Athletes

The High Fives Foundation – Winter Empowerment program service disburses board approved grants to disabled winter action sports athletes participating in winter adaptive sports or athletes recovering from a life-altering injury. In October, the Foundation’s Board of Directors Grant Selection Committee approved the following grants for six athletes totaling $17,418.58. Four of these athletes have … Read more

#HelmetsAreCool is the third installment of five for the High Fives Foundation B.A.S.I.C.S. (Being. Aware. Safe. In. Critical. Situations.) Program Service. The previous two B.A.S.I.C.S. documentaries inspired critical thinking regarding five critical mistakes that winter action sports athletes have made before suffering a life-altering injury; and backcountry safety with a concentration on avalanche awareness. Watch … Read more

Thank you to Nick Martini of STEPT Productions for filming and editing “The Sally Francklyn Story”! Check out Sally’s interview on ESPN Freeskiing (https://xgames.espn.go.com/skiing/article/9802536/skier-sally-francklyn-recovering-traumatic-brain-injury)  

The Winter Empowerment Fund is a program service of the High Fives Non-Profit Foundation that provides support for alternative healing and therapies, rehabilitative and adaptive equipment to athletes that suffer a life altering injury while pursuing a dream in the winter action sports community. Funds are allocated to assist disabled athletes in the recovery process … Read more

High Fives Foundation Athlete Keith Gabel sat down with AthleteGo to discuss his training en route to the 2014 Paralympic Games in Sochi Russia. Read the full interview here. 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 … Read more