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Schmitt Stix skateboard deck

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    Object Details

    maker

    Schmitt, Paul

    Description (Brief)

    This wood laminate Schmitt Stix skateboard deck was designed by Paul Schmitt. Schmitt, President of PS Stix, Inc., CreateASkate.org and The New Deal Skateboard Products, Inc. owns and operates one of the largest and most successful skateboard manufacturing companies in the United States and is known in the industry as 'Professor Schmitt’. For almost 30 years Schmitt’s companies have been considered an innovative leader in the design and the manufacture of high quality skateboards. Schmitt has been involved with many different brands throughout the skate world including Schmitt Stix, the New Deal and Element. His CreateASkate.org program started in 2004 and teaches kids from 5th to 12th grade how to build a skateboard while learning about math, science, physics and chemistry. The kids don’t even realize they are learning, they just know they walk away with a cool skateboard that they designed. Schmitt, a skater himself works with skaters and industry leaders to constantly transform the sport and is one of the most respected innovators in the skate industry.

    Location

    Currently not on view

    date made

    1980s

    ID Number

    2013.0224.06

    accession number

    2013.0224

    catalog number

    2013.0224.06

    Object Name

    deck, skateboard
    skatedeck
    skate deck

    Physical Description

    wood (overall material)

    Measurements

    overall: 30 in x 9 1/2 in x 1/2 in; 76.2 cm x 24.13 cm x 1.27 cm

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    Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
    Skateboarding
    Sports & Leisure

    Data Source

    National Museum of American History

    name of sport

    skateboarding

    web subject

    Sports
    Manufacturing

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-ef0b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_1451015

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