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Muscle Memory- The Chris Muscle Story

September 5, 2021September 2, 2021 by Landon McGauley

High Fives supports a vast array of Athletes who have overcome a wide-spanning range of injuries. Sometimes the trauma is invisible to the naked eye. While many Athlete injuries are visible, such as paralysis from a spinal cord injury, High Fives also supports Athletes with injuries that are not as visibly apparent as wheelchairs or ... Read more

From a hospital bed, to the top of Half Dome – Athlete Ryan Bodine

September 2, 2021August 24, 2021 by Landon McGauley

Ryan Bodine Goal Athlete Number: 305 Injury Level: SCI C7 Location: Nevada City Injury Date: 2/20/20 Cause: Snowboarding Having been so lucky to recover extremely quickly, my main goal is to snowboard again. Along with snowboarding, my goals are to run a mile, surf, and rock climb. A long term goal I have is to ... Read more

Return to Dirt x High Fives RZR Camp 2021

August 11, 2021August 10, 2021 by Landon McGauley

It seems like it was just yesterday that we were returning from the dust of 2020's Return To Dirt Camp. The camp continues to be a favorite of both staff and #HighFivesAthletes. The combination of great people, high-powered vehicles, lakes, sunshine, and camping makes it quite challenging to not have an amazing time. Some incredible ... Read more

The Last High Five Winners surf their custom Macskis in Santa Cruz!

June 25, 2021June 23, 2021 by Landon McGauley

Camps have returned, and we are absolutely elated to bring amazing Athletes from across America together to bond, heal, and shred together. This last month we were able to bring 8 Athletes together in Santa Cruz to get out in the water to feel the therapeutic power that lives inside the ocean. 2 of these ... Read more

Shelby Estocado | From the top to the bottom and back

June 1, 2021May 21, 2021 by Landon McGauley

Shelby Estocado has been an athlete all her life. As a standout softball player at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, and then at Tulsa University in Oklahoma. Estocado went on to play for Team USA as a member of the National Baseball Women's Team in 2016. “I grew up playing tons of sports, ... Read more

A Message For Mental Health Awareness Month

June 1, 2021May 18, 2021 by Anna Stump

2x Paralympic medalist and High Fives Athlete #45, Keith Gabel, reminds us that it's okay not to be okay. In June of 2005, Keith Gabel was involved in an industrial accident; over 2,000 pounds of hydraulic pressure crushed his left foot. After a series of medical procedures, the decision was made to amputate. Keith is ... Read more

Soren Lindholm wins the Marker Dalbello Volkl fundraising Prize!

April 27, 2021April 23, 2021 by Landon McGauley

The Marker Dalbello Volkl x High Fives Athlete Challenge! It really excites us when we throw out a challenge to our Athletes, and then they knock it out of the park. This year at our Ski-a-Thons, we challenged Athletes to see who could gather the most amount of donors. It wasn't about the largest amount ... Read more

High Fives Athletes Secure Gold in Italy!

April 13, 2021April 6, 2021 by Landon McGauley

We know that all of our Athletes are out making the most of every situation they are faced with. We take a lot of pride and fulfillment in seeing an Athlete that we have supported return to the sports they love most following a life-changing injury. Part of being a High Fives Athlete is finding ... Read more

High Five The Hill 2021

February 11, 2021January 27, 2021 by Landon McGauley

Winter Park 2021 The Return of Ski camps BOOM, just like that, 2020 is over. Although We are not sad to be saying goodbye to that year, we do owe it some appreciation. We learned a lot about ourselves and about what we are capable of. We tend to learn the best lessons under pressure ... Read more

High Fives, 12 years strong

January 21, 2021 by Landon McGauley

12 years of High Fives EST. JANUARY 19,2009 Quick Numbers 358 Athletes $4.8 million distributed 14 surf camps 9 bike camps 15 ski camps 10000's of High Fives slapped Over the last 12 years since the inception of High Fives, a lot has happened. In the fewest words possible; good times were had, barriers were ... Read more

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