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Created by easty > 9 months ago, 26 Oct 2007
Leech
WA, 1933 posts
26 Oct 2007 11:42PM
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MavericK040 said...

i agree , all this arty farty graphics looks ****e on most boards , well pretty much on anything , i reckon the MISTRAL boards looks good with a smokey backround and just a few nice flowing lines all symmetrical n stuff much better than a bunch of scribbles.
and all the scribbley stuff u are more likely to find on kites n such.


Are you serious?? I reckon the 08 Mistrals have taken a very bland step backwards!

I like the RRD graphics
www.robertoriccidesigns.com/ . A good friend of mine once said "Do you reckon he was on acid when he painted these boards?"

barn
WA, 2960 posts
27 Oct 2007 8:21AM
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quit being so boring, when windsurfing was in its prime it was all about bright colours, and windsurfing stood out.. 5 years ago some sails were as invisible on the water as a kitsurfer without a kite.. colour defines windsurfing.

Mr. No-one
WA, 921 posts
27 Oct 2007 9:13AM
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I fully agree, a few bright colors look great when the sun pops it's head out and lifts my mood. When I was making boards for a job the rule of thumb was use no more than three colors plus white and black or it looks to messy .

P.C_simpson
WA, 1491 posts
27 Oct 2007 9:16AM
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hey i respray my own boards once they start to get a few chips in them, love custom painted boards, who really wants to look like everyone else.. the custom Quatro's seem to be the only one doing them these days, miss the old glass board days of multi coloured boards... well for the graphics..

Little Jon
NSW, 2115 posts
29 Oct 2007 12:17AM
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I know I'm nostalgic but there is nothing like a custom spray job on the old hand shaped boards. Tabou rockects and starboard futuras are my favourites now.

Mobydisc
NSW, 9029 posts
8 Nov 2007 10:22PM
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The prettiest boards were the Mark Paul Bomboras like the South Pacific and the Bigtoy.

Those kangaroos made a good contrast with the bright orange plastic fantastic. Combined with the roo sails and how more Aussie could you get? And isn't that its all about, showing what that Australia is a great place to live and play?

Anyway this is an argument which is impossible to win.


Mark _australia
WA, 23441 posts
8 Nov 2007 8:53PM
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bvllsh!farkin

whit with a bit of a design on top center. Nothing on the bottom or anywhere near the rails, makes them too hard to repair.

A smashed waveboard does prove your 'core' rating though.

Leech
WA, 1933 posts
8 Nov 2007 11:47PM
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Mark _australia said...


A smashed waveboard does prove your 'core' rating though.


Then I must be ****ing core to the core. Smashed board four times out of the last four sails (3 different boards too).

I think I'm just unlucky

Mark _australia
WA, 23441 posts
9 Nov 2007 8:51AM
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thats rad dude

fully core

lanky
QLD, 213 posts
9 Nov 2007 11:41AM
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I think the 08 Tabou graphics are mean. They are bright and look really good on the water and off.

But you are right. If you buy a board for looks or even popularity over funktion then what the hell are you doing in the sport...

Susie
SA, 837 posts
9 Nov 2007 1:31PM
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Hmmmm. Interesting insight into the male Psychke.

stribo
QLD, 1628 posts
9 Nov 2007 1:15PM
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Mark _australia said...

bvllsh!farkin

whit with a bit of a design on top center. Nothing on the bottom or anywhere near the rails, makes them too hard to repair.

A smashed waveboard does prove your 'core' rating though.


A lot of boards are out now with that pre-smashed repaired look .I think it's to save weight by sanding most of the paint off??

But hey nothing like a bic hard rock graphics and a green wetsuit Go the fluro

Gestalt
QLD, 14627 posts
14 Nov 2007 2:18PM
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hopefully my new board..... [}:)]



or an alternative?



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