man some times life sucks a day ago to of my freinds died in a car crash and im thinking about puting a pic of them on the bottom of a board I just finished shaping but i don’t know if it would bleed. It would cover the whole bottom of the board and the pic would be a white out line of there faces. Also were could i get rice paper thats that big . Im using carbon fiber for the cloth and pigmenting it white but leaving it black on the bottom
Its a good idea
sorry for the size, but i did this lam for a surfbuddy who lost his only brother (my classmate) to cancer last month. I put it on a board he’s been wanting to try out for some time…
With the rate death seems to surround me lately I figured this will come in handy in future projects.
Best of luck
life sucks sometimes
they say it gets better with time.
yea it sucks because we just got out of school and i was talking to them like 3 hours before and i wish i could just like tell them not to drive i mean they couldn’t even drive yet ,and it just was a bad weekend for me but it made me think and realized that don’t take for granted what you have one day because it may not be there tomorrow but i know people have it worst than me but they were like family to me but i’ll just have to deal with it
Sorry to hear of you’re loss, it sucks big time.
The board is a really nice idea to remember your friends by, I’m sure they would appriciate the sentiment and the work you put in.
It would be hard to print a white decal, you could do a black out line and fill the reverse with white acrilic paint.
If you wanted just a white out line you could use a pen or actylic paint over the hot coat, seal with clear coat and then gloss.
You may also be able to print directly on to the glass for something that size, there was a post a while back with a guy printing pictures and swirls straight on to glass fibre, I think it was called “swirls made easy”.
I’m not sure if its any help but white silk will go clear when glassed so mabye a silk screen would work.
Hang in there mate.
yeah i think im just not going to use carbin fiber because its way to much but i think i’ll just use s cloth and use a black and white pic i have
Really Sorry for your terrible loss
I had some ideas for you,
• seeing as the bottom is black, could you do reverse print of the artwork onto rice paper, and paint the back carefully with white acrylic?
• or trace out the art onto the board and use a white posca pen?
[for an easy trace, print your artwork out, rub a soft pencil on the back of the areas you want to draw.Tape it on your board and then draw over the linewok - when you take the artwork off you’ll have a soft outline of your artwork that you can go over with the posca].
there’s also places that will do digital full board graphics, bit expensive and a bit of glassing expertise needed.
I think this business of “in loving memory…” is for morons alone. Yeah it sucks your friend is gone. Now get back with it. Your time will come. Most of the roadside memorials I’ve seen, when they could be identified, were for some drunk idiot who hadn’t the sense not to drive when they couldn’t control the car. No one “looses” control, or “fails to negotiate a corner”. They mess with the laws of physics, and are permanently reminded of their own mortality. Life, like trust, is easy to loose.
See here: you, and you alone, are permanently, ultimately, solely responsible for your actions. Try to keep the more moronic stages of your time on the planet, from seriously affecting others, okay? This means among other things, don’t drink and drive, know your limits, and if you must push your perceived envelope, don’t count on anyone coming to help.
Towsurfers take note…
and you, pal, could advantageously take some time learning to spell.
Hey Honolulu,
Ever thought of going into the greeting card biz?
Still pissed at not getting the ‘Best Man’ gig?
Funerals just not your thing?
Brutal words
dude i know they were stupid they were going around 70 in a hurricane but dude they were my friends and I’m not so depressed i can’t do anything and wtf man i’m 15 and they were 16 and 15 and you are mocking them, yea i know what they did was stupid but theirs nothing i can do about it but learn, one not to take my dad’s car and go speeding through a hurricane , and two realize that you can’t take things for granted because it may not be there [=1][=Black][ 2]tomorrow. Also man who says they were drunk or drinking. and about my bad spelling i have a spelling disfunction yes there is such a thing and i know there is a spell check but have some [/][/][/]sympathy[=1][=Black][ 2] i mean yea i know a bunch of people that have died but they were like family. Maybe you have had a [/][/][/]tragic[=1][=Black][ 2] life but please don’t make fun of people that can’t even defend themself’s.[/][/]
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Hey Honolulu,
Ever thought of going into the greeting card biz?
Still pissed at not getting the ‘Best Man’ gig?
Funerals just not your thing?
