Knee pads worn by Tim Brauch
date: label: Date made
content: ca. 1990's
label: date made
content: 1990's
name: label: user
content: Brauch, Tim
label: maker
content: Este
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Born with a heart defect, Tim Brauch never let anything hold him back from enjoying life. Inspired by his dad’s love of skateboarding, Tim Brauch (1974-1999) began his career in the late 1980s. Always safety conscious Tim wore these protective knee pads during his career. He rode for the Sessions team early in his career and picked up sponsors Vans, Independent and New Deal. In 1992 Santa Monica Airlines (SMA) gave Tim his first pro model and shortly after Tim established the Este line of shoes and clothing with his friend and fellow skater Salman Agah. Using the “Es” from Salman and the “Te” from Tim to form “Este”, they were among the first pro skaters to branch out into the shoe and clothing market. At this point Tim left Vans for Etnies footwear and in the mid 1990s switched to Santa Cruz skateboards. In 1998, Tim won the Vans Triple Crown Street Competition although his career was cut short, passing away suddenly of cardiac arrest at the age of 25. His family holds the Tim Brauch Memorial Contest each year to celebrate Tim’s love of skateboarding. They have also established the Tim Brauch Memorial Fund which promotes skateboarding as “a safe, healthy and fun activity.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: skateboarding
label: level of sport
content: Professional
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Frank and Joan Brauch
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2000.0240.06
label: accession number
content: 2000.0240
label: catalog number
content: 2000.0240.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: knee pads
label: Object Name
content: knee pads, skateboarding
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: velcro (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24 cm x 17 cm x 13 cm; 9 7/16 in x 6 11/16 in x 5 1/8 in