Skate shoes worn by Cindy Whitehead
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Object Details
- Whitehead, Cindy
- Puma
- Description (Brief)
- Pair of white, hi-top Puma sneakers given to Cindy Whitehead by Puma, one of her many sponsors. As a pro skateboarder, Whitehead had many sponsors who supplied her with equipment and clothes she used during her competitions.
- 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
- 1970s
- 1979
- used date
- 1979-1980
- ID Number
- 2013.0165.03
- accession number
- 2013.0165
- catalog number
- 2013.0165.03
- Object Name
- shoes, skateboarding
- skate shoes
- Physical Description
- fabric, canvas (overall material)
- fabric, suede (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 in x 3 1/2 in x 5 in; 25.4 cm x 8.89 cm x 12.7 cm
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- National Museum of American History
- name of sport
- skateboarding
- web subject
- Sports
- level of sport
- Professional
- web subject
- Women
- Record ID
- nmah_1449532
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-e0b2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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