Ocean City Pamper Scamper 2018: Who Were The Big Winners?

OCEAN CITY, NJ — More than 60 of the youngest and fastest new Ocean City residents and visitors raced in the Pamper Scamper on Tuesday, Aug. 7, according to Ocean City officials. The annual event is a crawling race for children 15 months old and younger.

The competitors all start at the center of a parachute, and whoever crawls out to their mother or father the fastest wins. Winners of Tuesday’s competition were as follows:
· Nora Romano, West Chester, Pa., 9 months old
· Axl Miller, Ocean View, N.J. 10 months old
· Kenzie Waltman, York, Pa., 10 months old

Romano had the fastest overall time, at 27 seconds. Bowfish Kids was the event’s major sponsor. Other sponsors contributing prizes were Air Circus, Annarelli’s Bicycles, Crazy Susan’s Cookies, Gillian’s Wonderland Pier, the Ocean City Pops, Ocean City Theatre Company, Ocean Treasures, Ready’s Coffee Shop and Restaurant, Varsity Inn and We Make It Personal.

The Pamper Scamper sets the stage for the annual Baby Parade, set for 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 9. The parade features children cruising the Ocean City Boardwalk in themed strollers, wagons and floats. It starts at Sixth Street with children finishing at 12th Street and all other entries continuing to 14th Street.

The parade is free to watch from either side of the boardwalk. Spectators are welcome to bring beach chairs to watch from the railing along the ocean side of the boardwalk. On the parade morning, the boardwalk will close to bicycle traffic at 10 a.m.

The attached images were provided by Ocean City Public Information Officer Doug Bergen