Was thinking this morning about old board graphics I liked for one reason or another and utilized the googles for a little walk down memory lane. I can’t think of any boards these days I think will be iconic, they all feel too ‘alloverprintaggrocomicbookywhatever’ to me, but somewhere in Michigan there’s some 6 year old watching a 12 year old hit a rail on board ABC and he’ll be writing a similar blog post from Mars when he’s my age.
First up, the ol’ Lib looking like Salomon (I think…) skis.
The old Doughboy trying to look like the Salomon Force 9s
The ol’ (and also remade a few years back) Matt Cummins. Radical Rick on the base, 23 window splitty overlooking a Washington ‘secret’ surf spot on the top sheet. Pure win.
The ol' Matt Cummins
The OG Terje. I was actually trying to find a pic of the first year Burton Custom with the red base/pegasus graphic because I remember thinking ‘shit just got real’ when TW did the feature on Terje in Alaska and he was doing 540s off cliffs. Then I tried to find the Terje with the dog pissing himself on the topsheet and the cat on the base, and failed again. However, the OG Terje is 3rd best, there was some ad or pic in one of the mags back in the day, kind of fish eyed so the tip of the sword was distorted, Terje tweaking his air. Good stuff.
The original Terje pro model
Burton Brushies. Seriously, Brushie has had some good graphics in his time. The ouija board twin (not his official model, but I recall some sick photos of him boned out, dreads flying, kissy lips puckered out like some New Jersey guido clubber, on this board), the craps table one with the dice base, the old cruzin’ looking one.
Burton Brushie craps table
Look Lamar Trick Stick. Funny story about this board. Was at the old Olympic Sports location at the Tacoma Mall, the one INSIDE the mall near where the Nordstrom’s originally was. Buying my first pair of skis ever (still remember the ad in the TNT, K2′s for $79, I begged and pleaded for skis), just after we moved back from Germany. We were standing in line to pay and I spotted one of these (only in the dark colorway, blue/black) against the wall in the corner. Was one of those “whoa!” moments with sparkly music. Didn’t really know what the hell it was, but I knew I wanted it instead of the skis. Sadly couldn’t convince mom of it, but hey, ‘sall good.
Look Lamar Trick Stick
I could go on all day like this, but we’ll leave it short and sweet for now. Let’s hear about some of your favorite graphics and why.
