B4BC Wellness Ambassador Megan Pischke headed up to Washington to compete in the 30th Annual Legendary Baker Banked Slalom over the weekend. Buckle up and “Say Your Prayers” for her recap of the legendary event, and get ready to strap on your own board!
Maintaining a positive attitude can help assure good overall health in all realms— physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. Having that positive attitude in regards to how you view yourself (aka loving yourself) is one of our 8 Steps to Stomp Out Breast Cancer & whether you realize it or not, self confidence is a huge part of loving yourself. We want you to trust yourself and to have faith in your goals, dream, and desires. These qualities will propel you to go for what you want, without letting any obstacles get you down. Confidence plays a big role in living your happiest and HEALTHIEST life and we’re sharing 10 surefire ways to elevate that sense of self worth.
Climate change may seem to many of us a challenge too daunting to tackle directly through our own actions. But there is one small change each of us can make to play our part: We can shift our diets so they’re healthier and more environmentally sustainable. The type of food we choose to eat makes up a large part of our personal carbon footprint. The meat and dairy that make up 22 percent of diets in the developed world emit large amounts of greenhouse gases — particularly dangerous methane and nitrous oxide. But there’s a more understated food group that has a relatively tiny carbon footprint and is highly nutritious and rich in protein and essential micronutrients: pulses.
For the second year in a row, Shaun White’s Air + Style brought snow to the city! We had an amazing weekend onsite at Expo Park in Los Angeles where over 40,000 snow enthusiasts and music lovers converged for a weekend of festivities. B4BC was smack in the middle of the action, spreading the word about early detection and prevention.
Women’s Skateboarding Alliance (WSA), the global management and consulting agency dedicated to authentically representing the industry voice of women’s skateboarding will be producing the inaugural Women’s Skateboard Street competition at X Games Oslo, February 24-26. This marks the first time in X Games history that winter and summer games athletes will compete at the same international event.
2016 marks 20 YEARS of outreach, support, and events across the nation and we think that calls for celebration! You only turn 20 once and to celebrate, we’re going back to our roots. We’re heading to Sierra at Tahoe in Lake Tahoe, CA to bring back the iconic Boarding for Breast Cancer Snowboard + Music…
We just wrapped our 9th annual winter Chasing Sunshine retreat for breast cancer survivors in Aspen, Colorado—a weekend full of positivity, wellness and healing. We are honored to have be able to fund scholarships for eight breast cancer survivors to attend this retreat, hosted by pro snowboarder and breast cancer survivor Megan Pischke, to connect these women with a nature-based wellness and sustainability experience that enhance their path of healing and long-term survivorship. Megan was diagnosed with breast cancer in the Fall of 2012, ironically after hosting a B4BC surf and wellness retreat for breast cancer survivors.
This week we’re bringing you an article from our friend Emily Hightower. Emily was our amazing nutritionist, chef, and yoga instructor at this month’s Chasing Sunshine retreat in Aspen, Colorado and brought in all kinds of health and wellness knowledge along with her delicious foods! Check out her holistic twist on a classic meal below.
B4BC was honored to be included in the 2015 SIMA Image Awards last night as one of SIMA’s Humanitarian Fund nonprofit partners in Anaheim, CA. The evening was full of surf industry icons, as well as everyone’s favorite brands—including longtime supporters and partners of B4BC like AMUSE SOCIETY, Volcom, SUN BUM and Mizu.
We were honored to be part of an inspiring night at The Women’s Image Networks (WIN) Awards, Wednesday evening, February 10, 2016 in Los Angeles, for B4BC’s nominated documentary Chasing Sunshine, co-directed and featuring our Wellness Ambassador, Megan Pischke. The documentary follows, Megan, who is a former pro snowboarder, through her breast cancer diagnosis, the rigors of treatment, and a very raw account that hasn’t been seen before.