📆 January 24th, 2025 |
👩 Kimmy Fasani |
🏫 Olympic Village Events Center |
🕕 Doors at 6PM. Show starts at 7PM |
📺 Streaming Live |
💵 $14,000+ in Prizes |
🎁 Two Giveaways: Online & In-person |
💛 100% for the Tahoe Waterman's Foundation |
🍗 Food from MOGROG |
🍺 NA, Wine, and Beer |
Meet Kimmy Fasani
Kimmy Fasani, a professional snowboarder and survivor of stage three breast cancer, shares her profound connection to the outdoors and the ways it has shaped her resilience. A Truckee, Ca native who resides in Mammoth lakes with her husband Chris Benchetler will discuss how her personal life’s peaks and valleys—losing both parents to cancer, enduring childhood abuse, facing her own health battle, while balancing motherhood and her career—Kimmy has found the mountains to be both a sanctuary and a teacher. Climbing and riding down these towering peaks mirror her personal journey: the climb symbolizing struggle and perseverance, and the descent representing a metamorphosis of release, acceptance, and joy.
"Outside Ourselves: How Nature Conditions Us for Life’s Hardships"
Kimmy will reflect on how nature’s challenges have honed her ability to face life’s hardships head-on. From braving snow-covered peaks to navigating emotional valleys, she explains how the lessons learned outdoors—patience, determination, and trust in the process—have helped her find strength in adversity. Outside Ourselves is a testament to how the wilderness can condition us not only physically but emotionally, offering tools to grow beyond our limits and live with greater purpose and gratitude.
More Accomplishments & Features
After a standout segment in Absinthe Films 2016 movie AfterForever, Kimmy was awarded Women's Rider of the Year from TWSNOW and Women's Rider of the Year and Women's Video Part of the Year from Snowboarder Magazine. 2017 brought her another nomination for rider of the year for her segment in Absinthe Films Turbo Dojo. In early 2018, Kimmy welcomed a son to the world and has been a vocal ambassador for women in Action Sports to maintain their position as athletes while starting a family.
Burton and Kimmy's other sponsors all have supported her journey into motherhood. In November, 2021, Kimmy was diagnosed with an aggressive stage 3 inflammatory Breast Cancer, just 9 months after welcoming her second son. She had a complete pathological response after Chemo, a double mastectomy, and 30 rounds of radiation. 2023 proved to be one of the strongest seasons of Kimmy's career, after she completed treatment for cancer, she competed on her snowboard in the most prized event in snowboarding, The Natural Selection Tour, and had a remarkable podium 3rd place finish.
Kimmy's Nonprofit Beneficiary: The Tahoe Waterman's Foundation
The Tahoe Waterman Foundation is dedicated to helping people of all ages and abilities experience the healing power of water through paddle sports. The Tahoe Waterman Foundation provides ”pathways for personal growth and recovery for youth or adults with cognitive, sensory, mental health, and physical disabilities through simple but powerful paddle sports experiences and both time on and time in Lake Tahoe’s pure blue water.”
