第1795期:A Stamp of Approval for Skateboarding in America

For many years, skateboarding was considered an activity for young rebels or drug users in city streets, schoolgrounds and public parks. Those days are long gone. Skateboarding, which has Indigenous roots connected to surfing, is now an Olympic sport. There are many skateboarding competitions held across the United States and other countries. Recently, skateboarding was honored with a special recognition: a postage stamp. The U.S. Postal Service released the stamps at a skate park in Phoenix, Arizona. Four Indigneous artist-skateboarders created the skateboards pictured on the postage.多年来，滑板一直被认为是城市街道、学校操场和公园里年轻叛逆者或吸毒者的一项活动。那些日子已经一去不回。滑板运动起源于冲浪运动，现已成为一项奥林匹克运动。美国和其他国家举办了许多滑板比赛。最近，滑板运动获得了一种特殊的认可：一张邮票。美国邮政总局在亚利桑那州凤凰城的滑板公园发行了这些邮票。四位 Indigneous 滑板艺术家创造了邮资图片上的滑板。William Zollars, a member of the USPS Board of Governors, officiated at the event. “As an American institution older than our country itself, the Postal Service is always looking for ways to highlight and honor the stories and histories that are unique to the United States,” Zollars said. “We are honored to do that again through these ‘Art of the Skateboard’ Forever stamps.”USPS 理事会成员 William Zollars 主持了此次活动。 “作为一个比我们国家本身更古老的美国机构，美国邮政总局一直在寻找方法来突出和纪念美国独有的故事和历史，”佐拉尔斯说。 “我们很荣幸通过这些‘滑板的艺术’Forever 邮票再次做到这一点。”Di'Orr Greenwood is one of the artists. The 27-year-old was born and raised on the Navajo Nation in Arizona. She said as a child she was always getting pushed out of areas where she would skate. She noted the sport has come a long way. “Now it's like being accepted on a global scale," Greenwood said. "There's so many skateboarders I know that are extremely proud of it." The new stamps calls attention to the popularity of skateboarding, especially in Indian Country where the demand for skate parks is growing. The artists see the stamp as a useable art piece that will be seen across the United States and around the world.Di'Orr Greenwood 就是其中一位艺术家。这位 27 岁的年轻人在亚利桑那州的纳瓦霍部落出生长大。她说，小时候她总是被赶出她会滑冰的区域。她指出这项运动已经取得了长足的进步。“现在它就像在全球范围内被接受一样，”格林伍德说。“我认识的很多滑板手都为此感到非常自豪。”新邮票呼吁人们关注滑板运动的流行，尤其是在对滑板公园的需求不断增长的印度乡村。艺术家们将邮票视为一件实用的艺术品，将在美国和世界各地展出。For her skateboard stamp, artist Crystal Worl honored her clan and her love of the water. A Sockeye salmon fish is represented against a blue and indigo background. "There are certain designs, patterns and stories that belong to certain clans and you have to have permission even as an Indigenous person to share certain stories or designs,” Worl said.艺术家 Crystal Worl 为她的滑板印章向她的氏族和她对水的热爱致敬。一条红鲑鱼以蓝色和靛蓝色背景为代表。 “某些设计、图案和故事属于某些氏族，即使作为土著人，您也必须获得许可才能分享某些故事或设计，”Worl 说。The other artists who created stamps are William James Taylor Jr., an artist from Virginia, and Federico "MasPaz" Frum, a Colombian-born muralist in Washington, D.C. The USPS will print 18 million of the stamps. For the artists, being part of a project that feels low-tech in this age of social media is energizing. “Maybe I'll get a letter in the mail that someone sent me with my stamp on it,” said the 35-year-old Worl, who lives in Juneau, Alaska. “I think that’s when it will really hit home with the excitement of that.”其他创作邮票的艺术家有来自弗吉尼亚的艺术家 William James Taylor Jr. 和哥伦比亚出生的华盛顿壁画家 Federico "MasPaz" Frum。USPS 将印刷 1800 万张邮票。对于艺术家来说，参与这个在这个社交媒体时代感觉技术含量低的项目是充满活力的。 “也许我会在邮件中收到一封有人寄给我的信，上面贴着我的邮票，”现年 35 岁的 Worl 说，他住在阿拉斯加的朱诺。 “我认为那时候它会带着兴奋真正击中要害。”