Skateboard Evolution and Art
November 18th, 2009 by kilwag
The California Heritage Museum in Santa Monica just opened a show called “SKATEBOARD: Evolution and Art in California.” The shot at top is thanks to a friend of Sam at SkateOregon. The exhibit runs until the end of May, 2010. You can catch a description of the artifacts and lenders at the official museum site, and you can see some photos at CtotheJL.com (Photo: bottom right) or The Smogcheck. The “museum” is actually located in an historic house in Santa Monica. The contents appear to be the usual fare, but I never get tired of looking at that stuff.
November 18th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
Evolution (and art) in California? Nice to see the photo of TA grabbing frontside at the lip of the Performance bowl, situated in Harrow, UK :)
November 19th, 2009 at 10:07 am
Thanx Iain, I have that photo ingrained in my head from when I was a kid. I was trying to remember what bowl that was.
November 19th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
It was a seriously burly bowl – 14-17 foot deep, with 4 feet of pure vert. Legend has it that TA carved it on his first run, and came out looking as white as a ghost….