Tony Hawk, Rodney Mullen, and Paul Schmitt will be participating with The Smithsonian for its #Innoskate Festival this Saturday, June 22, 2013 in Washington DC, according to a story in the Washington Post.
Hawk is donating his first skateboard to the Smithsonian on Saturday, and the museum is hosting a day-long “Innoskate” festival that will look at the history of skateboarding – complete with pro skaters performing tricks on a mini ramp outside the museum’s Mall entrance. . . Panel discussions take place throughout the day, focused on the evolution of skateboard design and equipment (11:30 a.m.) and skateboard clothing and sneakers (2:45 p.m.), with such notables as Paul Schmitt, who created the modern skateboard deck, and skater/designer Cindy Whitehead.
Bryan Ridgeway is even hosting a panel. Who would have thought? The panel and demos are free and require no registration, so if you’re in DC pushing a bill or something, stop by on Saturday.
[Link: Washington Post]
