Unity Skateboard deck
date: label: date made
content: 2018
name: label: maker
content: Cheung, Jeffrey
label: maker
content: Unity Skateboarding
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Unity Skateboard deck is a wood maple laminate construction with a red deck surface. The bottom of the deck has a white ground with an original drawing from Unity Skateboards founder, Jeff Cheung.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Unity Skateboards is the creation of Jeffrey Cheung, a California based artist who wanted to provide a safe environment for queer skaters who often face ridicule and shame in their local skate parks. Outreach started through his zines on Unity Press, spreading the word throughout the LGBTQ community, creating opportunities for sponsorship and the start of their own skate team. Cheung hopes, “Unity Skateboard will be for queer youth and queer people out there: an encouraging and positive force.” He believes, “Being queer is a mind set and not necessarily a sexuality. I am hoping that by being an all-inclusive project, it could be a bigger idea than a gay skate company -- and that we can break down barriers together.” (https://i-d.vice.com/en_us/article/ywvgmw/get-to-know-unity-a-radically-queer-skate-company)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: skateboarding
label: web subject
content: LGBTQ Rights
label: Subject
content: LGBTQ
label: Subject
content: Gay Rights
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Unity Skateboarding
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2018.0162.01
label: accession number
content: 2018.0162
label: catalog number
content: 2018.0162.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: skatedeck
label: Object Name
content: skateboard deck
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 32 1/4 in x 8 1/2 in x 2 in; 81.915 cm x 21.59 cm x 5.08 cm