FLASHPOINT

john - · Post by **john -** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 11:48 pm

ahh.....two of my three favourite detractors

dy...as art teacher to 650 students, let me just say that..... art has no quality until its in the eye of the beholder

even then its mere opinion.

000

the phrase "...on topic..." is full of angst...

i just thought id argue the idea of no angst on this thread

but perhaps the argument is too subtle

ps..hows that 6'5" flashie gun going for $320 on ebay (ridden about ten times) you sydney siders are too lucky when comes to pre loved boards.
The thing about a flashpoint is that you can be sure of the shapers intentions (in general) so as a unsurfed preloved purchase, there a safe bet

i should keep saving

hart · Post by **hart** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 1:00 am

finger · Post by **finger** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 1:14 am

EDIT HERE

ross · Post by **ross** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 2:39 am

Just what is the sound of one Dorje clapping in the forest

mate, a little less time under that thumb and you might be a little less inclined to push peoples buttons.

Be a naughty little man and just buy the gun off Ebay

.

john - · Post by **john -** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 3:50 am

ross

know your stuff

...the board sold the other day...local buyers only!

selfishness gets you nowhere...so being under the thumb is worthy (but hard as well)

my eye is set on a quad...patience eh

Chinese proverb..if water flows of the ducks back...best to moisten the delightful peach

quack

ps..its good to know zen games....fish in a bucket....but like Rex, kiss and send them back or like Tilopa, snap your fingers and nothing actually happend

DYdamo · Post by **DYdamo** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:28 am

Dorje ,congratulations!!
You've successfully killed ANOTHER thread....

K-man · Post by **K-man** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 2:05 pm

......cheers...again!...and again!

weirdo · Post by **weirdo** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 3:13 pm

Before this thread becomes to quote Scott Mac "Train wreck" we should get it back "on topic"...

I saw bruce made a quad fin in the Board section...... did seeing some of the other boards at Santa cruz give you any new ideas for some new sticks?.....

Off topic...
Dorje...did you think that if you made a few "mates" on here you could have bought that Flashy gun and one of you sydney kneelo "mates" could have picked it up for you and sent it down..... Karma works in mysterious ways...

Now back to the boards...

john - · Post by **john -** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 3:47 am

weirdo wrote:
Karma works in mysterious ways...

actually, that would be god

...karma is straight foward

further..."with "mates" like these...."

sorry to the rest of you!

hart · Post by **hart** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 1:05 am

weirdo wrote:
I saw bruce made a quad fin in the Board section...... did seeing some of the other boards at Santa cruz give you any new ideas for some new sticks?.....

After talking to Matty today, I had to respond to your question

Chris..for sure, Santa Cruz could do nothing but impress

And that impression came home with both me and Matt (and many others)

There is only a couple of weeks before the Bendalong Beach Pro-Am 07

And Matty may go Back-To-Back if his (new little) Santa Cruz Sentinal continues to deliver

just like the morning mail

hart

weirdo · Post by **weirdo** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 3:23 pm

Damn... doubt I will get to Bendy to see it in action....

weirdo · Post by **weirdo** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 5:37 pm

Maybe should have started a new post for this one...

But wanted to ask bruce how he came up with his logo and how many times has the logo morphed since he started shaping?.

I have an old late 80's Flashpoint which what seems a very old version of the logo.... Has Hot Buttered Logo on it aswell....

Cheers

W

KAVA · Post by **KAVA** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 9:07 pm

hijacker lol

hart · Post by **hart** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 11:03 pm

Kava I am so going to let that one go through to the keeper

(think cricket)

weirdo wrote:
But wanted to ask bruce how he came up with his logo and how many times has the logo morphed since he started shaping?.

Chris the first time I drew that logo, it took me 3 full days of hand-drafting to generate the colour-seperated artwork

It came from a desire to create something with movement..

see flashpoint definition below

I have an old late 80's Flashpoint which what seems a very old version of the logo.... Has Hot Buttered Logo on it aswell....

Cheers

W

Hot Buttered has long supported kneeboarders and I have been involved jointly with HB/TF over many years

the logo itself was first drawn 1985 and has undergone possibly 7 morphs (all now with CAD assistance

)

Coca-Cola Skysurfer TV Commercial 1992

This TV Advertisement had the highest amount of International exposure of any Aussie produced commercial..and featured guys jumping out of aeroplanes strapped into 'skysurfer' boards

and skysurfing down to the ground to grab a coke

I had the opportunity to build those boards for Coke (with the assistance and advice of Terry Fitzgerald) and they responded by featuring the Flashpoint Surfing exploding logo device on all the advertising material (and boards, of course

)

stoked

hart

flash'-point n. temperature at which oil vapour ignites. the absolute point of ignition of a volatile liquid medium. the point at which it flashes

southpeakbrad · Post by **southpeakbrad** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 7:38 am

hmmmm, thinking this through to the surfing application, the 'flash' point is not at the 'bottom' b/c the vapor has risen above the liquid to a point higher than the bottom...where the ignition occurs. Got it!