Skateboard used by Dylan Smith in a 'Push To Remember - Skateboarding Across America to End Alzheimer's'

Object Details

Smith, Dylan

Description (Brief)

Rayne Limited Edition long board ridden by Dylan Smith in the “Push To Remember - Skateboarding Across America to End Alzheimer's” tour which began in California and ended in New York City. This event was to honor Jack Smith's father who passed away from Alzheimer’s in 2012.

Jack Smith began skating in 1974 and entered his first contest, the Bahne-Cadillac/Del Mar Nationals, in 1975. On a whim the next year, he and a few friends decided to skate across the country and he has made the trip three other times since. It took only 26 days in 1984 and in 2003 he skated again but this time for a cause, “Skateboarding Across America on Board for Lowe Syndrome.” Smith’s son was diagnosed with this genetic disease and passed away in 2003 so to raise awareness he and three friends took a month to make the trip. The fourth trip across the country took place in 2013 with his son, Dylan and a few other skateboarding devotees. “Skateboarding Across America to End Alzheimer’s” was to raise awareness for Alzheimer’s which Smith’s father had passed away from that May. Smith took yet another trip across America in the summer of 2018, this time going solo. Smith was riding an Inboard Technology electric skateboard and the journey from Mountain Home, Idaho to Washington DC, all 2394 miles of it took 45 days. Smith still skates today and, with his wife, currently runs the Morro Bay Skate museum in Morro Bay, California.

Location

Currently not on view

2013

ID Number

2013.0161.02

accession number

2013.0161

catalog number

2013.0161.02

Object Name

skateboard

Physical Description

fiberglass (overall material)

wood (overall material)

metal (overall material)

urethane (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 41 1/2 in x 9 1/4 in x 10 3/4 in; 105.41 cm x 23.495 cm x 27.305 cm

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National Museum of American History

name of sport

skateboarding

web subject

Sports

level of sport

Amateur

Record ID

nmah_1451309

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

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