Tim Brauch memorial skate deck made by Santa Cruz.
date: label: date made
content: ca 1999
label: date made
content: 1999
name: label: commemorated
content: Brauch, Tim
label: maker
content: Santa Cruz
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Inspired by his dad’s love of skateboarding, Tim Brauch (1974-1999) began his career in the late 1980s. He rode for the Sessions team early in his career and picked up sponsors Vans, Independent and New Deal. In 1992 Santa Monica Airlines (SMA) gave Tim his first pro model and shortly after Tim established the Este line of shoes and clothing with his friend and fellow skater Salman Agah. Using the “Es” from Salman and the “Te” from Timto form “Este”, they were among the first pro skaters to branch out into the shoe and clothing market. At this point Tim left Vans for Etnies footwear and in the mid 1990s switched to Santa Cruz skateboards. In 1998 Tim won the Vans Triple Crown Street Competition although Tim’s career was cut short when he passed away suddenly of cardiac arrest at the age of 25. Brauch’s sponsor, Santa Cruz, created this deck with an image of a boy letting a bird fly toward the sun as a memorial tribute to Tim. His family holds the Tim Brauch Memorial Contest each year to celebrate Tim’s love of skateboarding. They have also established the Tim Brauch Memorial Fund which promotes skateboarding as “a safe, healthy and fun activity.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: skateboarding
label: level of sport
content: Professional
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Highlights from the Culture and the Arts Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Frank and Joan Brauch
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2000.0240.04
label: accession number
content: 2000.0240
label: catalog number
content: 2000.0240.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: skate deck
label: Object Name
content: skateboard
label: Object Name
content: skateboard deck
label: Object Name
content: skatedeck
label: Object Name
content: skate deck
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 80 cm x 19 cm x 5 cm; 31 1/2 in x 7 15/32 in x 1 31/32 in