A freind of mine got a Naish nalu 10'10"
The pads paint is bleading - the black from the tribal pattern.

Anyone else have this problem?

Not me, but my Naish Pad is wearing out. Under my left heel, on the 17 footer. Probably in association with all the hours I stand on it, and pivot off the left heel to control the rudder!

Mrs C's Nalu was looking a bit 'smeary' so I tried to 'clean' it with a household cleaning product (windex or Bam or something), dissolved the 'ink', smeared it everywhere and made the board look worse than if I'd left it alone (so don't do what I did )

Over here in the US, I have heard from my local shop that Naish is having a big problem with their deck pads loosing their deck pad dye. While I thought the new deck pads looked really cool when they came out earlier this year, sounds like it's becoming a big problem over here.