Pro model skateboard designed and used by professional skateboarder Nora Vasconcellos in June 2018
date: label: date made
content: 2018
name: label: user
content: Vasconcellos, Nora
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Pro model skateboard, produced by Welcome Skateboards and designed and used by professional skateboarder Nora Vasconcellos in June 2018 while touring through Portugal and Spain. Vasconcellos began skating at age 5 in her hometown of Pembroke, Massachusetts and by age 24 she had become a pro rider for Welcome Skateboards, designed her first pro model board, won a world championship and became a member on Adidas’s skateboarding team. Her unique style of skating sets her apart from other skaters and insiders say her backside air is among the best in the world. She is a role model for girls in the sport proving a women can be successful in the male dominated world of skate. She uses her art in Welcome Skateboards apparel line and it is included on this first pro model deck.
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
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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: 2018.0272.01
label: accession number
content: 2018.0272
label: catalog number
content: 2018.0272.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: skateboard
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: urethane (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 32 1/4 in x 9 in x 5 in; 81.915 cm x 22.86 cm x 12.7 cm