High Fives Athletes going for gold in Beijing

High Fives is always very proud of all of our Athletes, but we wanted to send out a little extra support and stoke to those who have overcome injury and risen to the absolute top of their sport. From hospital beds to podiums, these are the Athletes who need all of our good vibes, cheer, and support sent their way as they battle for fast times, clean runs, and hardware in Beijing!

Take a look below and get to know your 2022 High Five Paralympic competitors, what events they will be competing in, and their world ranking coming into the games.

Para Snowboarding

Zhangjiakou Genting Snow Park
Beijing, China

Snowboard Cross

Banked Slalom 

Qualifications

March 5th 7pm PST

Finals 

March 6th 7:30 pm PST

Finals

March 11th 8:30 pm PST

Tyler Turner

Country Canada 🇨🇦

Classification SB-LL1

World Ranking

Men’s Snowboard Cross: 1st

Men’s Banked Slalom: 10th

Competing in

Snowboard Cross

Banked Slalom

Tyler Turner
Keith Gabel

Keith Gabel

Country United States 🇺🇸

Classification SB-LL2

World Ranking

Men’s Snowboard Cross: 3rd

Men’s Banked Slalom: 4th

Competing in

Snowboard Cross

Banked Slalom

Evan Strong

Country United States 🇺🇸

Classification SB-LL2

World Ranking

Men’s Snowboard Cross: 9th

Men’s Banked Slalom: 1st

Competing in

Snowboard Cross

Banked Slalom

Evan Strong

Para Alpine Skiing

Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre
Beijing, China

Downhill
March 4th 6:00 PM PST

Super G
March 5th 6:00 PM PST

Super Combined
March 7th 6:00 PM PST

Giant Slalom (Mens)
March 9th 6:00 PM PST

Slalom (Womens)
March 12th 6:00 PM PST

Giant Slalom (Womens)
March 10th 6:00 PM PST

Slalom (Mens)
March 11th 6:00 PM PST

Andrew Kurka

Andrew Kurka 

Country United States 🇺🇸

Classification LW12-1

World Ranking

Slalom: 37th

Giant Slalom: 8th

Super G: 5th

Downhill: 7th

Competing in

Giant Slalom

Super G

Super Combined

Downhill

Jasmin Bambur

Country United States 🇺🇸

Classification LW11

World Ranking

Slalom: 12th

Giant Slalom: 35th

Competing in

Slalom

Giant Slalom

Jasmin Bambur
Katie Combaluzier

Katie Combaluzier

Country Canada 🇨🇦

Classification LW12-1

World Ranking

Slalom: 12th

Giant Slalom: 8th

Super G: 11th

Downhill: 5th

Competing in

Slalom

Giant Slalom

Super G

Super Combined

Downhill

Matthew Brewer

Country United States 🇺🇸

Classification LW12-2

World Ranking

Slalom: 36th

Giant Slalom: 16th

Competing in

Slalom

Giant Slalom

Matt Brewer
Tyler Turner
Keith Gabel
Evan Strong
Andrew Kurka
Jasmin Bambur
Katie Combaluzier
Matt Brewer