HOW TO PARTICIPATE FROM HOME:
If you can’t be there in person for our Annual Challenge and Fundraiser, you can still participate and show your support.
🌟 There will be 3 opportunities:
1️⃣ 𝗚𝗢𝗥𝗨𝗖𝗞 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲: 10 AM (MST) 14JUN24 to 10 AM (MST) 21JUN24
👉 Ruck for mileage. Rx weight is M 40# and F 30#. Scale as necessary.
📸 Take a photo, with a piece of GORUCK gear: shoes, patch, sticker, ruck… and post it to IG as either a post or story. Tag @bigfish_foundation and @goruck with #BFFChallenge2024.
🏃♂️Tag a competitor, make a $25 donation. Your mileage will get credited towards them and their score. Your donation will also get credited towards their donor wall. Multiple efforts are accepted.
2️⃣ 𝗥𝗢𝗚𝗨𝗘 𝗘𝗰𝗵𝗼 𝗕𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲: 21JUN24 8PM to 1AM 22JUN24 (MST)
👉 During our “Beasts of Burden” task from 8p-1a (mountain) get on a Rogue Echo Bike and log calories.
📸 Take a photo of the Echo Bike monitor with your calories visible and post it to IG as either a post or story. Tag @bigfish_foundation and @RogueFitness with #BFFChallenge2024.
🏋️♀️ Tag a Competitor on your photo and make 💰$25 donation. Your mileage will get credited towards that individual and their score. Your donation will also get credited towards their donor wall. Multiple efforts are accepted.
🔥If we reach $25,000 in donations due to this remote challenge, we will give away a Rogue Echo Bike to one random participant.
3️⃣ 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝟮 𝗦𝗸𝗶 𝗘𝗿𝗴/𝗥𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲: 22JUN24 1AM-6AM (MST)
👉 Get on a Concept 2 Ski Erg or Rower and log calories while our competitors are also going through their “Return to Base” task.
📸 Take a photo of the C2 monitor with your calories visible and post it to IG as either a post or story. Tag @bigfish_foundation and @concept2inc with #BFFChallenge24.
🇺🇸 Tag a Competitor on your photo and make a $25 donation. Your mileage will get credited towards them and their score. Your donation will also get credited towards their donor wall. Multiple efforts are accepted.
💥 If we reach $25,𝟶𝟶𝟶 during this challenge, we will give away a ski erg or rower!!
UPDATE:
Athletes participating in this years event are: Brista Mayfield 2x BFF Annual Event Winner), Connor Warman, Sarah McCormick (CrossFit Games), Colten Mertens (Rogue, CrossFit Games), James Hobart (Rogue, CrossFit Games), and Emily Delay (Street Parking).
Veterans representing their branch of service: Sam Walter (Army), Bryan Holst & Joan Jennings (Navy), Pete Lipske (Air Force), Nick Ralston (Marines), Scott Austin (Coast Guard)
Official Partners / Sponsors for 2024 are Rogue Fitness, Concept 2, GoRuck, and Black Rifle Coffee Company
5th Anniversary Challenge & Fundraiser
Each year we bring in 5-6 ‘celebrity’ athletes/personalities and pair them up with a Veteran from each branch of service to take on a 30 hour ‘Ordeal’ that challenges team work, camaraderie, perseverance, problem solving skills, adaptability… all the things we share in common that make us successful against the struggles of life.
We also bring in a dozen Veteran volunteers to participate, support, and enhance the community during the event. Truly making it a community experience where we forge connections that last well beyond the weekend. Inevitably, the collective wisdom, work ethic, life lessons, and beauty that is shared during this event becomes a catalyst for growth & happiness for everyone and in ways that cannot be deliberately crafted.
The event also serves as the foundation’s primary fundraiser where we award prizes, and generate the majority of our annual revenue that will support the following year’s Veterans programs and events.
Starting Monday, June 17th we echelon in support and staff. Thursday afternoon is an all hands brief and the event starts Friday the 20th at 9a, concluding on Saturday the 21st at 3p with a giant bbq and social. Departure is Sunday afternoon.
More details to follow as the event draws near.
Registration is now closed.
Registration not available at this time.
Organized By
Big Fish Foundation
We were founded by Major Brian Chontosh, USMC (ret.). During OIF in 2003, he led the CAAT platoon for 3/5, and his radio call-sign was “Big Fish”.
