Hammerhead skateboard designed by Christian Hosoi
date: label: date made
content: 198
label: date made
content: mid 1980s
label: date made
content: 1985
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: White wooden laminate, Hammerhead double kick skateboard deck designed by Christian Hosoi in the 1980s. Hosoi is a professional skateboarder who was first sponsored by Powell Peralta in 1979. He left Powell to join Dogtown but after Dogtown went bust he joined Sims Skateboards. Hosoi skated vert with a grace and style that blew his competitors away. He formed his own company in 1984 and developed this Hammerhead design deck as his signature pro model. The cut aways at the top and bottom of the deck allowed for the grabs he was doing while riding vert and became instantly recognizable as an Hosoi board leading the new craze of deck design.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: skateboarding
label: level of sport
content: Professional
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2016.0349.01
label: accession number
content: 2016.0349
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0349.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: skate deck
label: Object Name
content: skatedeck
label: Object Name
content: skate deck
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 30 3/4 in x 10 1/2 in x 1 3/4 in; 78.105 cm x 26.67 cm x 4.445 cm