Skatedeck with braille text used by sight impaired skater Dan Mancina
date: label: date made
content: 2019
name: label: user
content: Mancina, Daniel
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: REAL skatedeck with braille text painted onto top used by sight impaired, pro skater Dan Mancina. Mancina began losing his eyesight in his mid-20s from Retinitis Pigmentosa, a hereditary disease in which most go blind by age 30. Using a folding cane to explore the areas he wants to skate, Mancina then grabs his board and skates the areas he has just tapped out with his cane. Not an easy task but a necessary one for pro skater Mancina who is a member of the Real Team, sponsored by REAL Skateboards. REAL is dedicated to the inclusion of all in their sport and have created a Braille skatedeck and are building an adaptive skate park with all proceeds from sales of the deck going to building the park.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: skateboarding
label: level of sport
content: recreational
label: web subject
content: Disabilities
label: web subject
content: Adaptive Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0122.02
label: accession number
content: 2019.0122
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0122.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: skate deck
label: Object Name
content: skatedeck, adapted sports
label: Object Name
content: skatedeck
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 31 1/4 in x 8 in x 2 in; 79.375 cm x 20.32 cm x 5.08 cm