Double Impact skateboard used by Rodney Mullen
date: label: date made
content: 2012
name: label: user
content: Mullen, Rodney
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Almost, Double Impact model skateboard, custom made for Rodney Mullen which he rode during his podcast at the American History museum in August of 2012. He had saved this board because the experience he had during the podcast was memorable and he wanted to capture that moment by keeping this board. He usually gives his boards away to those in need. Mullen began skating at 14 in his hometown of Gainesville, Florida which geographically was flat farmland. This meant Mullen was destined to hone his skills in freestyle and in 1978 became the U.S. Open Champion. This led to an invitation to join the Bones Brigade headed by world renowned skater, Stacy Peralta and included team members Tony Hawk, Alan Gelfand, Steve Caballero and Andy McDonald. By 1990 Mullen had racked up 34 out of 35 freestyle wins but when freestyle gave way to vert, pool and street skating he quickly shifted gears. Mullen took the street skating genre by storm creating tricks including the street Ollie, the 360-flip, the kickflip and the heelflip to name only a few. Considered 'the most influential street-skater in the history of the sport,' Mullen created most of the tricks used in street skating today and continues to develop the sport through his innovative style.
topic: label: name of sport
content: skateboarding
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: level of sport
content: Professional
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Skateboarding
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content: Sports & Leisure
label: Exhibition
content: Artifact Walls
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.0160.01
label: accession number
content: 2013.0160
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0160.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: skateboard
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 7 3/4 in x 31 1/2 in; 10.16 cm x 19.685 cm x 80.01 cm