Skateboard helmet worn by Minna Stess, 2021
date: label: date made
content: 2021
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Skateboard helmet worn by Minna Stess when she became the youngest USA Skateboarding National Champion in 2021. The helmet is white with blue and black striped cutouts with white stars located on the sides and the top of the helmet. The interior of the helmet has red and white foam size adjustors velcroed into the helmet. There is also a black nylon, adjustable chin strap. A "Girl is Not a 4 Letter Word' sticker attached to the back of the helmet. The design for this helmet is based on a 1970s helmet worn by pro vert skater Cindy Whitehead. She recreated the design for her GN4LW x S1 brand and named it the "Lifer Helmet." Proceeds from this helmet collaboration fund girls in skateboarding through Cindy's, Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word movement.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Minna Stess began skating at age 5 and began winning contests at 10. Stess skated street and park contests with her brother and was often the only girl competing, especially a girl that young. She began skating big bowls at the Exposure Skate Contest at 7 and took first in bowl at Exposure Skate when she was 10. Stess has competed in the XGames and the Dew Tour and in 2021 became the youngest USA National Champion at age 15. Stess also became the youngest member of USA Skateboarding Women’s Park National team but failed to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. She continues to compete and will represent the USA at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
topic: label: name of sport
content: skateboarding
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Women
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
label: Exhibition
content: Change Your Game
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Minna Stess and Andrew Stess
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2021.0095.01
label: accession number
content: 2021.0095
label: catalog number
content: 2021.0095.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: helmet, skateboarding
label: Object Name
content: skateboard helmet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: foam (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: nylon (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: styrofoam (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/4 in x 8 1/2 in x 5 in; 26.035 cm x 21.59 cm x 12.7 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 in x 8 1/2 in x 10 in; 35.56 cm x 21.59 cm x 25.4 cm