Prosthetic leg used by Oscar Loreto Jr. at the 2019 Summer XGames
name: label: user
content: Loreto, Jr., Oscar
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Prosthetic leg used by Oscar Loreto Jr. at the 2019 Summer XGames has a dark brown plastic foot and a dark gray, hard plastic lower leg with a flesh colored, soft plastic covering. There is a clear, soft rubber lining wear the prosthetic attached to the leg. An "Unmodified Industries Skate Shop" sticker is attached to the ankle area of the prosthetic. This has been worn by Oscar throughout his professional skateboarding career. According to the donor, "This prosthesis has been skated in several skateboarding contest where the College Park Venture foots' technology assisted in my growing my skill level on a skateboard. With a full length toe lever, the Venture provides a higher frequency dynamic response for more active users. Highly engineered bumpers and flexible Intelliweave® composites work together for ultimate progressive response. The tri-axial, custom built foot includes our exclusive Stride ControlTM feature for effortless fine-tuning without disassembly. The carbon fiber self suspending socket is the anchor to the entire prosthesis, but the College Park venture Foot allowed me to develop my skills and finally get an advantage as an adaptive skateboarder while competing amongst other amputees and able-bodied individuals."
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: Disabilities
label: web subject
content: Adaptive X Games
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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: 2020.0008.01
label: accession number
content: 2020.0008
label: catalog number
content: 2020.0008.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: prosthetic leg, adaptive sports
label: Object Name
content: prosthetic leg
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: foam (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall including foot: 22 in x 3 1/2 in x 10 1/2 in; 55.88 cm x 8.89 cm x 26.67 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall diameter: 5 in; 12.7 cm