Skatedeck made by Rookie Skateboards
date: label: date made
content: 1996
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Skate deck is maple wood laminate with a bright green top surface and a mint green bottom surface with a blue rectangle and a black and white photograph of the Empire State building in the foreground, "ROOKIE SKATEBOARDS,' printed in white across the bottom third of the deck.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Rookie skateboards, a company owned and operated by women was founded in New York City in 1996 by Jung Kwan, Elska Sandor and Catherine Lyons supplying skate gear and fashion specifically to women. The entrepreneurial skaters were tired of wearing clothes designed for women by men. Sandor explained, ''All the designs made for girls were being made by guys, so you either end up with something that was either porn or really cutesy.'' Skirts, form fitted pants and comfortable shirts became Rookies signature look along with the ‘no pink’ mantra. Rookie was often heralded for having both their boards and apparel manufactured in the United States but after 911 they struggled, due to their close proximity to ground zero, and began manufacturing their goods in Canada. Catering to street skaters in their urban New York City setting, Rookie sponsored some of the best pro street skaters of the era - Sean Kelling, Tino Razo and Jamie Reyes to name a few. No longer in business, Rookie left their mark on the NYC skate scene and continue to influence the skate market which has fostered its relationship with the growing number of female skaters.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: skateboarding
label: level of sport
content: recreational
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Women
label: web subject
content: Business
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2018.0271.01
label: accession number
content: 2018.0271
label: catalog number
content: 2018.0271.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: skatedeck
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: maple, Canadian (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 31 1/4 in x 8 1/2 in x 2 in; 79.375 cm x 21.59 cm x 5.08 cm