Brutal words
yeah , when someone loses a loved one , a bit of compassion doesn’t go astray…
Hey skiny,
Very sorry about your friends. Most of the people who have been around long enough have stories and know kids that have died like your friends. It falls under the category of “typical stupid boy shit” that goes bad. Dont’ judge Honolua harshly. I hope that you and your friends learn from their tragic mistake. The lesson in a nut shell is this, life is short if you live to be a 100. It can be very much shorter so don’t waste it doing stupid things like driving too fast, dope, booze, etc. Live life to it’s fullest, but don’t be stupid and think you won’t die. Make your life MEAN something. Help others. Don’t just do something for the fucking money. Life has many wonderful things like love, children, sex, sunsets, snowfall, and of course surfing. Did I mention sex? Good luck and if you really are 15 or 16 years old do something special with your life. A surfing life is tuff to beat. Happiness is a decision we make every day. Mike
I can’t believe it!
Steve Irwin just died - stingray barb through the chest
I feel for his kids, geez that’s a weird way to go.
s*** !!!
…for real ???
that’s heavy !
… like you say … his poor wife , and kids !!
geez mate , that’s awful !
44 years old …and he was a really good surfer too
pretty wife , two kids … sad , eh !
his occupation was pretty high risk … you’d think the crocodiles would be a much riskier thing to work with .
edit : found the breaking story …
" Steve Irwin reportedly killed in freak accident Monday Sep 4 14:00 AEST
By ninemsn staff writers
BREAKING NEWS: Steve “The Crocodile Hunter” Irwin is reportedly dead after being attacked by a stingray during the filming of a new TV series.
The 44-year-old’s chest is believed to have been pierced by the stingray barb.
He was filming an underwater documentary about 32 nautical miles off Port Douglas when the accident occurred.
According to a Queensland Ambulance Service spokesman, a Cairns ambulance chopper made an emergency flight to an island in the area at midday today.
Although the QAS would not confirm Irwin as the victim, it is understood that the man the officers treated at the scene was the popular crocodile wrangler.
He was pronounced dead on the island, and his body is now being flown to Cairns.
It’s believed Mr Irwin’s American-born wife Terri is trekking on Cradle Mountain in Tasmania and has yet to be told of her husband’s death.
Mr Irwin - known worldwide as the Crocodile Hunter - is famous for his enthusiasm for wildlife and his catchcry “Crikey!”.
The father of two’s Crocodile Hunter program was first broadcast in 1992 and has been shown around the world on cable network Discovery.
He’s also starred in movies and has developed the Australia Zoo wildlife park, north of Brisbane, which was started by his parents Bob and Lyn Irwin. "
I’m really sad and sorry to hear that…Australia has lost another real CHARACTER …
ben
Yeah he was 44,
happened filming a doco up at Port Douglas when it happened - man that would’ve hurt!
I remember reading that Steve was rated by one of the guys on the pro tour (can’t remember who it was) as a really good surfer, good enough to be pro.
He didn’t do much surfing lately due to all the injuries, especially to his knees that he got while doing all those dumb things we loved him for.
I would imagine he would’ve been a real charger - as he was a pretty ballsy What a real shame eh!
yea i know what thats like i had a peace of wood stuck in my ankle that was the size of a tooth pick for 3 months that was the last stupid thing ive done
yeah , he was featured in ? Australian Surfing Life ? I think it was , a while ago …a shot of him charging off the bottom on a pretty big wave [?ulus ? the bluff? damn …I wish I had bought that issue , now !]
Yeah but a stingray barb - he would’ve got a nasty dose of venom or the barb could’ve punctured his heart, very nasty
as bizarre as peter crawford’s death in bali
What? Peter Crawford’s gone?
Any Jay Moriarity, famous for making the Big Mistake, survived it, only to pass while skin diving in that neighborhood too.
Life’s not funny, but then I don’t feel too humorous today myself.
I avoided this thread just because I’ve had 3 deaths in my family in less than a year…an uncle,my mom,and my best friend Shelby dog.
Not to mention almost kicking it myself(actually I did…I guess the devil and god don’t want me?).
My Dog of 22 years Shelby was the toughest…I had to put her down,w/ no one at my side…I felt like R.Lee Ermey in the end Of ,“Siege at firebase Gloria” when he had to kill his best friend who was extremely wounded…I just kept telling her it was going to be okay…but she knew I was lying to her…I kept a stiff jaw and didn’t break emotions until I was outside…All I could think of myself was…
… what a traitor I was…and that I didn’t deserve to live anymore…
…
…but you got to go on…
…that’s the only way to show your respect to someone that you loved so much.
…I can still see her cold dead stare…looking at me…it will haunt me forever.