Photograph of pro skater Judi Oyama, 1978
date: label: date made
content: 1977
name: label: depicted
content: Oyama, Judi
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Black and white photograph of pro skater Judi Oyama while she was on the Santa Cruz skate team. The photograph was taken by John Krisak at Winchester Skate Park as publicity shots for the team. 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 in 2013 was 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: 2013.0128.02
label: accession number
content: 2013.0128
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0128.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph, skateboarding
label: Object Name
content: photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 10 in; 20.32 cm x 25.4 cm