Robin Logan model skateboard deck

Object Details

Logan, Robin

Description (Brief)

2013 release of the Logan Earth Ski, Robin Logan model skateboard autographed by Robin Logan. This was originally released in the 1970s while Robin skated for the Logan Earth Ski skate team. Robin began skating at the age of 4 but didn't begin competing until 1975 at the Bahne/Cadillac National Championships where she placed 2nd in the women’s freestyle event. Throughout the 1970s, Robin placed first or second at slalom, freestyle and cross country events. She went on to skate until 1980 promoting the Logan Earth Ski brand of family owned skateboards and appearing in many worldwide exhibitions, television shows and movies.

Robin's brother, Bruce Logan began skating in 1959 at the age of 8 with his older brother Brian. Together, they created the South Bay Skateboard Club with a few other skaters and while they had t-shirts and jackets printed, they had no sponsors. In 1964, when skateboarding was becoming more popular, the Logan boys got an official sponsor through the Bing Surfboard shop located down the street from their house. Now the Bing Skateboard Team, they competed with a few other skate teams on the local tv show Surf's Up with Stan Richards. Normally a surfing show, Richards featured skateboarding during one episode which is one of the first times skateboarding appeared on television. The Bing team earned second place behind the Hobie team.

A founding member of the Makaha Skate team as well, Bruce went on to compete from 1965 to 1975 winning most every freestyle competition that he entered along with many slalom events. In 1975, the Logans, with an assist from their mother Barbara, went on to start the family business of Logan Earth Ski (LES). Entering the skate business just at the time the urethane wheel made its debut, LES made their boards out of solid oak, laminated and exotic woods, with and without kicktails. Using their family members and some of the top skaters of the era to populate their skate team, LES became one of the most popular and sought-after boards of the mid-1970s. Bruce and Robin Logan, Jay Adams, Laura Thornhill, Tony Alva and Torger Johnson were only a few of the skaters that put LES on the map. The company thrived under the leadership of Barbara and Brian until 1980 when the company folded due to slow sales during the second skateboarding bust. Robin Logan has recently began selling Logan Earth Ski boards again and has created another LES skate team competing since 2022.

Location

Currently not on view

2013

ID Number

2013.0186.01

accession number

2013.0186

catalog number

2013.0186.01

Object Name

skateboard deck

skatedeck

skate deck

Physical Description

wood (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 29 in x 7 1/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 73.66 cm x 18.415 cm x 4.445 cm

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National Museum of American History

subject

skateboarding

Sports

Professional

Women

Record ID

nmah_1448075

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

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