Skateboarding trophy awarded to Judi Oyama, 1979
date: label: date made
content: 1979
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Skateboarding trophy awarded to professional skateboarder Judi Oyama. On top of the wooden pedestal is a plastic, silver figure of a male skateboarder doing an ollie. Although the figure is male, this was awarded to a female skater. At the time there were not many women in skateboarding and not many were winning contests so the trophy companies took a few years to catch up with the demand. Oyama began skating as a teen and was sponsored by Santa Cruz Skateboards in the mid-seventies. She skated both vert and street but her passion was slalom and downhill racing where she was one of the few women that raced against the men. At the age of 43 she won the 2003 Slalom World Championships and is currently ranked second in the US and first in the masters division overall. In 2015, Judi became the first woman to win the N-Men Icon Award given to Northern California skaters who have made an impact on the sport. Judi is also the Vice President of Board Rescue which provides skateboards and safety equipment to organizations that work with underprivileged and/or at-risk kids.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: skateboarding
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Women
label: web subject
content: Asian Pacific Americans
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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: 2018.0270.01
label: accession number
content: 2018.0270
label: catalog number
content: 2018.0270.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trophy, skateboarding
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: marble (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plated ferrous metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 3 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 25.4 cm x 8.89 cm x 6.35 cm