Surfboard, used by Rochelle Ballard
date: label: date made
content: ca 2008
name: label: user
content: Ballard, Rochelle
label: maker
content: Bob Haakenson, Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Rochelle Ballard (b.1971) moved to Hawaii when she was six months old and began surfing at 12. By 17 she had placed fourth in World Contests and turned pro in 1991. During the 1990s between surfing contests she began appearing in surf movies with her cinematographer husband Bill Ballard, and earned her reputation as one of the best woman’s tube riders in the world. In 2007 she placed 1st in the X-Games in Puerto Escondido, Mexico and used this Channel Islands surfboard during the 2008 season on the Pro Women’s Surfing circuit. Still surfing in 2012, she placed first in the Women’s Division ISA World Masters Surfing Championship. Rochelle is known as a pioneer to the advancement of women’s surfing and continues to represent women surfers as a veteran of the Association of Surfing Professional’s (ASP) World Championship Tour.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Hawaii
label: associated place
content: United States: Hawaii, Oahu
topic: label: web subject
content: Women
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Surfing
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: related event
content: O'Neill World Cup of Surfing
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
label: See more items in
content: Highlights from the Culture and the Arts Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Rochelle Ballard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2009.0132.01
label: accession number
content: 2009.0132
label: catalog number
content: 2009.0132.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: surfboard
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fiberglass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 91 1/2 in x 18 in x 5 1/2 in; 232.41 cm x 45.72 cm x 13.97 cm