Suffolk Post Office To Celebrate Skater Chad Caruso, New Stamps

WEST BABYLON, NY — A Long Island man who recently skateboarded across the country will help a Suffolk post office celebrate a new line of skateboard-themed stamps.

The West Babylon Post office, located at 385 Route 109. , will host a ceremony on Thursday at 11 a.m. to celebrate the Art of the Skateboard Forever stamps along with Chad Caruso, of Lindenhurst, who skated from Venice Beach to Virginia Beach.

The new stamp line features four unique designs created by skateboarders-turned-artists Worl, Greenwood, MasPaz and William James Taylor Junior, also known as “Core222”.

Forever Stamps can be used to mail a one-ounce letter regardless of when the stamps are purchased or used and no matter how prices may change in the future. They are always sold at the same price as a regular First-Class Mail stamp, its website said.

“As an American institution older than our country itself, the Postal Service is always looking for ways to highlight and honor the stories and histories that are unique to the United States,” said William Zollars, a member of the USPS dedicating official on its website. “We are honored to do that again through these ‘Art of the Skateboard’ Forever stamps.”

The ceremony — where his future mother-in-law, Donna Ryan works — will include a meet-and-greet with Caruso, speeches from local postal officials and a presentation of an Art of the Skateboard Forever stamps framed artwork, a release said.

Caruso began his journey on March 24 — the same day the Postal Service released the new Art of the Skateboard forever stamps at PHXAM 2023, an annual amateur skateboarding competition that attracts participants from around the globe.

He arrived at Virginia Beach on May 19, completing the challenge in only 57 days. The trip was a total of 3,162 miles, averaging 55 miles a day.

The YouTuber previously told Patch he used the cross-country trip to raise money for addiction awareness among youth, vowing to donate 25 percent of donations for non-profit, Natural High.

Caruso collected a total of $49,706, according to his GoFundMe.

He was also nominated for a Guinness World Record for the Fastest Cross Country Journey of America on a Manually Powered Skateboard for his accomplishments.