Why is surfboard art so crappy and lame?

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Roadkill started the topic in Friday, 8 Oct 2021 at 4:27pm

I collect skateboard decks, mainly from the 90's and a few 80's and 2000-2010. I have over 150. Skateboard graphics are pretty cool overall. Surfboards on the other hand have zero thought put into the deck are and are generrally as harmless and boring as a vanilla gelato.

Are shapers and companies just too stingy to care?

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seeds Thursday, 26 Sep 2024 at 9:45pm

Go with it. Pro Hart it.

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southernraw Thursday, 26 Sep 2024 at 10:03pm

Agree with Seeds @ifocus, if you've already completely fkced it, you could probably unfkc it a little bit by fkcing it some more. No loss!

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basesix Thursday, 26 Sep 2024 at 10:09pm
I focus wrote:

I am doing a PU board at the moment and just sprayed the deck one colour... totally fucked it... sigh :-(

just an undercoat, bloke. If I do a green and blue landscape, I'll put a bit of effort into roughing out an undercoat in reds and yellows of the same scene. Then go gentler with the colours I want over the top, with the knowledge I gained from the undercoat. Layers, bro, depth, 'sall good : )

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tubeshooter Thursday, 26 Sep 2024 at 10:33pm

Art is very subjective.
Always has been.
Don't worry about critics, be bold.

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seeds Thursday, 26 Sep 2024 at 10:37pm

Shit Mammoth.
Basesix. Good band name or not?

Good! Tubeshooter oog oog

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basesix Thursday, 26 Sep 2024 at 10:44pm

Bold.
better have something to say, with a name like Shit Mammoth,
Mammoth Shit would be a less pressure name..

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seeds Thursday, 26 Sep 2024 at 10:41pm

Less cultured also ;)

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southernraw Thursday, 26 Sep 2024 at 10:45pm

Another goody. Devon lass.

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I focus Friday, 27 Sep 2024 at 1:34pm

Thanks Gents, unfortunately after sanding the freelap it's just beyond hope at least for me, the board is for me so will love it unconditionally ail the same ;-)

Enough to drive someone back to paulownia over EPS...

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udo Friday, 27 Sep 2024 at 1:50pm

Cover the Ugly with a Filler Spray ?

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I focus Friday, 27 Sep 2024 at 2:33pm
udo wrote:

Cover the Ugly with a Filler Spray ?

Could do but will finish the board and spray over the lot if I get motivated, usually as soon as I have final sanded its all froth to get the stick in the water to see if the end result is anywhere near the good intension's.

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udo Wednesday, 9 Oct 2024 at 6:33am
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udo Sunday, 20 Oct 2024 at 3:06pm