VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The first woman to skateboard across the country ended her trip in Virginia Beach on Friday.

Brooke Johnson said her cross-country trip raised more than $50,000 for spinal cord injury research, which she raised in honor of her stepfather, who died after sustaining one.

It became her motivation to partner with the research foundation Wings for Life in hopes of better spinal cord care resources moving forward.

After more than one hundred days on the road, Johnson hit her goal, as hundreds welcomed her to the Virginia Beach Oceanfront Friday afternoon.

Dozens from the Virginia Beach community even tagged along on Johnson's final leg of her journey, skating from five miles out through to the boardwalk.

Running into the ocean, Johnson ended her journey the same way

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