Skatin’ for a cause

About 200 young boys competed in the annual Skatefest June 20 and 21 at the Wakefield Skate Park. Prizes were given out for best quarter pipe jam, best trick, and park/skate course in various age categories. The event, “Sk8 for a Cause,” benefits Children’s National Medical Center.

Dan Callahan, the owner of Fairfax Surf Shop, the co-sponsor, along with the skate park, organized the event in gratitude to the doctors at Children’s who performed brain surgery to save the life of his infant son. That boy is now a student at NOVA and has 12 younger siblings! There are no multiples in the family, not even twins.