Skate deck used by transgender skater, Cher Strauberry
date: label: date made
content: 2018
name: label: artist
content: Gibb, Olivia
label: maker
content: Stevil Kinevil
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Skateboard is maple wood laminate and was used by transgender skater, Cher Strauberry is one of two pieces. There is a rough edge with exposed wood where the board was cracked in half while Strauberry was performing a trick. Strauberry is a transgender skater celebrating her first signature deck made by her friend, Stevil Kinevil. He said he made the board, “to celebrate her as a talented skateboarder, but additionally to recognize and honor the diversity of the community who frequents the parking lot where we first met, and spend time together on a weekly basis.” He relates how “transgender skaters haven’t been a visible component in our community until recently” which he wanted to celebrate through this board.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Strauberry describes the board she donated to the museum, “This was the first cher skateboard I ever set up, I went out filming with my friends from unity skateboards, we went to the Oakland California city hall building there's a set of stairs right outside the front of the building and I was doing a back side heelflip down them, 6 big steps, I've landed the trick before and also broke my board on that exact trick too! I tried it five times and broke the nose off on the last try, I was filming my best friend Mae after and she broke her ankle on the same stairs, the rest of the day was spent in the ER, her with her broken foot and me holding what was left of the first Cher board.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: skateboarding
label: web subject
content: LGBTQ
label: web subject
content: Transgender
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
label: See more items in
content: Sports & Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Cher Autumn Straub
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0038.01.1
label: accession number
content: 2019.0038
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0038.01.1
objectType: label: Object Name
content: skatedeck
label: Object Name
content: skateboard
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood, maple (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: grip tape (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 9 in x 1 in; 20.32 cm x 22.86 cm x 2.54 cm