Snowboard with boots attached and crutch rig made by Buddy Elias
date: label: date made
content: 2016
name: label: user
content: Elias, Buddy
label: maker
content: Elias, Buddy
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Snowboard with boots attached and crutch rig made by Buddy Elias from equipment he had on hand and from items purchased from a local hardware store.
label: Description (Brief)
content: In 2000, Buddy Elias lost his leg below the knee to Buergers Disease, an inflammatory disease of the blood vessels which can lead to reduced circulation in the extremities. A recreational snowboarder and skateboarder, Elias did not stop participating in the sports he loved but chose to adapt his snowboard equipment to fit his changing physical needs. Elias is now a double amputee using a wheelchair to grind curbs as if it were a skateboard. Elias plans to get back to his extreme sports as soon as he is able and will adapt his equipment further to satisfy his urge to play.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: Snowboarding
label: level of sport
content: Adaptive Sports
label: level of sport
content: recreational
label: web subject
content: Disabilities
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
label: See more items in
content: Sports & Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Buddy Elias
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0087.01.1
label: accession number
content: 2016.0087
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0087.01.1
objectType: label: Object Name
content: snowboard, adaptive sports
label: Object Name
content: Adaptive snowboard
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fiberglass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 58 in x 11 in x 13 in; 147.32 cm x 27.94 cm x 33.02 cm