High Five to Kelley McMillan of the New York Times for the great article on professional ski racers and the movement to give back to various charitable organizations outside of their inner community. Read the article “Giving Back After the Race is Finished” here. Marco Sullivan, a veteran of the US Ski Team and two … Read more
High Five to SKI Magazine for the great article in the December 2013 issue titled “Standing Tall” in which High Fives Foundation Co-Founder | Executive Director is interviewed regarding the work that the Truckee based, national 501.c.3 organization does. Read the article here! As touched upon in the interview, an amazing development has been the dissemination … Read more
Thank you to everyone involved with the 2013 SAFE AS Clinics for your support of the High Fives Foundation! The women’s avalanche safety workshop series raised $1,890.00 for the Foundation. This year’s SAFE AS clinics were a huge success as the leading ladies were able to connect with and educate 150 women. Over was $5,000 … Read more
“We are the Squaw Valley Freestyle and Freeride Team, aka SquawFree, a non-profit foundation designed to instruct athletes in proper freestyle, freeride, and freeskiing techniques. Our coaching staff is certified to teach all areas of skiing, from fundamentals to the most advanced aerial maneuvers. The team trains everywhere at Squaw Valley, from the mogul course, … Read more
In this first episode, Ben Leoni explains his motivations for starting the project and why the hell a certified ski bum decided to become a hard working attorney. With friends tagging along he endures the highs and lows of Eastern skiing: ice, wind, rain, and the occasional “perfect” day, all while hiking and shredding down … Read more
In light of the many avalanches this season across North America, it is important to take a step back and re-think your situation before stepping out into the backcountry. Please take a few minutes and read the insightful interview from Sportgevity with Edwin LaMair. On December 23, 2013 Edwin was caught in an avalanche in … Read more
Vermont native and aspiring professional snowboarder Griffin MacFayden is on the hunt to not only go big in snowboarding, but also philanthropy! Learn more about this young gun’s ambition to raise funds for the High Fives Foundation through competing on his snowboard in the Brattleboro Reformer news article (click here). High Fives to Griffin!
Thank you to Sitour USA for installing the new #HelmetsAreCool advertisements at ski resorts across the country! Stratton Mountain (VT) is now live with the ads. Stay tuned for more #HelmetsAreCool ads through Sitour USA… Sitour is the world’s largest on site ski resort advertising Media Company. Developed by marketing and skiing experts, Sitour was … Read more
Thank you very much to Laurel Winterbourne for writing the great article “High Fives and Party Waves Physical Therapy” featured on Canoe & Kayak’s website! Read the article here. On August 5-9, 2012 the High Fives Foundation took a group Winter Empowerment Fund Athletes to San Clemente, CA to learn the sport of adaptive surfing … Read more
Here’s to SNOCRU for supporting the High Fives Foundation from December 22-28 in the Holiday “High Fives” promotion in which $.50 was donated for every “High Five” on the FREE mobile application’s Newsfeed. 2,707 “High Fives” were posted on the Newsfeed – thank you for your tremendous support SNOCRU! Congratulations to Ryan Vincent for being … Read more
