Skateboard used by two generations of Conner family skaters
date: label: date made
content: 1975
name: label: user
content: Conner, Jack L.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Chris Strople model, Caster skateboard with yellow Yo-Yo Pro wheels and Tracker trucks, black grip tape with CASTER cutout on top surface. The board is maple laminate with built up kicktail. This board was bought by skater William Conner, Jr. for his dad, William Sr. for Father's Day in the mid 1970s. Conner was a skater for B&L Skateboard Shop in Norfolk, VA and his father started skating at age 53 when Conner had taken an interest. William Sr. built his own board and started riding with his son but after turning pro, Conner Jr. decided to buy a 'real' skateboard for his dad. This Caster Pro Model was used by his father and eventually by WIlliam Jr.'s son Jack, who learned to ride on it.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: skateboarding
label: level of sport
content: recreational
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: Jack L. Conner and William A. Conner, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0249.01
label: accession number
content: 2019.0249
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0249.01
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: Physical Description
content: griptape (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 7 1/4 in x 28 in; 10.16 cm x 18.415 cm x 71.12 cm