Object Details
- Hawk, Tony
- Description (Brief)
- Skateboard used by professional skateboarder Tony Hawk to complete his last 900 is a birdhouse design with Independent trucks and three green, Tony Hawk Skate Park Formula wheels and one white Hawk SPF 60 wheel. The top surface is covered in black grip tape and the bottom surface is green with a golden bird design in the center. There is a green Independent sticker a black and white birdhouse sticker on each end of the board. A "900" is a skate trick in which the skater completes 2 1/2, 360 degree revolutions on the skateboard while in mid air. Hawk began competing at age 12 and turned pro at 14. He is an innovative vert skater competing in 103 competitions before he was 25 and was the first to land a 900 in competition. In 1999, Hawk created the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater video game franchise which became one of the most popular video games in history. Hawk retired in 1999 but continues to skate in exhibitions and demos and the Tony Hawk Foundation has funded over $5 million to over 550 skatepark projects throughout the world.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Tony Hawk
- 2016
- ID Number
- 2019.0311.01
- accession number
- 2019.0311
- catalog number
- 2019.0311.01
- Object Name
- skateboard
- skateboard
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- urethane (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 32 in x 8 in x 5 1/2 in; 81.28 cm x 20.32 cm x 13.97 cm
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- Sports & Leisure
- National Museum of American History
- name of sport
- skateboarding
- level of sport
- Professional
- Record ID
- nmah_1972737
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49db73f41-9b0e-2c44-e053-15f76fa04da4
