Schmitt Stix display case
date: label: date made
content: 2013
name: label: maker
content: Schmitt, Paul
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Handmade display case is made from skateboard laminates and holds six Schmitt Stix created by Paul Schmitt to be used on the bottom of a skateboard deck to allow for smoother grinding when sliding down stair rails on the street or on the rail of a half pipe. From left to right these include: a white, Formica, fiberglass and wood Stix; a white plastic Stix, a green plastic Stix, a blue plastic Stix, a black plastic Stix and a red plastic Stix. Each have a slightly different thickness and shape and represent the evolution of the Schmidt Stix. This was made to show six versions of the Schmidt Stix for display at the Lemelson Center's Innoskate event in June 2013. Paul Schmitt of PS Stix, owns and operates one of the largest and most successful skateboard manufacturing companies in the United States and is known to many in the industry as 'Professor Schmitt". For almost 30 years Schmitt’s company has been considered an innovative leader in design and manufacturing of high quality skateboards.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: skateboarding
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: general subject association
content: Manufacturing
label: web subject
content: Invention
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.0224.01
label: accession number
content: 2013.0224
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0224.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Schmitt Stix display, skateboarding
label: Object Name
content: Schmitt Stix display case
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: formica (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fiberlass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 1/2 in x 14 in x 1 1/2 in; 49.53 cm x 35.56 cm x 3.81 cm