Athletes
MARCH 2019 | WEST COAST EMPOWERMENT GRANTS FUNDED
MEET OUR 4 WEST COAST #HIGHFIVESATHLETES WHO RECEIVED GRANT FUNDING IN MARCH 2019 CHRIS BARKLEY from SPOKANE VALLEY, WA, COLLIN GRANAROLI from INCLINE VILLAGE, NV, DARIO MINATTA from SANTA ROSA, CA, DAVID HEWEL from RENO, NV plus our 6 East Coast Athletes and 6 Central USA athletes. Chris Barkley | Spokane Valley, WA Chris Barkley sustained ... Read more
March 2019 | EAST COAST EMPOWERMENT GRANTS FUNDED
MEET OUR 6 EAST COAST #HIGHFIVESATHLETES WHO RECEIVED GRANT FUNDING IN March 2019 NICK FAIRALL from ANDOVER, NH, ALEX GOLDMEIER from Plainview, NY, AUSTIN HUNT from JEFFERSONVILLE, VT, RYAN MCLAREN from BURLINGTON, VT, MIKE SCHWARZ from CHESTER, VT, DAVID WEINER from SANDY HOOK, CT plus our 4 west Coast Athletes and 6 Central USA athletes. ... Read more
90’s Adaptive Park Edit | Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows
90’s Adaptive Park Edit | Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows High Fives Athletes in FULL SEND mode at Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows. Featuring Trevor Kennison, Josh Dueck, Trey Humphrey, Bond Camp & Landon McGauley!
Ambassador | Paul Basagoitia
Any One Of Us | Film TEASER High Fives Foundation is a proud supporter of mountain biker Paul Basagoitia https://youtu.be/Tp4PQqgDSCQ When professional mountain biker Paul Basagoitia suffers a devastating spinal cord injury (SCI), his life is changed in an instant. Discovering that he’s become paralyzed, Paul begins a grueling battle against his own body and ... Read more
Athlete of the Week | Ira Edwards
#HighFivesAthlete Ira Edwards gives Back to his community in Alaska Alaskan native and High Fives Athlete Ira Edwards is giving back to his community in a big way. In 2012, with the idea of having sports accessible for all Ira Edwards began fundraising. He started his own company, RoosterSkier Brand Beard and Mustache Product which donates ... Read more
2019 CR Johnson Memorial Lion Heart Art Show | Recap
Lion Heart Art Show Raised Over $3,000 for Athletes in Need - Thank YOU! Thank you Lion Heart Art Show Artists and Attendees! With your help, Riverside Studios was able to raise over $3,000 in the 9th Annual Lion Heart Art Show. These funds will be distributed to Athlete's recovering at the CR Johnson Healing Center in Truckee, CA. The facility would have never ... Read more
2019 Vermont Ski Camp
Sugarbush Resort x Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports x High Fives 2019 Adaptive Ski Camp! Photo Credit: John Atkinson | Full photo album HERE THE 2019 Vermont SKI CAMP HIGHLIGHTED 11 ADAPTIVE ATHLETES WHO ALL SUFFERED LIFE-ALTERING SPINAL CORD INJURIES, EACH OF THEM WERE EXCITED TO GET BACK OUT ONTO THE MOUNTAIN FOLLOWING THEIR RESPECTIVE INJURIES. ADAPTIVE ... Read more
Athlete of the Week | Meredith Koch
Why You Should Include the Adaptively Abled | #HighFivesAthlete Meredith Koch | TEDxNewport THE DAY BEFORE MEREDITH’S 25TH BIRTHDAY SHE WAS HELPING FRIENDS MOVE AN UPRIGHT PIANO OUT OF THE BACK OF A PICK-UP TRUCK. AS IT WAS COMING OUT OF THE TRUCK, IT TIPPED OVER AND LANDED ON HER BACK. THE IMPACT FRACTURED MEREDITH’S STERNUM ... Read more
HIGH FIVES X ARCADE BELT GOAL COMPLETE | Alex Goldmeier
High Five #HighFivesAthlete Alex Goldmeier for achieving his first of five Arcade Belt Goals! Hand cycling the Army Ten Miler Race in Washington DC Alex completed the daunting ten mile race in our nation's capital, achieving his first goal in the High Fives X Arcade Belt Program. Alex was granted a hand cycle in the High Fives Foundation's September adaptive ... Read more
