T-shirt worn by Mimi Knoop co-founder of the Action Sports Alliance
date: label: date made
content: 2006
name: label: user
content: Knoop, Mimi
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Black short sleeve t-shirt worn by co-founder of Action Sports Alliance, Mimi Knoop, when participating in the Women's vert contest at the 2006 X-games. The Action Sports Alliance worked to level the playing field for women in skateboarding, providing competitive prize money and TV time for the pro women skaters.Knoop, an east coast native, hence the “Virginia is For Lovers” sticker on her board, turned pro in 2003 after moving to California. Since that time she has one five X-Games medals and many pool competitions. Knoop is a strong advocate for women skaters and is the co-founder of the Action Sports Alliance. The Alliance worked to level the playing field for women in skateboarding, providing competitive prize money and TV time for the pro women skaters at the 2009 X-Games. Her ‘hoopla skateboard’ brand is geared toward girls and women continuing Knoop’s philosophy of strengthening skateboarding for future generations of girl skaters.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: skateboarding
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: level of sport
content: X Games
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.0187.02
label: accession number
content: 2013.0187
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0187.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: t-shirt, skateboarding
label: Object Name
content: t-shirt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26 in x 16 in; 66.04 cm x 40.64 cm