Athletes

High Five #HighFivesAthlete Tim Burr on your 833 steps outside in an exoskeleton with the help of Bridging Bionics! Watch as Tim Burr, who was paralyzed in 2014, walks with the assistance of "Tucker," the exoskeleton, thanks to the Bridging Bionics Foundation. Tim sustained a spinal cord injury at the C5 level while skiing the crested ... Read more

Congratulations & High Five to 7 Central Region #HighFivesAthletes who were awarded Empowerment Grants in Quarter 1 of 2016! In Quarter 1 of 2016 High Fives dispersed $34,503 in grant funding to 7 Central Region Athletes to aid in recovery from life-altering injuries. In Quarter 1 of 2016 the High Fives Foundation disbursed a total of $91,509 in board-approved grants to … Read more

Congratulations & High Five to 2 Eastern Region #HighFivesAthletes who were awarded Empowerment Grants in Quarter 1 of 2016! In Quarter 1 of 2016 High Fives dispersed $8,025 in grant funding to 2 Eastern Region Athletes to aid in recovery from life-altering injuries. In Quarter 1 of 2016 the High Fives Foundation disbursed a total of $91,509 in board-approved grants … Read more

Congratulations & High Five to 10 Western Region #HighFivesAthletes who were awarded Empowerment Grants in Quarter 1 of 2016! In Quarter 1 of 2016 High Fives dispersed $48,980 in grant funding to 10 Western Region Athletes to aid in recovery from life-altering injuries. In Quarter 1 of 2016 the High Fives Foundation disbursed a total of $91,509 in board-approved … Read more

Grant funding from Tahoe-based High Fives Foundation allows injured skier the chance to ski Empowerment Grant will provide Jason Abraham with health treatments and ski lessons after life-altering injury The High Fives Foundation is awarding 36-year-old Jason Abraham an Empowerment Grant of $5,835 to aid in his recovery from a life-altering injury he sustained while … Read more

Truckee, Calif. local Jeff Andrews receives Empowerment Grant from Tahoe-based non-profit for progressive treatments in Hawaii Treatments will aid in recovery from his spinal cord injury sustained in a snowboarding injury The High Fives Foundation is awarding Jeff Andrews two board-approved Empowerment Grants in the amount of $15,606 to provide access and funding towards Andrews recovery, through … Read more

San Francisco skier awarded grant funding for vital treatments following life-altering injury Tahoe-based High Fives Foundation provides Matt Leonard an Empowerment Grant for adaptive ski lessons with Achieve Tahoe. High Fives Foundation is awarding Matt Leonard an Empowerment Grant of $505 to help him take the next step in his road to recovery. The Grant is providing Leonard … Read more

Berkeley resident living with quadriplegia skied the X Games Superpipe with grant from Tahoe-based non-profit The High Fives Foundation sent Tony Schmiesing to Aspen with a board-approved Empowerment Grant The High Fives Foundation is awarding Tony Schmiesing a board-approved Empowerment Grant of $4,996 in support of Schmiesing’s goal to attend X Games Aspen and ski the superpipe. … Read more

Truckee resident receives continued support from Tahoe-based High Fives Foundation to purchase mono-ski Through an Empowerment Grant Luke Eckenberg will take next step towards recovery following snowboard injury The High Fives Foundation is awarding Luke Eckenberg a board-approved Empowerment Grant of $6,856. This grant will allow Eckenberg to purchase a HOC Monoski as he continues … Read more

Reno speed flyer, David Hewel to receive an Empowerment Grant towards recovery from spinal cord injury Grant will fund personal training sessions to continue his path towards walking again on his own The High Fives Foundation is awarding the 33-year-old skier a board-approved Empowerment Grant of $1,300 in support of Hewel’s goal to walk again and to … Read more