Snowboards and Graphic Design

Snowboarding is a big thing around these parts, I do it, that girl over there does it, everybody in my house does it. The boards are not only about the way they ride and what they are made out of but what they look like. The graphic on snowboards has turned into something that people look at over performance. The industry has only been around a few decades but within the last one is when things really started to ski rocket. Snowboarding is world renowned, people of all ages are trying it, and arguably one of the most famous people in the world rides one (Shaun White).
   
The part that I am most interested in right now is the graphic side of it. The graphics on boards ranges from abstract shapes and lines to cats with gold chains to wood grain to The Ninja Turtles. There is no set style for boards like there is in other aspects of design. Boards can be found with dada inspiration, gothic, modern, contemporary, cartoon, and photography. Hardly will you find two boards from different companies that look alike maybe the same inspiration but totally different design.

The Graphic design world is so large for us designers now that we literally have a hand in everything. I thought it would be cool to show you non mountain shredders that there is people like us doing and designing incredible things that really last a life time.