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Johnny Romano Skate Jam Raises Over $100K for Make-A-Wish Foundation

South Shore Distributing and Fallen Footwear are proud to announce that the 12th Annual Johnny Romano Skate Jam raised $100,082.31 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Over 50 top professional skateboarders including, Billy Marks, Dennis Busenitz, Jamie Thomas, Erik Ellington, Ernie Torres, Chris Cole, Nick Dompierre, Josh Harmony, Lizard King, Danny Montoya, Peter Ramondetta, and more competed in a series of best trick contests to raise money for Make-A-Wish.

2008 Johnny Romano Skate Jam Results
Bowl Jam
1. Andrew Langi $5000 Donation
2. Josh Mattson $2500 Donation
3. Tony Cervantes $1000 Donation

Zumiez Best Trick
Chris Cole $2000 Donation

Street Best Trick
1. Chris Cole $5000 Donation
2. Gilbert Crockett $2500 Donation
3. Sean Malto $1000 Donation

As skateboarding’s largest and most well-known charity event, The Johnny Romano Skate Jam has raised over a half-million dollars for The Make-A-Wish Foundation since its inception.

Sponsors of the 12th Annual Johnny Romano Skate Jam for Make-A-Wish included Fallen Footwear, South Shore Distributing, Zumiez, KR3W clothing, Spitfire Wheels, Zero Skateboards, XingTea, Southside Skatepark, Independent Trucks, Transworld Skateboarding Magazine, Thrasher Magazine and Spotlight Productions.

A special thanks goes out to all the sponsors, skaters and volunteers who helped make this year’s event a huge success.



Active Am Results

Results for this afternoon’s 3rd annual Active Am contest are below. Check back with the Active site for additional results, video clips, highlights, and photos to be posted soon.

Final Results
1. Brandon Westgate
2. Andrew Langi
3. Daryl Angel
4. Taylor Smith
5. Jordan Hoffart