^^^agreed. Just recently repaired & painted an old board...all-white, not as a protest to graphic designs, but because the wind was up the next day & I had to get a coat of sugar on it...FAST!
It looks good to me, besides...what are the graphics for anyways? I'm normally too busy admiring the scenery, or watching for creatures!
Oh and white is good in the aussie sun...... and white footpads are BAD cos they get too dirty.
All white board, any graphics are away from the rails, with dark coloured footpads. Ferpect.
Of course the alternative when fixing (not that I have tried it) would be to photo the graphics, print on very thin plastic sticker sheet, smack it on over the repair and then coat over with resin and do sugarcoat.....
sorry gestalt I dont follow you?
The more I see that initial picture of just white the more I think it is a massive improvement over f2's attempt. I didnt think it was that possible but bad graphic can make a good shape look horrible
peter at NXS build a board with an image of a girl in a bikini covering the entire deck......
for some reason no one wanted to buy it.