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The Santa Cruz Skateboards brand, distributed by NHS, is the oldest continuous skateboard company in the world, founded by Richard Novak, Doug Haut, and Jay Shuirman. At the start, it started as a surfboard business but was struggling to stay afloat because the low profit margins.
Skateboarding Hall of Fame (or SHoF), founded in 1997, is a museum and hall of fame located in Simi Valley, California, United States. [1] The museum documents the history of skateboarding and the skateboarders, photographers, and other notable figures, publications, and companies who have influenced its development.
Her brother built her first skateboard in his wood shop class at Aptos Junior High. [4] [5] [6] She attended Aptos High School and was inducted into the Aptos High School Sports Hall of Fame in 2017. [7] One of her first jobs was assembling and silkscreening skateboards for the Santa Cruz skateboard company NHS, or NHS Skate Direct. [5]
His pivotal career breakthrough came when he became the sole artist and art director for NHS Inc. in the 1970s and 1980s, where he created an extensive array of skateboard-related artworks, including decks, t-shirts, and stickers. [4] Phillips' Screaming Hand logo, designed in 1985, has become a global skateboarding and youth culture symbol.
A skateboard truck made by Independent. Independent Truck Company is an American skateboard truck manufacturer based in Santa Cruz, California.Established in 1978, the brand is currently owned by NHS, Inc. and has an extended list of sponsored team riders.
Additionally, skate sharpening services, skating aids for beginners, and skate rentals are available. Strawbery Banke Museum is planning for the seasonal reopening of Labrie Family Skate at Puddle ...
In 1987 skateboard company Powell Peralta initiated an advertising campaign using "skateboarding is not a crime" as their slogan. [2] Their 1988 advertising video, Public Domain, showed skateboarders in various locations which displayed stickers showing the slogan. [1] In 1997 skateboard company NHS, Inc. began formal use of the slogan for ...
The first skateboards started with wooden boxes, or boards, with roller skate wheels attached to the bottom. Crate scooters preceded skateboards, having a wooden crate attached to the nose (front of the board), which formed rudimentary handlebars. [8] [9] [10] The boxes turned into planks, similar to the skateboard decks of today. [1]