Sal Barbier pro model Etnie skate shoes
date: label: date made
content: 1994
name: label: designer
content: Barbier, Sal
label: maker
content: Etnies
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Sal Barbier pro model Etnie skate shoes are black suede with a white interior and "SLB" on the outside tongue. According to the donor, this pair is the very first sample he received of his first signature shoe with Etnies and his first shoe design. It was developed from a sketch Barbier submitted and after only one correction, it was straight to production. This is the pair before the correction and is different from the actual production model.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Sal Barbier is a Black skateboarder from Louisiana who began skating in the late 1980s, becoming pro and releasing his first signature deck in 1990 with H-Street Skateboards. He often skated throughout the South and threw the first street contest in Louisiana. After taking other skater's pro model shoes and customizing them to fit his skating needs and style, Barbier designed his first pro model shoe with Etnies. This became one of the most influential skate shoes, changing the profile from big and chunky to sleek and streamlined, revolutionizing the industry.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: skateboarding
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: African American
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: 2022.0066.01
label: accession number
content: 2022.0066
label: catalog number
content: 2022.0066.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shoes, skateboarding
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: suede (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in x 3 3/4 in; 29.21 cm x 10.795 cm x 9.525 cm