Object Details
maker
Whitehead, Cindy
Logan, Ian
Description (Brief)
"It's Not About Pretty - A Book About Radical Skater Girls" written by Cindy Whitehead and Ian Logan. This is a 138 page photographic essay on skater girls. Whitehead began skateboarding at age 15 and had turned pro by the time she was 17, something girls were not doing in the mid-1970s. She became one of the only girls skating both pool and half pipe and is the only girl ever to be featured in a two page article with a photo spread in the center of a skateboarding magazine. Whitehead retired from skateboarding at 22 but still skates and has remained in the sports arena as a sport stylist, an occupation she created.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2017
2016
ID Number
2017.0044.01
accession number
2017.0044
catalog number
2017.0044.01
Object Name
book, skateboarding
skate book
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 10 1/4 in x 8 11/32 in x 1/2 in; 26.035 cm x 21.209 cm x 1.27 cm
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Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
Sports & Leisure
Data Source
National Museum of American History
name of sport
skateboarding
level of sport
Amateur
Professional
web subject
Women
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1848880