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Best Wakeboard Graphics ever?
Kinda not that impressed with recent designs, got me thinking what are everyones all time favorite graphics on wakeboards?
Also anybody ever design there own custom graphics for fun? Something I would love to do but unfortunately Im crap at design work |
I like simpler graphics like Company was doing, but anything by Mike Ennen (liquid force press, current Slingshot boards) is on top of my list.
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Greg Nelson pro model, Double Up. The brown one
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I always loved the prototype boards that had no graphics on them at all. When Liquid force had the trip with the see through graphics to the wood underneath. I would love a board like that with a small logo and thats it. Sort of why I think the Slingshot boards look great this year with the see through look.
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Shawn Watsons First promodle he called the watson...
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here is a picture to support what I was describing
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my all time favorite clean and classic.
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I gotta go with the Kamakaze in the red and black!
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The holy grail...
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^ from my personal stash....
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Byerly has some great boards. Legacy is my favorite.
http://images.usoutdoorstore.com/uso..._legacy_08.jpg |
I dont get whats so good looking about a giant like clown face on a board but thats just me
07 liquid force shane (2011 design as well), 10 ronix one (red edition), 11 slingshot response are my personal favorites.. |
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Love the graphics on the 2011 Slingshots.
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I forgot about the Hyperlite Project! That was a tight looking board.
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Fave Girl Board http://www.wakeworld.com/products/im...36_99bs258.jpg Worst Ever (My 1st Board!!) http://www.wakeworld.com/products/im...yerlyblunt.jpg |
I always like the original Trip graphics, hated the board, but the 2000 Byerly 137 has always been my fav.
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old j star lymans were pretty kool.
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As a Graphic Designer, I've got much love for the 2011 B-Side. Morning Breath is an amazing firm with a style all their own.
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Ive always been biased towards clean designs, cant go wrong with an all white or black board
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SS Hooke ( 138 and 142 )
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my first pro wakeboard i really learned how to shred on. too bad i had to warranty it and got a newer natty with ugly graphics
http://www.wakeworld.com/products/in...detail&p=55658 |
Shawn's first Pro Model for sure
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98 muray With the Green VW Bug, 01 Double nelson Pro and the Ronix frontier with the wood graphic.
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The Rastafari-themed, SUPER short run, white Hyperlite Murray. So short that I was never able to confirm if anyone but team riders and pro form riders could get it. It was like, conniston green striped around the perimeter of the deck, with red, gold and green down the center... Sick. Sick. SIck. Remember? I had one in my shop, but it was the cool graphic on the B.A.F.F. style board though, that Lavelle & other team members had as their pro models. Wow that was a God awful board to ride - that whole line suffered badly until they switched to the wide round one we all know and love. Now that board is probably one of the best shapes and biggest advancements in shaping, ever. That and the Squirt are really the only boards that can claim it.
The iconic original Liquid Force Squirt. Red. The Wake Tech Byerly 69 variant that Andy put up. Ronix Fronteir, wood one. But my heart will always belong to the K2 Woody, always, always, always that will be my favorite design because it had such a profound impact on me at that time. I finally was able to get one after about 15 years of searching. And it is signed. It hangs in my tv room like it's a piece of art. Big up Greg Nelson - yu large. |
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Well I have a top grouping, most of these have some kind of significant value to me due to each of them signifying a period of my upbringing in the sport. I am glad to see that some of these boards have already been mentioned. I guess I am not the only Old dude.
1997 - Hyperlite Fluid (non honeycomb graphics) - Murray's first promodel - my first twin tip board I got to ride - my buddy still has this one I am trying to get 1998 - Hyperlite Fluid (honeycomb) - *Favorite board of all times* (first rounded edge design) when my riding really took hold - still have this one 1999 - Liquid Force Trip - (first year multi-fin twin tips) - Loved the look of this board - too bad I sold mine 2001 - Hyperlite Belmont 134 - love the graphics - I still have this one 2003 - Hyperlite Belmont (131 graphics both dna & hc) - tie for best series of graphics ( tie with 98' HY Fluid DNA & Honeycomb)- still have my 136 from this year Notable decks; 1996 Hyperlite Baff & 1997 Neptune GTO-seem like everyone was sporting one of these back then, of course the 1997 Waketech Byerly and Flight 69, and the 98' + 99' Liquid Force Squirt |
I haven't been around wakeboarding for too long, so I'm not going to be dragging out boards from 10 years back or anything. I haven't been overly impressed with the designs I've seen the last two or three years, but here are a few good ones from this year that I've seen:
http://www.bartswatersports.com/imag...mage-92334.jpg http://www.unionofsports.com/thumbs/...eboard-138.jpg Wither either of those two boards it might even be cool to do the one black boot and one white boot thing. Maybe get a little yin-yang thing going. I've always thought my ideal board would be to combine the clean yellow or green bottom (with a clean black logo) of these Slingshot boards: http://www.planet-sports.com/images/...2010_green.jpg http://www.planet-sports.com/images/...010_yellow.jpg with a clean white top similar to last year's Watson Classic: http://www.eswake.com/files/2010%20W...38%20Top_0.jpg I haven't seen anything like that, but it would be my first pick if I were designing my own board. |
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My special "Flexible Truth" design
but pride set aside. i like the original hyperlite byerly and original LF trip designs as well as most any of the boards that have connecting graphics. love those connect-a-decks. |
I love the look of the original black watson, as well as the 2010 watson classic. They're just good solid clean graphics.
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