With over 5 1/2 feet of new snow in the last week, winter is back in the Lake Tahoe area! With the new snow, the High Fives Foundation is excited to extend a special discount for the upcoming Squaw Valley Prom! On Monday, February 10th at 4:15 PM the first five couples tickets sold will be 50% off … Read more
High Five to Maude Raymond for her support of the Foundation and for coming back from a tough knee injury! We ran into Maude at the Phunkshun Wear “Happiest Hour” fundraiser at the 2014 SIA On-Snow Demo event. She let us know that she is fired up to be skiing strong again and looks forward … Read more
Alpenglow Sports is proud to announce the fourth installment of 2013/14 Winter Film Series with world-famous high altitude ski mountaineer and Marmot athlete Adrian Ballinger. Ballinger’s show will occur during the Alpenglow Mountain Festival, a two-week celebration of human-powered winter sports from February 14 through March 1. An annual presenter in the Winter Film Series, Ballinger is well-known … Read more
Thank you to the incredible team at RockyMounts (Boulder, CO) for inviting High Fives Athlete Sally Francklyn, Executive Director Roy Tuscany and Director of Operations Adam Baillargeon to be guest bartenders on January 29! Learn more about RockyMounts at: rockymounts.com Thank you to the amazing folks at Phunkshun Wear (Silverthorne, CO) for hosting the “Happiest Hour” … Read more
Here’s to the amazing students at Chester Andover School in Chester, VT for the great “thank you” cards they sent to High Fives Athlete Michael Schwarz for the presentations he recently lead for the B.A.S.I.C.S. #HelmetsAreCool! Learn more about Michael and watch #HelmetsAreCool:
High Fives Athletes Jasmin Bambur & Andrew Kurka have been named to the U.S. Paralympic Ski Team to compete at the 2014 Paralympic Games in Sochi, Russia. Way to go Jasmin & Andrew! Read the article from Team USA which announces the ski teams (men and women) that are set to take on the world … Read more
High Fives to Griffin MacFadyen for continuing to support the Foundation through his the Winter Action Sports Ambassador Pledge Program, known as “Griff’s Pledge”! An update from Donna MacFadyen (Griff’s mother): “Another weekend has come and gone, and Griffin is feeling good about 2 more podiums in support of High Fives. Weekend weather was finally … Read more
High Five to Jennifer Langille (USASA Marketing & Communications Manager) for helping the B.A.S.I.C.S. #HelmetsAreCool campaign make its way into the new USASA eMagazine! Read the online issue and see our advertisement here: issuu.com/usasa/docs/usasa_emag_winter2014 About USASA: The USASA is proud to be able to represent the recreational and competitive interests of amateur snowboarding and freesking in … Read more
Listen live at 7am (PST) to KDOT.com’s broadcast of the High Fives Foundation’s Co-Founder and Executive Director Roy Tuscany and Board Member Jesse Murphy as they discuss #HelmetsAreCool on the Public Affairs Program on Rock 104.5FM! Learn more about #HelmetsAreCool at basics.highfivesfoundation.org
Thank you to Jake’s on the Lake for hosting the High Fives Foundation at the Aloha Tuesday’s event on on January 21st! The Foundation will again be the featured at the Aloha Tuesdays events on February 25th and March 18th. See you there for more great raffles and specials! Thank you to Sunnyside Restaurant & … Read more
