Top 27 Funky Boards - Snowboards, Surfboards & Skateboards

As snowboarders, surfers and skateboarders know, decorating these mobile canvases can be a fantastic way to express yourself. We’ve seen some pretty hip designs at Trendhunter.com, so if you’re seeking inspiration for your deck or board, here’s a good place to start!

Featured as the main image is the Curve Extreme Sport Skateboard Concept by Gary Chang. It’s “built around two rollers with tapered edges – apparently GP inspired – that offer extreme maneuverability and, due to minimal contact with the ground (hence less friction) promise breakneck speeds,” according to Nexus404.com.

Neat! Check out some more designs!

Scarpar Board - Motorized Skateboard / Snowboard / Surfboard? (VIDEO)

The Scarpar is an innovative board that will surely give you the best of snowboarding, surfing, skating and motocross. You can ride it off-road, in any terrain, and in any conditions. It is not powered by a motor just ride it like your board of choice - Snow, Skate, Surf, Wake. The company is planni… [More]

Ridewire - Trick Out While Hanging From Cables (VIDEO)

Adrenaline junkies will appreciate Ridewire, a new sport at Daytona Beach where you suspend yourself from cables while performing tricks on a board.  In addition to being pretty fun, the ridewire system helps extreme athletes train for surfing, snowboarding, kiteboarding and wakeboarding. [More]

Snowboards & Skiis

HangBoarding - Trapeze Bolted to a Snowboard (VIDEO)

In 2001, a Canadian named Don Arney used his technical skill and his imagination aided, I’m guessing by some dangerous combination of beer, weed, boredom and fearlessness, to invent the HangBoard. Basically the rider is suspended by trapeze from a small crane that is attached to a snowboard; the… [More]

Burton Love Snowboard Series - A Playboy Burton Collaboration

Melt the snow with this collaboration between Burton and Playboy, who have joined forces to create the Burton Love Series snowboards that will hit the slopes at the end of 2008. These ‘love boards’ are guaranteed to impress some as much as they distress others. From a quick straw poll of those aroun… [More]

Snakeskin Skis - Indigo Luxury Winter Sportgear (GALLERY)

These luxurious 3D snake-skin designed skis can be kicked up a notch further with the option of installing a diamond in the tip. The Indigo skis are handmade in Germany and come in Black, Python, Black Boa or Boa. Matching snakeskin bindings, helmets and ski bags are also available to ensure you’… [More]

Bluetooth Headgear Brings Cool To Slopes - Giro Helmets

Skiers and snowboarders want to look cool blasting down the slopes. Helmets aren’t cool. Until now. This helmet has a Bluetooth Headset so you won’t be stuck zipping downhill sporting ugly wires. Another bonus: the helmet has lots of vents, so your head won’t get sweaty (nothing more uncomfortable t… [More]

Snowboarding Gadget - Koncur Stix (GALLERY)

This is one gadget no snowboarder should ever be without. No boarder wants to lug too much stuff with them, but the Koncur Stix is worth packing along. The telescopic pole provides you all you with all the things you need to know for a good day on the slopes, from keeping you updated on snow conditi… [More]

Railz Conversion Kit For Your Board

The Railz Conversion Kit, from Flowlab allows you to transform your skateboard into a mini snowboard. I’m not sure why you wouldn’t just buy a snowboard, but at only $50 for the equipment that could be a factor.  The suspension system lets you turn and ollie on the slopes just like the way you can … [More]

Surfboards

Collapsible, Three-Piece Surfboard - Pope Bisect

Surfer dudes. Oceans. Whales. Tree-huggers. Small cars. Surf boards that collapse. That about sums up the need for the Pope Bisect brand of surfboard - a surfboard that breaks down into two pieces and is quickly reassembled when the waves are right. Radical design! I hate to tell Nicholas Notara tha… [More]

Celebrity Designed Surfboards - Summer 2008 Evolution Surf (GALLERY)

As regular readers know, we featured a lot of celebrity products at Trend Hunter, but this is the first time we’ve seen surfboards created by stars. Evolution Surf has released their 2008 line of surfboards with art created by celebrities. The Summer 2008 Evolution Surf line was designed and inspi… [More]

Eco-Friendly Bamboo Surfboards - 2Imagine Surfshop

Corran Addison a Montreal surfer and owner of 2Imagine Surfshop is working to develop an eco-friendly Surfboard. In Montreal there is a growing River Surfing Scene, and currently 2Imagine Surfshop is the company that is supplying the needs for surfboards and surf related gear. The company is using… [More]

Original Artwork on Surfboards - Surf du Jour (GALLERY)

Next Friday, artist Clark Hipolito will reveal his latest collection of original artwork on surfboards.  The exhibit will take place in Deluxe restaurant in downtown Wilmington. Here’s the Press Release May 29, 2007 (WILMINGTON, NC) – Original artwork on handcrafted surfboards will return to De… [More]

