ELEMENT MAKE IT COUNT EUROPEAN FINALS - 2012 INTERNATIONAL SKATE CONTEST 2012 Make it Count International Contest Series 1st- Simon Stricker from Switzerland 2nd- Shajen Willems from the Netherlands 3rd- Bruno Senra from Portugal Sony Xperia Wildcard Winner: Rasmus Salcin from Sweden Berlin, July 6, 2012 -- The Make it Count event series is an amateur contest format created by Element and hosted around the world to seek new talent, bring progress to skateboarding, and spread the message of social and global awareness. It's where over 15000 attendees come together annually, through their mutual passion and shared goal of simply wanting to make it count. This year, the series was bigger than ever. 24 contestants from 24 different countries competed in the finals at Europe's largest board sports trade show Bright in Berlin Germany, in the hopes of winning a ticket to the global finals this August in California. At 35〫Celsius and 100% humidity the heat was on --in the air and within the competition. But alas, after two intense zones, we had a winner: Simon Stricker from Switzerland won the all-expenses paid trip to the MIC Global Finals at the Element YMCA Skate Camp, plus a full-year sponsorshi