Power Edge Structure Chart
date: label: date made
content: 1988
label: date made
content: 1980s
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The Power Edge Structure Chart is a two page document which breaks down skateboarding tricks into different categories. This is "Power Edge" magazine's maneuver chart which was published two years after Michael Hays developed his. It is slightly different and more accurate to actual connectivity between maneuvers but is interesting to compare to his original. The original was a ten page, handwritten document has descriptions of many different skateboarding tricks and the directions on how to execute them. These definitions were written by Michael Hays in preparation for the shooting of the "Street Survival" video. As Michael Hays explains, "One of the most complex issues to confront when teaching skateboarding is the highly unusual names for maneuvers. They are glossy and represent interesting cultural suggestive ideas, as opposed to giving the maneuvers actual scientific names, based on chronological roots." For instance a McTwist, created by Mike McGill is actually an aerial 540 degree flip but is easier remembered by the McTwist nickname which also ties it to its creator.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: skateboarding
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: level of sport
content: Professional
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Skateboarding
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.3045.05
label: nonaccession number
content: 2013.3045
label: catalog number
content: 2013.3045.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trick chart, skateboarding
label: Object Name
content: skateboarding trick chart
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 8 1/2 in; 27.94 cm x 21.59 cm