LMN Athletes

Athletes With A Cause is a way for competing outdoor athletes to raise money and awareness for diverse causes while they train, compete and travel the globe in search of adventure. You can help the LifeMoreNatural.com athletes raise money for such causes as sending underprivileged children to outdoor recreation camps, purchasing disabled sports equipment, or educating school children about alternative energies.

This past winter we raised over $1,500 to send kids from Big Brothers Big Sisters to ski camp at Alyeska Resort and to help Disabled Sports at Alpine Meadows. This summer we’ll be working with Expedition to Endure and Five 2 Nine Productions as they use cycling and kayaking respectively to bring awareness to important river conservation issues around the world.

In the past two years we’ve helped raise over $16,000, which has been used to purchase a bi-ski for Wasatch Adaptive Sports in Utah, sending kids to ski school in Northern Nevada, and supporting school sports programs in Healy, Alaska.

You can help these great athletes in their efforts by making a donation.

Expedition to Endure:

We’re riding our bicycles from Deadhorse, Alaska to Ushuaia, Argentina, around 16,000 miles, to promote conservation and protection of watersheds through fly fishing, healthy and sustainable lifestyles through cycling, and to reach out to the public through media to educate, inspire, and motivate current and future conservationists.

Jake Barrett: Born in Sun Valley,ID and growing up in Reno,NV Jake is not a stranger to the outdoors. Jake has worked in the bike industry for 8 years, everything from sales, wrenching for pro teams, and helping start a bicycle courier company. He currently works for 2041, an enviromental awareness company, which has taken him to Antarctica and sailing all over the world. In his free time Jake enjoys bike touring, hiking, fishing, kayaking, sailing and flying. 2041.com

Jayson Hale: Jayson is a native of the Sierra Valley and currently lives in Truckee, California. Jayson is an accomplished professional snowboarder, competing on the world level at events like the X Games (3rd place Boardercross 2006), making the US Olympic Team in 2006, and is currently training to make the 2010 Vancouver team. He’s traveled the world in search of snow and adventure. When Jay’s not snowboarding, he’s fly fishing, camping, backpacking, hiking, riding bikes, and NEVER spending a day inside. Jay’s positive attitude and energy are going to be amazing assets on this journey!
See more – JaysonHale.com

Larry McKurtis: Larry was born and raised in Sierra Valley. Larry is an accomplished cyclist, a local fly fishing guide, and a talented writer. In 2007, Larry rode solo across the United States, and a small crew followed him to film a documentary about bicycle touring and travel. Larry writes for an online non-profit called Life More Natural and Sierra Fisherman magazine. Larry enjoys biking, fly fishing, hunting, conservation work, writing, camping, backpacking, traveling and being outside.
He’s currently helping to organize a new Trout Unlimited Chapter in Truckee, CA.
See More – ForThousandsofMiles.com, LifeMoreNatural.com

Currents and Five2Nine Productions:

Currents is a river stewardship focused WebTV program (online video documentary) which uses white water kayaking as a means to educate a broader audience about the risks threatening the world’s rivers and to help highlight the intrinsic value of preserving rivers in their natural state. It is our belief that greater recreational use of rivers promotes a stronger recognition of their importance and a greater dedication for the broader public to protecting them.

Mike McKay co-founder of Five2Nine Productions: Five 2 Nine brings together a group of amateur paddlers who all share the goals of pushing the limits of whitewater while holding down day jobs. In the time since Five 2 Nine began we have expanded to work on projects to help promote rivers and overall conservation of water resources. Through photo and video we hope to create awareness in an entertaining and fun way.

Related Stories: Five2Nine Presents: Currents.

Skiers:

Shelly Robertson: Raising money to send disadvantaged kids to ski school.
Related Stories: Chasing the Olympic Dream and Helping Kids Do the Same, Doing What We Love in Order to Make a Difference, Keeping the Legacy Alive, In Quest for Gold, Olympic Skier Seeks to Help Reno Youth.

Kayla Hoog-Fry: Raising money to send disadvantaged kids to ski school.
Related Stories:Building Winter Athletes, one comp at a time.

www.buildingwinterathletes.com

K.C. Deane: Raising money to send disadvantaged kids to ski school.
Related Stories:Chasing the Endless Winter.