Wakeskate Graphics

earlygrace · Newbie Joined: 09 Jun 2003 Posts: 21 City: Parry Sound

I am just getting around to drawing some graphics on my homemade wakeskate. I don't need to worry about wrecking the graphics cause I don't ride any sliders, Man I don't even know another person that rides.

-EarlyGrace

Butta Seeka · Posted: Jun 09, 2003 9:53 pm Post subject:

man that sux taht u dont know anybody else that rides, waht state u live in

earlygrace · Newbie Joined: 09 Jun 2003 Posts: 21 City: Parry Sound

I am from Ontario, so we only have a few months a year to ride. We do have wakestock, thats cool, but on my home lake I have only talk to one other person that rides, and I don't see them around very often. I have yet to have a chance to ride with them.

It is not so bad, I prefer to wakeskate anyways, I just have to push myself.

Butta Seeka · Posted: Jun 10, 2003 5:16 am Post subject:

yea thats cool, i finally just found some people to ride with.

koltman · Addict Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 902 City: Sydney/Orlando

cool and all. But why have a wakeboarder on the bottom of a wakeskate?

earlygrace · Newbie Joined: 09 Jun 2003 Posts: 21 City: Parry Sound

Well it goes like this, I used to wakeboard, but over a year ago I herniated a disk in my back during a nasty wipeout, and had to have surgery on it cause I was having so much pain.

Hence the Back Breaker graphic.

This is why I have taken up wakeskating, it is more finesse no inverts and less aggressive. I just love to get out there and carve it up.

earlygrace · Newbie Joined: 09 Jun 2003 Posts: 21 City: Parry Sound

I started painting my board, and have decided to scrap the whole image above and I am just going to do flames on either end, looks cooler, or should I say hotter.

earlygrace · Newbie Joined: 09 Jun 2003 Posts: 21 City: Parry Sound

Ok, here is what I finally did, just some flames, I might add a bit more, but this way even if I get a chance to ride some sliders the graphics will be fairly safe from taking any damage.

Gbgonzal138 · Addict Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 887

cool did you make that skate?

earlygrace · Newbie Joined: 09 Jun 2003 Posts: 21 City: Parry Sound

yea, i built it last winter, just followed some guides off the internet, stole the shape and length from a Hyperlite skate, I have only had a chance to ride it the end of last year, cause of my back surgery (see above post).

looking forward to getting back out there.

x2xwakegurlx2x · Guest

looks pretty good, if you hit sliders, and do boardslides, the graphics would pretty much stay there, it wont really affect them, i dont think atleast

Goatwake · Posted: Jun 16, 2003 1:45 pm Post subject:

sweet board

kyleSKATE02 · Newbie Joined: 20 May 2003 Posts: 7 City: Nashua

im in the same boat ( no pun intended ) as you, i ride in quebec so i only got a few months to ride! Confused

David Legler · Posted: Jun 16, 2003 6:20 pm Post subject:

very nice skate, how long did it take to make it?

earlygrace · Newbie Joined: 09 Jun 2003 Posts: 21 City: Parry Sound

Only took a few days, most of the time was spent waiting for the glue to dry before taking the clamps off.

If anyone wants the outline shape I used for the board I have it as an illustrator file, size as. I just printed it out tiled in on 11x17 sheets and taped it all together to get a full size outline.

kyleSKATE02, I feel your pain, and this summer has been sucking big time, just got the boat in the water a few weeks ago and have yet to get out and ride.

Here is a pix from the end of last summer, before the flame graphics

gryffin · Criminal Joined: 10 Jun 2003 Posts: 89 City: SoCal

Nice board EarlyGrace. Oh and I like the flames more than the original design.

WAKE99 · Posted: Jun 21, 2003 12:30 pm Post subject:

i dotn really care about graphics,whos gonna see them?

Craiggy · Criminal Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 65 City: Canada

I don't really have anyone to ride with either, I live in BC but i just took some friends and now one is hooked, but this summer i'm going to try wakeskating (i'm almost finished building one) and i have never even seen anyone wakeskate

Ocean Rider · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 24 Jun 2003 Posts: 1597

Hey craiggy were do u live in B.C. ? Shocked

earlygrace · Newbie Joined: 09 Jun 2003 Posts: 21 City: Parry Sound

SJK1454, who is going to see them?

Well just look at the pic above, if I had the flames on there last year when the shot was taken, everyone would have seen them.

Plus they are going to make me go faster. Burn up the water, maybe I sould have put them on the top of the baord that way I could see them while I am riding.

Or maybe when I do kick flips, I would see them that was for sure.

brook is fine · Outlaw Joined: 13 Mar 2003 Posts: 142 City: Kirkland, Wa

ssssssssssssssssssssswwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeettttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Very Happy

hc_zer0skater · Posted: Jun 27, 2003 7:57 pm Post subject:

Can I have that outline file thingy? How did you get the graphics on there?

earlygrace · Newbie Joined: 09 Jun 2003 Posts: 21 City: Parry Sound

no problem, send me you e-mail address, it is an Illustrator file build size as so you will have to print it out tiled and tape it together, unless you have access to a larg format printer.

Cheers

Dave W · Posted: Jul 01, 2003 2:46 pm Post subject:

I used some nylon camo fabric for the base on mine. I just laminated it on with some epoxy.

earlygrace · Newbie Joined: 09 Jun 2003 Posts: 21 City: Parry Sound

That looks pretty cool, the strips of grip tape give you enough stick?

Dave W · Posted: Jul 02, 2003 8:26 am Post subject:

Yeah, it's not skate deck grip tape. I went to a skate shop and they told me that none of the grip tape they had would hold up in the water. So my dad snagged a few sheets of this industrial stuff. He got it from some guys who were putting it down for "non-slip" areas on a concrete floor. It's some pretty coarse stuff. It works well, but I really worry about it around the boat. It's murder on the gelcoat.

white trash · Posted: Jul 03, 2003 5:51 pm Post subject:

hey early grace, could you send me that template thingy?
My e-mail is weinburger@hotmail.com

Thanks

ZAdaMs15 · Newbie Joined: 03 Jul 2003 Posts: 3 City: NH

how much would a quality wakeskate go for?

a_fire_inside · Newbie Joined: 31 Aug 2003 Posts: 3 City: Canada

hey earlybird i pm'ed u but jsut in case can u or anyone else who has the template file pelase e-mail it to me at dabomb_96@hotmail.com

kab3000 · Newbie Joined: 28 Aug 2003 Posts: 16 City: lake altoona

dude early grace can u send me some of those illustrator file tiles or ehat ever they are.

thanx

kab3000 · Newbie Joined: 28 Aug 2003 Posts: 16 City: lake altoona

o ya my e-mail is thechallenger87@yahoo.com

J-Dub · Soul Rider Joined: 26 Feb 2003 Posts: 321 City: Atlanta

Here's a little something I just whipped up on Photoshop. I know it's not a wakeskate but it could apply.