Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art. Show all posts

Sunday, May 27, 2012

What's Bruce Lee's favorite drink?

The board is a Rayne Demonseed Long Treks Limited Edition. I painted the top red and fading into the black over the trucks. I ride this board just about every day. I set it up with caliber trucks and 75mm orangatangs.

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Friday, May 25, 2012

Dots

Here's a Bustin Strike I polka dotted awhile ago. The circles were a pain to cut out well. If I ever have to do circles again,  I'd use a circle cutter instead.

I also didn't do a very good job cleaning the board before I put the new grip on. Now I use goof-off to get the old adhesive gummy stuff off.


Dragonfly

Here's another early grip I did. The board is an Envy. I've never seen another like it.  One of my best friends got the board in Florida when he was a kid.

This was the first longboard I ever rode.  I went down a puny little hill at my friend's house and wiped out.  Tore a huge patch out of my left forearm and I was hooked.  That road rash on my arm didn't heal all summer since I would tear it open every time I would slam, which seemed to happen fairly often.  I was much more brave and stupid then. Mainly the latter.



Wednesday, May 23, 2012

BANNED

Here's another early grip I did a few years ago. The board is an old beat up Sector 9. I think this was the second one I did. I should have taken more time with the alignment of the circle crosses. I kind of cringe posting this for the world to judge as I think I did a really sloppy job. I have learned to not rush now though.... As much any way...

Monday, May 21, 2012

Turf's Up!

This was just a fun little project I did with a broken Bustin Complex that I had laying around.  I made a putt-putt course on our patio last summer, so I had some leftover astroturf. Naturally, some found some onto this board. It actually rides rather well with enough wedging on the front. I may have to do a nice long putt putt board this summer. Perhaps real grass next time...

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Tribal Penguin

Hello and thank you for checking out this blog. I created this page so I could start a portfolio of my custom grip tape art I've been making for the past few years. I'll start posting more as I go. If you like 'em, share this page with your friends and if you want your own, just send me an email. I may put some up on eBay if I see some demand.


I just finished this tribal penguin for a cool dude in Perth, Australia.  The board is a Rayne Demon Seed Long Treks Limited Edition.

I painted the top of the board with two layers of epoxy enamel white paint, followed by two layers of high gloss clear coat. The high gloss clear coat is the easiest to wipe clean, especially since white is hard to maintain.
 I use Jessup extra gritty grip tape for all my boards. I've never slipped off the stuff, though I have cheese grated my leg with it on a couple of occasions.

Thanks for looking and check back for updates!