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.

MOVIE MONDAY | Georgiana Burnside

September 3, 2016 by Becca

Congratulations #HighFivesAthlete Georgiana Burnside on your enormous strides in recovery from a spinal cord injury! While skiing a double black diamond at Snowmass last Spring, Georgiana hit a rogue patch of ice misdirecting her off a large drop on the side of the trail. After dropping 50 feet or so,Georgiana landed on her back and slid ... Read more

The AccesSurf 10th Annual Adaptive Surf Comp Was A Huge Success | Thank You

September 3, 2016 by Becca

MAHALO NUI LOA! The AccesSurf 10th Annual Adaptive Surf Comp Was A Huge Success. Thank You from AccesSurf. Congratulations to all of our competitors, your performance on the water showed just what is possible for adaptive surfing and will no doubt inspire future surfers the world over. You can check out all the final scores here. RESULTSVIDEOPHOTOS ... Read more

MIND | BODY | STOKE Community Days

September 2, 2016 by Becca

Rebranded Community Days! High Fives Foundation has rebranded its Community Day efforts around the concept of MIND | BODY | STOKE - concepts that CR Johnson and the Foundation believe in. Each month will feature a donation-based Community Day focused around one of the concepts. Take advantage of this special offer, and donate to a ... Read more

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK | JEFF ANDREWS

September 1, 2016 by Becca

#HighFivesAthlete Jeff Andrews wins adaptive surf competition at Waikiki Beach Hawaii, Oahu Hawaii Jeff Andrews won the annual competition held in honor of Hawaiian legend Duke Paoa Kahanamoku (Photo Credit Trevor Clark) On August 25th, 27-year-old Jeff Andrews traveled to Honolulu, Oahu with the High Fives Foundation and won first place in the Assisted Division of the competition. In 2014, Jeff Andrews was ... Read more

HIGH FIVES IN THE NEWS | International Surfing Association (ISA)

September 1, 2016 by Becca

#HighFivesAthlete Jeff Andrews is highlighted on the International Surfing Association (ISA) blog related to his 1st place win! Queen’s Surf Break off beautiful Waikiki Beach was the setting for 60 challenged athletes from 9 different nations from around the world as they converged to celebrate and participate in the 15th annual Duke’s Oceanfest in 1 ... Read more

HIGH FIVES ATHLETES SURF | VIDEOS

September 1, 2016 by Becca

Watch FIVE High Fives Athletes surf during Dukes Oceanfest! The following videos below are from the 10th Annual Adaptive Surfing Competition during Dukes Oceanfest in Waikiki August 23-25th, 2016. Dukes Oceanfest is a world class adaptive surfing competition where you can find multiple different competitive divisions including...Men’s Sit, Women’s Sit, Stand, Prone, Deaf, Wounded Warriors A ... Read more

THANK YOU COPPER MTN

September 1, 2016 by Becca

High Five and Thank you to Copper Mountain! Thank you Copper Mountain for hosting and donating Copper Creek Golf Course for the 2nd Annual CO High Fives Charity Golf Tournament. Your support does not go unnoticed. We found spellbinding views of the 10 Mile Range provided the perfect backdrop for the golf outing and Copper ... Read more

8th Annual High Fives Foundation Bocce Tournament | Press Release

April 1, 2026August 31, 2016 by Becca

Announcing the 8th Annual High Fives Foundation Bocce Tournament The Longest Running Bocce Tournament in Truckee Tahoe The High Fives Foundation is gearing up for the 8th Annual Bocce Tournament to be hosted at Truckee River Winery in Truckee, California. It is proudly presented by GoPro, Truckee River Winery, Guild Mortgage Company, & Cojo Bay Advisors The event will be held Sunday, ... Read more

NON PROFIT SPOTLIGHT | ACCESSURF

August 30, 2016 by Becca

AccesSurf is a non-profit creating community based programs for anyone with a disability to enjoy the water! AccesSurf Hawaii has been established for ten years and has been empowering people with disabilities by providing adaptive surfing instruction and therapeutic educational programs on water recreation and enriches lives by assisting families to access the beach and ocean in a ... Read more

HIGH FIVE THE WAVE 6

August 30, 2016 by Becca

High Five the Wave 6 In May of 2016, the High Fives Foundation brought 11 adaptive athletes to Maui Hawaii for a ten-day surf camp. Each of the athletes has a spinal cord injury and surfs using specialized boards and techniques. The High Fives Foundation, a non-profit in the mountain action sports industry, created these ... Read more

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