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Single red urethane skateboard wheel, with the words “Cadillac Wheels Da Kine” molded into it. Da Kine is derived from a Hawaiian word meaning “the best.”
Blog

How Frank “Captain Cadillac” Nasworthy Re-invented the Wheel

Frank Nasworthy’s development of skateboard-specific urethane “Cadillac Wheels” revolutionized the sport in the 1970s and beyond.

A skater in mid-air jumping over 13 skateboards stacked on horizontal edge
Blog

Innoskate South Dakota

Skateboarding and innovation? You bet! And don’t forget the jazz.

Vans blue and white checked skateboarding shoe with a dark blue suede toe and eyestay, white leather sidestripe, and the trademark deep tan, waffle pattern soles.
Blog

The Invention of the Iconic Vans Skateboarding Shoe

How the van Doren Brothers, through ingenuity and collaboration, took their company “off the wall.”

A graffiti artist is bent over, holding a spray paint can, finishing his colorful artwork that looks like a green slime monster with sharp teeth and bloodshot, bugged-out eyes, with its tongue flapping in the wind. The monster holds a skateboard reading, “Gums and Tongue.”
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Innoskate London

The Smithsonian and skateboarding? In England? Sick.

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Innoskate

Innoskate explores skate culture’s creative spirit and history of innovation.

Tennis racket used by Althea Gibson
Blog

Exploring Sports and Innovation at the Lemelson Center

“It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game.” This often paraphrased quote inspired me to think about the “how” in terms of sports and innovation.

Invention Stories

How to Hover

Inventions to tackle the fascination with floating a few inches off the ground.

Invention Stories

Joining the Boys Club: Cindy Whitehead and Skateboarding

Cindy Whitehead is one of the only women ever to be featured riding vert in the centerfold of a skateboarding magazine.

Invention Stories

A Unique Way to See the World: Skateboarders and Inventors

Highly creative and innovative people seem to share a common characteristic of being able to engage their world—not for what it is, but for what it has the potential to be. While meeting with members of the skate community, I learned about the unique way in which they view the world.

Invention Stories

Dude! Tony Hawk Skates into History

Tony Hawk's early career and the evolution of skate culture in the 1980s can be read through the technology and the stickers on the skateboard that he donated to the Museum.

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