Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- Skateboard sticker is white with a green and black hellcat design in the center. The hellcat was created by Raith Grimes of HoodWood Skates. Marty Grimes was the first Black professional skateboarder along with his brother Clyde. In 1976, after the Del Mar Nationals, Jay Adams got Marty onto the EZ Ryder team that Jay’s stepfather had started after Jay left the Zephyr team. EZ Ryder then turned into Z Flex and Grimes was the first African American to have a pro model deck.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 2021
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 1/2 in x 2 1/4 in; 13.97 cm x 5.715 cm
- Object Name
- skateboard sticker
- sticker, skateboarding
