Marty Grimes Hall of Fame Panther Skatedeck
date: label: date made
content: 2020
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marty Grimes Hall of Fame Panther skatedeck is black with a drawing of a black panther lying across a pink, purple and blue circle with "Marty [/] Grimes [/] SHOF" printed in black within the circle. This was designed to celebrate Marty Grimes induction into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame in 2020. The Panther skate graphic design associated with Grimes was originally designed by Angela Grimes for his Z-Flex coming out in the mid-70s but was re-designed by Raith Grimes for Marty’s family-owned skateboard company Hood Wood Skates. Marty Grimes was the first Black professional skateboarder along with his brother Clyde. In 1976, after the Del Mar Nationals, Jay Adams got Marty onto the EZ Ryder team that Jay’s stepfather had started after Jay left the Zephyr team. EZ Ryder then turned into Z Flex. Grimes was also the first African American to have a pro model deck.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: skateboarding
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: African American
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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: 2022.0064.01
label: accession number
content: 2022.0064
label: catalog number
content: 2022.0064.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: skatedeck
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 32 in x 9 in x 1 1/2 in; 81.28 cm x 22.86 cm x 3.81 cm