Object Details
- Whitehead, Cindy
- Description (Brief)
- Metal skateboard wrench is a 5-Way skate used by Cindy Whitehead. 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
- 1976
- used date
- 1976-1980
- ID Number
- 2013.0165.08
- accession number
- 2013.0165
- catalog number
- 2013.0165.08
- Object Name
- wrench, skateboard
- skate wrench
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 4 3/4 in x 4 1/2 in x 3/4 in; 12.065 cm x 11.43 cm x 1.905 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
- Amateur
- web subject
- Women
- Record ID
- nmah_1449537
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-e80e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
