Skate card for Skateboard World used by Cindy Whitehead

Object Details

Whitehead, Cindy

Description (Brief): Laminated identification card with a color photograph of the card holder, Cindy Whitehead, for entrance into the Skateboard World skate park.; 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 centerfold in a skateboarding magazine. Whitehead retired from skateboarding at 22 but still skates and has remained in the sports arena as a sport stylist, a job title she also created. Whitehead is especially supportive of young female skaters through her “Girl Is Not A 4 Letter Word” skate team and her products which are geared towards women and girls. Whitehead’s signature phrase printed in gold on many of the “Girl Is Not A 4 Letter Word” products personifies her independent spirit, "Live life balls to the wall. Do epic shit. Take every dare that comes your way. You can sleep when you’re dead."
Location: Currently not on view

National Museum of American History

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-e73a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa