Tracker Fultrack skateboard truck, 1975
Tracker Fultrack skateboard truck, 1975
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- Description (Brief)
- Metal skateboard truck with rubber gasket shock absorbers and a square metal base to attach to a skateboard deck. According to the donor, Larry Balma, "The Tracker Fultrack was 4-1/2" wide, extreme for the time, cast of heat treated aluminum, strong and stable. Tracker established the 4-hole mounting pattern, fixed kingpins, aircraft quality materials and hardware. Trackers are the introduction of the "Modern Skateboard Truck," an evolutionary step in skateboard design. The Tracker Fultrack was the first truck in history made specifically for skateboarding by skateboarders to incorporate high quality, performance and strength." Tracker Trucks was founded in 1974 by Dave Dominy, Larry Balma and Gary Dodd, friends from North San Diego County who began skating at La Costa, a newly built upscale neighborhood that would become the first free downhill skatepark.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- truck, skateboard
- skateboard truck
- date made
- 1975
- maker
- Tracker Trucks
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- rubber (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 in x 7 in x 3 in; 5.08 cm x 17.78 cm x 7.62 cm
- ID Number
- 2015.0239.01
- accession number
- 2015.0239
- catalog number
- 2015.0239.01
- subject
- Sports
- skateboarding
- Invention
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Sport and Leisure
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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