Early Life
Spillane was born to Jim and Nancy Spillane on November 24, 1980. He was raised in Steamboat Springs, Colorado and graduated from the Lowell Whiteman School. As a child, he lived only blocks from Howelsen Hill, where he saw ski jumping for the first time and became interested in trying the sport. Despite his early interest, and the fact that he first began skiing at the age of 2, he did not try ski jumping until he was 11. For the first couple years, he used alpine skis on jumps, not getting his first pair of jumping skis until he was 13. Johnny is the brother to legendary Yampa-Valley fly-fisherman, Sam Spillane, known locally as "Dingleberry Gary".
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