name | 5000 |
| LR | Lagger | Lag behind and hold up the group | 200 |
| PR | Park Rat | Spend whole day in the park | 500 |
| PS1 | Pow Stash 1 | On a powder day find untouched powder stash in after 1pm | 1000 |
| PS2 | Pow Stash 2 | On a powder day find untouched powder stash in after 2pm | 2000 |
| PS3 | Pow Stash 3 | On a powder day find untouched powder stash in after 3pm | 3000 |
| RA | Rope Air | Jump over any rope skiing / snowboarding, rope must be above ground | 400 |
| RB | Red Bull | Give out at least 5 Red Bulls before a lift opens,+50 for every extra Red Bull | 2000 |
| RY | Radness Yell | Before dropping into a line / run, vigorously wave your arms while yelling at the top of lungs: “Hey! Check me out! I’m going to rip the shit of this!” or similar | 250 |
| SB | Snowball | Hit any rider with a snowball | 50 |
| SC | Steal Clothes | Steal the clothes of the person doing a BN and make them ride butt naked to the base of the chairlift | 1000 |
| SD1 | Sick Day 1 | Call out of work to go ride | 1000 |
| SD2 | Sick Day 2 | Call out of work to go ride from the chair lift | 2000 |
| SD3 | Sick Day 3 | Call out of work to go ride whilst riding | 10000 |
| SI | Snowball Instructor | Hit an instructor with a snowball from a chairlift | 500 |
| SM1 | Switch Master 1 | Ride an entire Blue run switch/backwards without stacking it | 500 |
| SM2 | Switch Master 2 | Ride an entire Red run switch/backwards without stacking it | 1000 |
| SM3 | Switch Master 3 | Ride an entire Black run switch/backwards without stacking it | 5000 |
| TH | Tree Hugger | Pick up trash/litter | 1000 |
| TQ | Thirst Quencher | Buy lifties beers | 10000 |
| TS | Talk Smack | In a serious tone, without laughing, and just prior to dropping into run, tell a stranger next to you, “I’m better than you!” | 300 |
| TW | Trail Wizard | Ride Every trail on the mountain | 5000 |
| UL | Urinate Line | Stop mid run and urinate. Must empty bladder | 1000M 2500F |
Penalties
| CC (p) | Caught Cheating | Caught Cheating by other players | -50000 |
| CK (p) | Camel Back | Wear a Camel Back | -1500 |
| DE (p) | Day Ender | Day ending fall or injury | -3000 |
| FH (p) | Fear of Heights | Lowering the Sissy bar | -500 |
| FL (p) | Flailing Lagger | Crash or equivalent prevents you from keeping up with the group | -1000 |
| LE1 (p) | Loose 1 piece | Lose a piece of equipment in a crash | -500 |
| LE2 (p) | Loose 2+ pieces | Lose a more than 1 of equipment in a crash | -1000 |
| QT (p) | Quiter | Stop skiing before noon | -1000 |
| SD (p) | Sick Day Penalty | Your boss finds out! | -4000 |
Contributors
- The original GNAR guys (Shane McConkey & Robb Gaffney)
- Dan, Riley & Mackenzie Vince
- Rob Ward
- Mike Votanek