Honeycomb pool skateboard designed by George Powell and used by Stacy Peralta
Object Details
- Peralta, Stacy
- Powell, George
- Description (Brief)
- This honeycomb pool board was a revolutionary design by George Powell and was used by Stacy Peralta, one of the founding members of the Bones Brigade. It has a formed aluminum core with an aluminum honeycomb epoxy bonded with a filled, polyester close out. The polyurethane wheels, or Bones wheels, were also made by George Powell and the Tracker trucks were designed by Larry Balma. According to Powell, "the decks were changing monthly during this era and we had to accommodate the rapidly evolving style of skating, which quickly went from streets to ditches, to pools and skate parks. The aluminum skins were problematic because the skaters would drag the tails to slow down and that would grind them off to a razor-sharp high strength aluminum edge that was very dangerous if it hit someone. This led me to develop the Tail Bones and Nose Bones I made to protect the tips, and to experiment with lighter, better performing prototypes, of which the "Powell" you have is a prime example. It utilizes aluminum skins, aluminum honeycomb core, and epoxy to close out the edges. The wheel wells are post lamination formed by crushing the honeycomb in those areas, as this was a first, and we wanted to learn if we could get away with this shortcut to making them instead of much more expensive and time-consuming alternatives."
- Credit Line
- Powell Corporation
- 1978
- ID Number
- 1987.0737.001
- accession number
- 1987.0737
- catalog number
- 1987.0737.001
- Object Name
- skateboard
- Physical Description
- urethane (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- aluminum (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 31 1/2 in x 9 in x 4 in; 80.01 cm x 22.86 cm x 10.16 cm
- place made
- United States: California, Santa Barbara
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- Skateboarding
- Sports & Leisure
- Exhibition
- Artifact Walls
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- web subject
- Sports
- name of sport
- skateboarding
- level of sport
- Professional
- web subject
- Invention
- Record ID
- nmah_682791
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b0-f5e0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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