Papal Skateboard Art Design Contest
Papal Skateboard Art Finalists Chosen: Vote to Choose the Winner!
The three finalists in the Papal Skateboard Art Design Contest are (from left to right) Krystal Melendez of St Elizabeth's Church in Washington Heights, Kayla Cappiello of St Aedan's Parish in Pearl River and Sarah Davis of Our Lady of Sorrows in White Plains. Congratulations to our finalists for representing the faith and creativity of the children of the Archdiocese of New York.
The winner of the Papal Skateboard Art Design Contest will be chosen at the close of the on-line voting polls at 12:01 am on Saturday April 12, 2008. Please vote for your favorite design at www.papalskateboardjudge.com and become a part of choosing the Official Papal Skateboard.
Each of these skateboard decks as well as deck designs from other contestants are for sale at www.boardpusher.com/papalskateboard. Proceeds from the sales of these boards will benefit inner city kids retreat and recreation programs. There is also an option to use the St. Elizabeth Skateboard Club address as the shipping address for the board you purchase, if you wish to donate the board to an inner city child who does not have a skateboard.
The finalist's designs have been manufactured into a 7-ply, 8-inch Canadian Maple skateboard deck by Boardpusher.com. Each deck has been set-up with a pair of wheel axles, also know as "trucks", which have the shape of a Maltese cross embossed on them from Independent Skateboard Trucks. The bushing of the trucks are colored Papal gold. Each wheel is assembled with high-performance, Bones Super Swiss-6 ball bearings. The wheels are white with a red and white pattern of letters that spell "Supreme"--wheels fitting for the Supreme Pontiff.
