Schmitt, a skater himself works with skaters and industry leaders to constantly transform the sport and is one of the most respected innovators in the skate industry. The kids don’t even realize they are learning, they just know they walk away with a cool skateboard that they designed. His program started in 2004 and teaches kids from 5th to 12th grade how to build a skateboard while learning about math, science, physics and chemistry. Schmitt has been involved with many different brands throughout the skate world including Schmitt Stix, the New Deal and Element. For almost 30 years Schmitt’s companies have been considered an innovative leader in the design and the manufacture of high quality skateboards. owns and operates one of the largest and most successful skateboard manufacturing companies in the United States and is known in the industry as 'Professor Schmitt’. Schmitt, President of PS Stix, Inc., and The New Deal Skateboard Products, Inc. The bottom surface resembles a yard stick with two black Schmitt Stix attached to each side and a rounded yellow Schmitt Stix attached to the nose of the board. It is a laminated wood deck with black grip tape strips at the front and back, a kick tail and a rounded nose. Location Currently not on view 1980s ID Number 2013.0224.07 accession number 2013.0224 catalog number 2013.0224.07 Object Name deck, skateboard skatedeck skate deck Physical Description wood (overall material) Measurements overall: 31 1/2 in x 10 in x 1/2 in 80.01 cm x 25.4 cm x 1.The original Schmitt Stix Yard Stix, 36 Inch skateboard, shown here, was designed, made and used by Paul Schmitt. Paul Schmitt, President of PS Stix, Inc., and The New Deal Skateboard Products, Inc. SCHMITT STIX 'Danger' Skateboard Deck 30.5' x 10. Miller still rides and has consistently won the Dew Tour Legends Bowl Jam for the last few years. SCHMITT STIX 'Crystal Ball' Joe Lopes Skateboard Deck 9.875' RED Old Skool 1986 (3) MORE INFO. If you look at it now, it's a tiny little nose, but then it was crazy-looking.” Miller went on to found Adio Footwear and Planet Earth Clothing, two companies that had a huge impact on the skate industry. I loved that board, and we're only talking four or five inches of nose. At first, I didn’t like it aesthetically, but I was the first person to do backside lipslides on vert and I went from a G&S board with basically no nose-think about coming in from a backside lipslide, where you need a little nose to bring yourself in-to the Schmitt shape, and it was a game-changer for me. He came to me and said, “I have an idea for your new shape,” and it was about the mold and all that. For almost 30 years Schmitt’s companies have been considered an innovative. owns and operates one of the largest and most successful skateboard manufacturing companies in the United States and is known in the industry as Professor Schmitt’. But the other side is that Schmitt did do it first. Paul Schmitt, President of PS Stix, Inc., and The New Deal Skateboard Products, Inc. It was going to happen whether Schmitt did it or someone else. It started that trend towards modern boards. As Chris explains in an interview with Ride Channel, “My Schmitt board was famous for being the first board with an upturned nose that was long. Chris Miller turned pro for G&S Skateboards in 1985 but began riding Schmitt boards in 1988. Object Details Schmitt, Paul Description (Brief) "Schmitt Stix - Chris Miller Model" skateboard deck created by Paul Schmitt. Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, African Art.
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