Stereo Vinyl Cruiser photo

I just wanted to share this picture my girlfriend took today of me riding my cruiser. I put the stereo logo in just for fun.

Pimp my ride

So my order came in the mail yesterday

Bennett Alligator wheels 62mm/81a

Khiro Barrel Bushings 90a

Jessup Griptape

My 'work-station'

 

I took appart my skateboard

Changed the bushings and wheels

And voila!

GRIPTAPE

First I made a stencil of my custom griptape, so I could paint on the backside of the griptape what I wanted to cut out.

I used some leftover graffiti to paint the design I made for the griptape.

After that I cut out the design and put it on the deck 

That was actually pretty really hard to do because of some parts being really small and fragile, but I think it all worked out really well!

Thanks to sparkleisaid for all the advice he gave me on choosing my parts.

Here is his blog, CHECK IT OUT!

Custom Griptape 2

I'll probably do it without the letters.

Don't know why but I think it looks better that way

Custom Griptape

So, I have this skateboard, a Stereo Vinyl Cruiser.

Here it is

It's really fun to ride and I like it a lot.

But the bearings that came with the board are really bad. They don't give this board it's full potential.

So today I ordered a set of new wheels, bearings, bushings and some griptape.

And that gave me the idea to be a bit creative with the griptape and make a custom drawing or logo or something...

So I started to design some stencils to make when my order arrives and this is what I came up with.

It's a simplified version of the meme Me Gusta (wich is also my profile pic). "Me gusta" means "I like" in spanish and yeah, I think it would be really cool to have this as griptape. Also, because my girlfriend is half spanish, the spanish text would give this a little more meaning.

I will start making this as soon as my order arrives, wich should be by the end of the week or the beginning of next week!