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Posted by Jessica on September 20th, 2010

When not traveling the world playing basketball, I live the glamorous life of a law student. This involves sweat pants, the library, lots of tea, the library, heavy books, and yes the library. For the past three years the end of summer has been a rude awakening for me. It’s like someone reaches up and hits a giant switch: Body – Off, Brain – On. From that moment I am forced, (in a rusty, complaining kind of way) to contemplate the minutia that comes with studying law: what did that judge really mean? What statute was that filed under again? Has the milk really gone bad? Because when I sniff it, it seems fine…. read more

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Tags: basketball, Law School, WorkSafeBC

9307 High-Fives all around!

Posted by Josh on September 14th, 2010

Success! Young injured worker Jessica Beauregard and me, after my last High-Five of the day

It’s been a crazy few weeks! It started with an amazing trip to Toronto for two presentations to the RBC Capitol Markets group and a visit to Niagara Falls. Straight off the airplane in Kelowna we (Lacey and I) drove to an epic camping zone literally a few hundred kilometers from the nearest civilization. What a trip, from the center of the universe to the middle of nowhere.

Up next was the GUINNESS WORLD RECORD™ attempt for the most High-Fives in 24 hours. As I’m sure you’re aware, I was able to smash the old record by nearly three times! read more

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Tags: Guinness World Record, High-Five, Vancouver, WorkSafeBC

In 12 days, I’m going to break a GUINNESS WORLD RECORD™

Posted by Josh on August 16th, 2010

It’s wild to think that it’s already August and in less than a month’s time I will be back on snow at some remote ski hill in South America. In the meantime I have a few days to charge my battery for what’s is proving to be a very exciting month ahead.

On August 27, I’ll be in Vancouver to attempt to set a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORD™ for the most High 5’s in 24 hours. The event is part of the Raise your Hand summer campaign that educates young workers about their right to work in a safe environment. read more

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Tags: Guinness World Record, High-Five, Vancouver, WorkSafeBC

World Championships or Bust

Posted by Jessica on August 6th, 2010

After three months on the road, I am home. What a crazy summer it has been!

The World Wheelchair Basketball Championships were held in Birmingham, UK. There were 22 teams from all over the world competing for the title of World Champions. Before we got there, however, the team spent a week in Germany training and fine tuning things. And boy was it hot! Air conditioning is a rare thing in Europe, and there was none where we were staying. So it was with some relief that we finally boarded a plane for cold, grey England. read more

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Tags: 2010 World Championships, basketball, Europe

Let your own light shine

Posted by Josh on July 13th, 2010

First day at the beach yesterday… warm weather & fresh water = good times! It’s a bit late in the season to be claiming it’s the first day of summer; however, the late start has complemented my full-on work/training schedule quite nicely.

The latest rush of activity started in Abbotsford, with a presentation for Fix Auto — sharing some of my Paralympic moments and reminding them of the power of community. From there I went to Vancouver to visit friends at GF Strong… the key rehab center for many traumatic injuries and my old stomping grounds. read more

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Tags: Godfather of Ski, Paralympic, Ski, Whistler

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