I want to thank the women and men of this forum, particularly those who posted the idea to preserve the graphics of early Evos for the greater good - you guys know who you are, and without you, I wouldn’t have had the idea to try to pull this together before Christmas for these charities that support children and adults alike who carry disfigurement and/or trauma in their daily lives.
@treenutter recently up-armored his logo using a site called Fiverr.
So, I went to Fiverr and opened an account to hire a graphic artist to help:
@treenutter’s Red Ember Boards needs no introduction - Jamie makes some of the best purpose-built ESK8 platforms ever made - yet it was this picture some time ago that started the wheel turning on green:
To get the finish perfect, we need more than just a picture on the Internet.
We need a real Flytrap:
@mmaner inspired us to look far and wide for this one. I called retailers in Oz and EMEA who had these listed on their sites only to find out they’re long gone.
I’ve never seen a Flytrap for sale here. I will say that this is also, far and away, my favorite cut of the Evo platform; even more than the 42 next to it.
Red Ember Boards has a deck refinishing option for just $99.
I asked if the Evo can be done and the answer was to scratch it so we can see if it’s dyed-through.
Next step, scratch my wife’s Falcon where she’ll never see it under the enclosure (thx again @Eboosted and @boardman).
If it’s wood, I’ll pack and ship both the Falcon and the original Flytrap to Red Ember Boards across the USA, to Massachusetts.
I can’t figure out how to post the .ai file here but the good news is, it’s done and free if anyone would like it.
The silkscreening company said they can match the original physical deck perfectly by adjusting the colors in the .AI file upon viewing the original (why we sought out the OG Flytrap).
thinking green bp / purple mid / red hanger SR RKPs and red 100mm Boas for the electric (I can’t remember the duro)
raw / red Ronin precisions with Mini Monster Hawgs Longboard Wheels, Clear Red, 70mm-82a on the true DH board
Man that is so freaking awesome. You probably cannot post the AI here but you can post it to DropBox or Google Drive and share a link. If you wanna email it to me Ill post it for you, I have paid accounts for both.
The following artwork is an independent artist’s original, hand-drawn and hand-colored interpretation of decorative artwork found on a vintage, out-of-production Landyachtz longboard.
This original art is public domain for non-commercial use, specifically, to apply as “fan art” to a commercially-available Landyachtz longboard.