Santa Cruz skateboard
date: label: date made
content: 1975
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This 1975 Santa Cruz, pultruded fiberglass skateboard was first purchased in San Francisco by 12-year-old Hamid Taha, the son of Egyptian diplomat Mohamed Abdel Kalek. He purchased it for $100 at the time. It was then purchased by friend, Susan Langsley when she was 13. At 16, she took it to college with her as a primary mode of transportation. This story translates skateboarding’s growing popularity in the 1970s and its use by immigrants as well as women as a mode of entertainment as well as transportation.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Santa Cruz is part of NHS, Inc., the oldest continuous operating skate company in the world and represents Northern California skate history through its popular and innovative brands Santa Cruz, Independent Trucks, Road Rider Wheels among others. The pultruded fiberglass board is a prime example of the innovative materials the skateboard industry was using in the 1970s, many originating from the aerospace industry so prevalent in California in the 1960s-1970s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Santa Cruz
label: Associated Place
content: United States: California, Santa Cruz
topic: label: name of sport
content: skateboarding
label: level of sport
content: recreational
label: web subject
content: Women
label: web subject
content: Immigration
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2023.0149.01
label: accession number
content: 2023.0149
label: catalog number
content: 2023.0149.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: skateboard
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fiberglass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: urethane (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in x 3 in; 64.77 cm x 16.51 cm x 7.62 cm