Skateboard deck used by Mimi Knoop at the 2004 X-Games
date: label: date made
content: 2004
name: label: user
content: Knoop, Mimi
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Laminated wood skateboard deck with black glitter grip tape on the entire deck surface and a "Virginia is for Lovers" bumper sticker affixed to one end used by pro skater Mimi Knoop during her first X-Games in 2004. 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
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Skateboarding
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.0187.01
label: accession number
content: 2013.0187
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0187.01
objectType: 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: 31 1/2 in x 8 1/4 in x 2 1/2 in; 80.01 cm x 20.955 cm x 6.35 cm