Skate shoes worn by Cindy Whitehead
date: label: date made
content: 1970s
label: date made
content: 1979
label: used date
content: 1979-1980
name: label: user
content: Whitehead, Cindy
label: maker
content: Puma
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Pair of white, hi-top Puma sneakers given to Cindy Whitehead by Puma, one of her many sponsors. As a pro skateboarder, Whitehead had many sponsors who supplied her with equipment and clothes she used during her competitions.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Whitehead began skateboarding at age 15 and had turned pro by the time she was 17, something girls were not doing in the mid-1970s. She became one of the only girls skating both pool and half pipe and is the only girl ever to be featured in a two page article with a centerfold in a skateboarding magazine. Whitehead retired from skateboarding at 22 but still skates and has remained in the sports arena as a sport stylist, a job title she also created. Whitehead is especially supportive of young female skaters through her “Girl Is Not A 4 Letter Word” skate team and her products which are geared towards women and girls. Whitehead’s signature phrase printed in gold on many of the “Girl Is Not A 4 Letter Word” products personifies her independent spirit, "Live life balls to the wall. Do epic shit. Take every dare that comes your way. You can sleep when you’re dead."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: skateboarding
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Women
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: 2013.0165.03
label: accession number
content: 2013.0165
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0165.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shoes, skateboarding
label: Object Name
content: skate shoes
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, canvas (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, suede (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 3 1/2 in x 5 in; 25.4 cm x 8.89 cm x 12.7 cm