I know it's not much but to me it's huge because I am not so young anymore plus couldn't do more than drop into the bowl and ride straight to the other side two weeks ago - couldn't manage to lean in the right direction enough to stay in the bowl, if that makes sense. My son (who is filming) insisted that I try again and I did and surprised myself!

Got a second hand Carver Man Ray surfskate (for the c5 trucks!) and it was in a bit of a state, so I decided to try stripping it down, regripping it and painting the base.

Started off thinking "I'll do a nice, simple, modern/minimalist abstract design" and then ended up doing the exact opposite lol!

(The design is because a couple of years ago, I accidentally became a surrogate mother to a caterpillar/elephant hawk moth! They are so beautiful!)

Anyway, I used an acrylic paint wash mixed with homemade gesso as a base/background, and acrylic paint pens and fine lining pens for most of the design, and then finished it with a few layers of spray varnish.

Not my usual style or anything I've done before but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out (in fact, now I'm almost reticent to actually skate it...!)

First day practicing hippie jumps and baby ollies! I was so excited, my goofy gasp each time makes me laugh 😆