Becca

Becca Lefanowicz | Truckee, CA Social Media Manager | Becca is the first High Fives employee born and bred on the west coast, but she's left her footprints and first tracks all over the globe. She is a celebrated big mountain skier, having once held the title of North Face Young Gun award at the Subaru North American Freeskiing Championships before attending Western Washington University. Becca offers her linguistic and artistic savvy to the Foundation as Social Media Manager.

FIVE FOR FIVES | LONE MOUNTAIN PRINTING

January 30, 2018 by Becca

HIGH FIVE TO OUR FIVE FOR FIVES PARTNER LONE MOUNTAIN PRINTING FOR THEIR 2014-2018 CONTRIBUTION OF $67,565.07! WHAT IN THE WORD IS FIVE FOR FIVES?! FIVE FOR FIVES = COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP LONE MOUNTAIN PRINTING DONATES 5% FROM ALL ORDERS OVER $500.00 AND 10% OF ALL ORDERS FOR THE LIFETIME OF CLIENTS REFERRED BY THE HIGH FIVES FOUNDATION. HIGH FIVE! LONE MOUNTAIN ... Read more

Athlete of the Week | Andrew Kurka

January 26, 2018 by Becca

#HighFivesAthlete Andrew Kurka shares how the start of his year is going! In 2005, at the age of 13, Andrew suffered at spinal cord injury at the T10 level. In the words of Andrew Kurka -- The ski season has started off very well for team USA. With multiple podiums being put down at the ... Read more

High Fives in the News | 9news

March 5, 2026January 26, 2018 by Becca

"Principal paralyzed in snowboarding accident hits the mountain again" Shared by 9news, tells the story of #HighFivesAthlete Allyson Mallory There ain't no stopping her now. Author: Erin Powell Read the full article by 9news HERE

High Five the Hill | A Craig Hospital and High Fives Adaptive Camp

January 26, 2018 by Becca

High Five the Hill | A Craig Hospital and High Fives Adaptive Camp The Winter Park, CO ski camp highlighted four adaptive athletes who all suffered life-altering spinal cord injuries in the winter action sports community and each of them were excited to get back out onto the mountain following their respective injuries. Justin Pines ... Read more

High Fives in the News | KOLO8 News Now

January 25, 2018 by Becca

KOLO8 News Now features High Fives! The January 14th event, #NourishYourNoggin, sponsored by Red Wolf Lodge Squaw Valley is featured on KOLO 8 News! Thank you Tahoe Food Hub for providing the 'Breakfast of Champions - free Oatmeal Bar'!

3RD ANNUAL RETRO SHRED-A-THON

January 25, 2018 by Becca

The Retro Shred-a-Thon at Copper Mountain is back! Register HERE On Sunday, April 15th, 2018, The High Fives Foundation and Phunkshun Wear will be taking over Copper, lapping all day on American Eagle lift to raise funds for injured mountain action sports athletes. All are welcome and are encouraged to wear throw back gear including, ... Read more

Athlete of the Week | Ryan St. Lawrence

January 22, 2018 by Becca

Always an honor to have #highfivesathlete Ryan St. Lawrence visiting the CR Johnson Healing Center! Ryan just sent it from Boston to Colorado to pick up his newly adapted sprinter van then drove the van from Colorado to California to get a workout in at the CR Johnson Healing Center! "Picked up the rig at @my_tourig yesterday. Beyond psyched ... Read more

Volunteer | Michael Bumann

January 18, 2018 by Becca

Red Dot Management is joining High Fives as a safety coordinator for our adaptive camps! High Fives Foundation announces that Michael Bumann has joined our organization as a volunteer EMT and Water Rescue Tech to provide medical support for our multiple Adaptive Athlete Camps. Michael comes to us with an extensive background as a Firefighter/EMT, ... Read more

The Alchemist & Rome Snowboards SDS Blur 159 | Snowboard Raffle #1

January 17, 2018 by Becca

Explore the Rome Snowboards collaboration with Alchemist's Jess Graham & Rome's Michael Paddock! The board was made possible by Jess' illustrations, Michael's design collaboration and under the art direction of Alchemist co-owners Jen and John Kimmich! Congratulations to our first raffle drawing winner! Watch the video below to find out who won The Alchemist x Rome Snowboards SDS Blur 159 Snowboard. ... Read more

HIGH FIVE THE HILL 2018

January 17, 2018 by Becca

The High Fives Foundation has placed a lot of focus on the development of adaptive camps in the last few years! Ski, surf and mountain bike camps have been hosted in Tahoe, Minnesota, Vermont, Colorado and Hawaii (amongst other places), introducing many athletes to a variety of adaptive outlets. The most recent adaptive camp was ... Read more

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