Void Skateboards Andrew Hale Pro Model Deck,Size 8.38 used by Oscar Loreto Jr. at the 2019 Summer XGames
name: label: user
content: Loreto, Jr., Oscar
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Void Skateboards Andrew Hale Pro Model Deck,Size 8.38 used by Oscar Loreto Jr. at the 2019 Summer XGames has a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle design on the top surface which is also covered with black grip tape. The bottom surface has a color photograph of Andrew Hale. According to the donor, "This skateboard deck was first skated in the Adaptive Skateboarding debut at the 2019 Summer X Games in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The shape of the deck assists me in regards to the size of my prosthetic foot so it his secure when skateboarding. The graphic commemorates my adaptive skate brother, Andrew Hale, who in 2014 suffered an accident while training for the Sochi Paralympics on his snowboard. The accident left him paralyzed after he already endured a left leg amputation in 1999. Andrew embodies perseverance, humility, and the endless will to live his best life. It was only fitting that I made his life long dream on being a pro skateboarder and having his picture and name on a skateboard deck. After I skated the X Games I originally donated the deck to the Sheckler Foundation for their silent auction, but upon realizing how historic and sentimental value it held I was able to bid on it and win it back."
label: Description (Brief)
content: Oscar Loreto Jr. was born with a congenital birth defect in which he was missing his left foot and hand and four fingers on his right hand. Adapting quickly to a prosthetic as a child, Loreto created a skate team while in high school and soon became active in the adaptive skateboarding scene. Graduating from Cal State, Long Beach with a degree in filmmaking, Loreto uses these skills to make, edit and produce skate videos. He competes at the X Games and is a strong influence in the skate and the adaptive community. Loreto sits on the Board of Directors at the Sheckler Foundation, a non-profit that assists youth and injured action sports athletes and USA Skateboarding.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: skateboarding
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Adaptive Sports
label: web subject
content: Adaptive X Games
label: web subject
content: Disabilities
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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: 2020.0008.02
label: accession number
content: 2020.0008
label: catalog number
content: 2020.0008.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: skatedeck
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: grip tape (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 32 in x 8 1/2 in x 2 in; 81.28 cm x 21.59 cm x 5.08 cm