Makaha skateboard used by Jim Fitzpatrick in 1964
date: label: date made
content: 1964
name: label: user
content: Fitzpatrick, James
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Makaha skateboard used by Jim Fitzpatrick in 1964 after he returned from a tour of a dozen European countries where he skateboarded as often as he could. Fitzpatrick was recruited by Makaha founder Larry Stevenson, for the Makaha Skateboard Exhibition Team at 14. According to the donor, Larry Stevenson developed Makaha Skateboards in the early 1960s in Santa Monica, California producing the first "high performance" skateboard in 1962. Stevenson would ask the skateboarders, such as Fitzpatrick, what they thought of the boards, how did they ride, how could they be improved - he listened and developed the best board at the time. In addition to Fitzpatrick’s unique trek to Europe, the Makaha team skateboarders traveled together and individually throughout Southern California, and even to Hawaii on one memorable trip, introducing spectators to skateboarding.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: skateboarding
label: level of sport
content: Professional
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: 2018.0269.01
label: accession number
content: 2018.0269
label: catalog number
content: 2018.0269.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: skateboard
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: urethane (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 5 3/4 in x 22 in; 10.16 cm x 14.605 cm x 55.88 cm