PowerSki JetBoard - Extreme Sports of the Future

Are normal watersports getting you down?  Crank up your adrenaline adventures with an extreme sport of the future.  The PowerSki Jetboard is a revolutionary watertoy that takes motorsports to a new level. “One of the most radical water toys ever invented, the PowerSkiJetBoard is an engineering mas… [More]

Skateboards

Erotic Photo Skate Dekcs - Marilyn Minter Supreme Skateboards

Supreme skateboarding brand is following this year’s trend in urban industry. How? They asked New York-based artist Marilyn Minter to create the design for three skate decks. Minter is recognized in the modern art milieu for “close-ups of the erotic nature that confuse and astound the viewer.” Ke… [More]

Skateboard Furniture - Skate Study House

Pierre-André Senizergues, the owner of Etnies Shoe Co. along with Gil De Le Bon Lapointe, have developed a collection of furniture for an upcoming exhibition in Paris. Skaters and snowboarders has been building furniture for years out of broken skateboards and last year’s snowboards. The differen… [More]

Kitewings - Skaters/Boarders Get Air & Speed (VIDEO)

Kitewing goes well with snowboards, inline skates or skateboards. It can pull boarders or skaters along with the wind for speed freaks or give lift for tricks.  “This scary piece of kit is the tool to make incredible jumps, tricks and great airtime,” Born Rich said. “To my surprise, there is no lim… [More]

Hands-Free Swing - The Gboard (VIDEO)

Outcast, renegade, outlaw and inventor of the hands-free swing, Shef is the man who created the Gboard. Like most new concepts, people said the Gboard wasn’t possible, and that if it could be done, it would have already happened. Well, its happened now. After 500 years, the common garden swing h… [More]

Flowboard - The 14 Wheeled Skateboard (VIDEO)

A real riding experience. Feel the thrill of snowboarding in the summer as you carve your way down hills or through the skate park. Surf the streets as no other board can. You will almost swear you feel the frost in the air or the salt spray as you drop in to the pipe [More]

Freeline Skates (VIDEO)

Take a skateboard and put the board away. Skate only with the wheels on your shoes. That means more flexibility and more ways to risk your neck. Freeline says: Take ‘em anywhere!  • Dual independent skate connected by the body of the rider with a sideways stance. • The Freeline Skates™ are … [More]

Webble Active Foot Rest - Stay Active AND Pretend You’re Skateboarding (GALLERY)

If you’re desperately missing your skateboard AND you want to rest your feet, then the Webble Active Foot rest is for you.  The design helps keep you active during those motionless times spent at your office.  The Webble site describes, “When we think about wellness and the webble™, we are encoura… [More]

Skate Boarding For School Fitness - Skate Pass the New PE Class?

A Physical Education class sure to get the attention of children, skateboarding in school - the skateboard today, is not frowned upon as it was in my years (which saw its invention), but is being positively embraced and promoted in schools across the U.S. and the globe, on its way to becoming the ‘n… [More]

Mega Ramp Skateboarding - 100 Foot Jumps to Become the Standard? (VIDEO)

Daredevil sports continue to push the boundaries driving traditional sports to also up the ante.  In this case, skateboarding is getting a crank up thanks to Danny Way of DC Shoes.  This mega ramp led Danny to set two world records, including the longest distance jump and the highest air together in… [More]

130,000 Square Foot Skateboard Park New Jiangwan City China

I can’t wait to go back to China so I can skateboard. “When Chinese officials conceived of New Jiangwan City - a “planned metropolis” on the outskirts of Shanghai - the centerpiece of downtown was supposed to be a general recreation area. Instead, clothing company SMP persuaded the government to bu… [More]

Green Skateboards - FunkinFunction Recycled Wood Skateboards

With its low carbon emissions, skateboarding is a pretty green transportation alternative. You can take it to the next level with furniture designer Daniel Moyer’s FunkinFunction skateboards. Made from scrap wood salvaged during the manufacturing of his furniture, the longboard decks are green and … [More]

Kiasma Goes Skateboarding - Helsinki Builds Skateboard Park in Art Museum

The art museum in Helsinki had one summer a event for all skateboard lovers.  The museum built a skateboard park in one of their floors and let girls and boys rock the halls.  Just send a e-mail and if there is still place you could go skateboarding! [More]

Bonus: Boarding Fashion

Glowing On The Slopes - Burton Light Camo Jacket (GALLERY)

If you feel like glowing on your snowboard then you should put the Burton Light Camo Jacket on your wish-list.  Artist Chuck Anderson, known for his lighting effects in his artwork has created an amazing “Light Camo” jacket. If not with your snowboard tricks, then with this cool jacket you will … [More]

Leather Dreadlocks - Oakley Medusa Headgear

Hardcore RAWKS. Here is headgear from Oakley that is just subversive. Skaters and snowboarders will grab their Medusa like they grab air. The headgear is on a outer-space manikin, it’s not a mask. It has a soft high-density lining, adjustable chin strap and it has leather dreadlocks! There are r… [More]