HIGH FIVES WORKING @ VERMONT NORTH

High Fives co-founder is working at Vermont North Ski Shop this entire Holiday season come see him for details on the foundation.

High Fives Quarterly: Volume 2

Second Edition of High Fives Non-Profit Foundation Quarterly, please read to stay up to date with the most recent news, updates and upcoming events. Enjoy!

50/50 UVM Alumni Party

UVM ALUMNI PARTY

Meathead Films Unveils Wild Stallions Ski Movie

 

TRUCKEE, CA - Award winning Meathead Films has released the DVD for their latest ski film project, Wild Stallions, presented by Subaru of New England.  A public movie premiere in conjunction with High Fives Non-Profit Foundation will be held at 50/50 Brewing Company (fiftyfiftybrewing.com) on Thursday November 19 at 9:00pm.  Admission is a $5 donation to the High Fives Athlete Endowment Fund, with all ages welcomed.

The screening will also include free giveaways, a raffle with hundreds of dollars worth of prizes, and an actions sports movie that will excite people for the upcoming ski season.  Merchandise from Meathead Films sponsors as well as prizes from UVM, Trew Clothing, Orage Clothingand Unofficialsquaw.com will be up for grabs.  The night will also feature a vast gathering of Lake Tahoe-based UVM alumni to enjoy the first ever CA premiere by Meathead Films.  DJ Silver Boom-Box Thief will provide music following the movie.

 Wild Stallions was filmed exclusively in the Eastern U.S. and Canada while following the region's most talented freeskiing athletes to spectacular terrain throughout various resorts, urban areas, and rare backcountry locations including cat skiing in the Chic Choc Mountains.  What the East lacks in vertical drop, Meathead Films makes up for in unveiling tight tree skiing, deep powder, unique jump sites, creative urban terrain, and of course, die hard locals. 

 Filmed in High Definition, 16mm, and Super 8mm film formats, Wild Stallions is truly a unique mix of visual mediums.  Last year's offering from Meathead Films, Head For the Hills, won the category for "Best Jib" at Powder Magazine's Video Awards.  This event is considered to be the Academy Awards of the ski film world and Wild Stallions is sure to stir up similar excitement in the industry.

 Boasting one of the largest movie tours in the game, Wild Stallions will premiere at over 60 stops and returned as a feature presentation at the 3rd annual International Freeskiing Film Festival (IF3) in Montreal on September 18. A complete list of tour stop locations and dates are available on MeatheadFilms.com. 

 The DVD will be distributed in the U.S., Canada, Japan, and the U.K. by VAS Entertainment, the world's largest action sports distributor.  Content from Wild Stallions will be broadcasted to millions on RSN, an ESPN affiliate, as well as The Ski Channel, an on-demand network carried by Comcast and Time Warner.  The movie trailer for Wild Stallions can be viewed on MeatheadFilms.com, as well as the entirely new SkiTheEast.net community website.   

 

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For immediate company information visit:  www.meatheadfilms.com, www.skitheeast.net, & www.highfivesfoundation.org 

GP MARTIN: TRAINS

An amazing video put together by the media director, GP Martin of the TRAINS event from 2009. This is a cool way to view the day.

http://vimeo.com/7216213

Bocce Tournament

 

1st Annual BOCCE Tournament

This past weekend,  the 1st Annual BOCCE Tournament took place at the regional park courtesy of the Truckee Parks and Rec Department who also painted six amazing courts for the day. The 24-two person teams competed for trophies from the Mountain Forge Inc., prizes from Snowbomb.com, and the ultimate title of Truckee's Bocce Champions. The tournament was a double-elimination format that started promptly at 12:30 and finished in the dark after 7pm. This fun filled day was catered by Tahoe's finest sandwich shop, Full Belly Deli and featured the soon to be world famous wings of Jamie LaValle. Uncorked wine provided custom wine glasses to all attendees, a couple cases of wine and the everyone's favorite beer: PBR. Keith Prawalsky and Keith Deisner (owner of Truckee's favorite water hole THE PASTIME CLUB) took home the title of champions by defeating Unofficialsquaw.com Tall People team of Mattias Sullivan and John Rockwood. Great day and we look forward to a bigger turnout next year! High Five and a big thank you to Eventsmaster for the donation of 25 chairs and 5 Tables for the day.