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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?"

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.

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 .

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..

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.

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.

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.

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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

thats rad dude

fully core

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...

Hmmmm. Interesting insight into the male Psychke.

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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

hopefully my new board..... [}:)]



or an alternative?