Studio Japaho Inc (Minato-ku, Tokyo:Representative Tsukada Takuya), as a managing member of Glycogen, and many famous surfers, snowboarders,skaters, action sports people joined.
we take part in as collecting of items, making website,sending items to the auction, shipping.

This time the buyer has completed and delivered to ensure full payment of 145 items, we will report here that we donated ￥7,185,063yen which is total bid of amount to The Japan Red Cross Society

We donated the first ￥1,000,000 yen to The Japan Red Cross Society which was 17th/3 immediately after the earthquake.
then we donated another ￥52,277 yen through our SBN user event.
And to collect larger amounts, leading member / Takashi Osanai, freelance editor , and Takuya Tsukada opened charity auction, the name is "glycogen"

128(individual or organizations) donors who provided the item and agree with the purpose of this activity was from Japan and all over the world,and the number of items counted 145.Period from 15th/Apr until 31st/May and these items, divided into 10 groups of around 15items, we have expanded the system of Yahoo! Auction Charity Auction.

The Surfboard with handwriting provided by Kelly Slater was ￥334,333 yen, and Taro Tamai's snowboard which only 2 made in the world and photo book set was ￥320,000, our total bid auction is more than ￥7,180,000.

Also this auction, international people could bid as well, so was taken as an article on the surf and snow media.
Kelly Slater's board are actually a successful bid by the person from United States and already board went to California.
Professionals from all over the world provide items as a donor,fans from all over the world participate as bidder, and we thank you, we got ￥7,185,063 yen as the donation. we can say people from all over the world support reconstruction for Tohoku earthquake disaster in Japan.

The all of donation will be sent to disaster areas through the Japan Red Cross Society.
We send this this donation as our vitality to victims、and we wish [glycogen] will be the the power of victims.
※about the amount of bid for each amount,please check the official website of the donor list.

Our company is operating [SBN SNOWBOARDNETWORK] [OutLand OUTDOOR NETWORK] [Snow Bancho] [Untracked], and we will continue to donate some profit from these medias for supporting .
There is also joint project"glycogen" intend to continue to work for the future.

“glycogen”- this energy is necessary for everybody to live. Of course the energy means having 3 meals a day as well,
but also getting a surf, riding on snow, walking through town, enjoying music, healing from photos and art.
We are pleased to have a meal everyday, and sometime we devoted something even no eating. T
his means we are living in a peace. That is why, it is so hard for this Tohoku earthquake Victims to feel this peace now.
Time and Life are going on and on, even no action sports and art. but it is going to be no reason for living. So what we can do for them?
We thought one idea is charity auction, this is the reason why we launched this project.

Professionals from Japan and all over the world, they support this project, and donate items.more than 128 donors are from current up comer to leading legend.
we face this things, we wish this auction is going to be collecting donation, and making a hope for this victims and making good life for successful bidder as well.
This glycogen is going to be given rise to a positive chain reaction in this area. We, and all of donors send this donation as our vitality to victims, and in the end, victims and all of us will be having a full of vitality. This is what charity auction called glycogen is aiming for.