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Jack31081 aka Jack Anderson is a 30.65 year old boy, has been a member since August 4, 2007, has scored 483 submissions, giving an average score of 2.93, helping 10 designs get printed.

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Sep 06 '07 by Jack31081
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Threadless snowboards?!

I'm relatively new to threadless, and as such I'm not sure if this has been discussed before. But anyway, it's gettin' to be that time of year again, and I'm in the market for a new snowboard. So I go looking around, and something strikes me. Threadless designs would look great on a snowboard!

So now I'm wondering, has Threadless ever considered selling custom snowboards, of either existing designs, or having a specific contest for snowboard art? There are already companies that create custom boards using your own art, so I know this type of thing is possible. I would think the only question is, are there enough snowboarders that shop threadless to warrant it? I would guess 'yes' :)

So I put together a few examples to demonstrate what existing threadless designs would look like on a board, shown below. My apologies to any designers if you are not pleased by my use (or slight modification in some cases) of your designs for demonstration here. Just let me know and I'll take it down.

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Anyway, I thought it could be a really cool winter idea, and i'd open the floor to discussion.

**EDIT**

Even more! Don't know how I missed these the first time around. If this isn't evidence that threadless should be doing snowboards, I don't know what is...

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planethopper on Sep 06 '07 at 9:27am

YES!

fatboyradio on Sep 06 '07 at 9:28am

that is quality.

Noodlegirl on Sep 06 '07 at 9:30am

Those are cool, and if I ever snowboarded I'd totally get the puppet ballet.

fatboyradio on Sep 06 '07 at 9:30am

the shark design works really well

melhel86 on Sep 06 '07 at 9:31am

those look really awesome. There's so many designs and so much to choose from.

Jack31081 on Sep 06 '07 at 9:32am

i think smooth criminal, electric jellyfish, bottlenecked and octopus turned out best, since they fit really well into the confines of the board. Of course, a lot of designs could be modified to fit better than they would currently. And then there's the option to create all-new designs.

I don't know, I think it'd be a really good idea

isneked on Sep 06 '07 at 9:35am

threadless should go ahead and delcare its dominance over the World's art comunity

isneked on Sep 06 '07 at 9:35am

all that is left are threadless pants and thongs

jillosaurus on Sep 06 '07 at 9:36am

yes! i love this idea

wotto on Sep 06 '07 at 9:39am

awesome

Monkey III on Sep 06 '07 at 9:40am

well done!

wotto on Sep 06 '07 at 9:41am

skateboards too

planethopper on Sep 06 '07 at 9:42am

While we are at it... THREADLESS SOCKS!!!???!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Jack31081 on Sep 06 '07 at 9:50am

don't forget threadless belts, suspenders, garters and ties.

whoa, threadless ties.

planethopper on Sep 06 '07 at 9:51am

that would kick butt.

Jack31081 on Sep 06 '07 at 10:05am

so, do the staff read the blogs, or would i have to contact them directly to get their attention?

13strong on Sep 06 '07 at 10:08am

Skateboards and snowboards seems like a logical next step for Threadless designs.

What do the staffers thing? Time for a staff meeting?

Maltzmania on Sep 06 '07 at 10:22am

threadless condomz. ftw. $5 in the public restrooms

J-Ray on Sep 06 '07 at 10:28am

thredless tassles

Jack31081 on Sep 06 '07 at 10:29am

of course, the first one would have to be the bread spreading jelly all over itself.

Delicious!

phones on Sep 06 '07 at 10:40am

ace!

schleb on Sep 06 '07 at 10:41am

I just want some Threadless tighty-whities and I'll be happy.

Chipmnk on Sep 06 '07 at 10:42am

Oh man, I would totally get a Threadless snowboard.

And yes, Threadless undies for the win!

Maltzmania on Sep 06 '07 at 11:02am

threadless toilet paper

"brown no more"

eww.

kissmeimshitfaced on Sep 06 '07 at 11:06am

I'd buy electric jellyfish snowboard if I had some munay.

Maltzmania on Sep 06 '07 at 11:09am

w/ threadless underwear...product photos would be hawt. or gross. or average.

TheArtRobot on Sep 06 '07 at 11:25am

That's a great idea. I'm not sure if I would ride one, it depends on who they would get to manufacture them, but I think it would be sweet to get one with your design on it if you won as part of the prize package. I'm assuming that would up the value of the prize by about $600 or so. Skateboards would be way cheaper and easier for them to do since you can silk screen them.

pyr4lis on Sep 06 '07 at 11:31am

lol... thost almost make me wish I liked snowbording.. hehe or even just liked snow :P

Jack31081 on Sep 06 '07 at 12:04pm

good points TheArtRobot. I wouldn't think that custom boards like these would be on the horizon of higher-level riders that demand precise specs on their boards...but for general riders, I think there could be a market.

iPear on Sep 06 '07 at 12:05pm

it would be sweet to have threadless snowboards, I mean, it looks cool, but I dont' know about how they would sell, you know?

Jack31081 on Sep 06 '07 at 12:21pm

that's why i'd like to get some staff input. it may very well be the case that this sort of idea has already been considered and the decision was that there wasn't enough of a market for it.

Ken4784 on Sep 06 '07 at 12:33pm

Staff input is the next logical step, Jack. Do it up, rock that sh*t, and, how can I make some of my own designs onto the snowboard layout? Teach me o wise one

Jack31081 on Sep 06 '07 at 12:53pm

who are you? come out from behind that 'x' and show yourself!

/if you do not already know, i surely cannot teach you

Ken4784 on Sep 06 '07 at 1:01pm

you harsh mother f'er ummm.....i just want the blank snowboard layout.... and call me mr. x...jeeze

Maltzmania on Sep 06 '07 at 2:15pm

xzibit?

Jack31081 on Sep 06 '07 at 2:19pm

short temper on that guy. must have been beat up a lot by an older sibling...

valorandvellum on Sep 06 '07 at 2:24pm

Oh man, at first I thought this was for realz...

Torakamikaze on Sep 06 '07 at 2:27pm

ill admit it, those look awesome... but I dont snowboard, so Id probably only use them to hang on my wall and brag about how I was once the greatest snowboarder ever until I got horrible indigestion one day and lost the will to continue

Jack31081 on Sep 06 '07 at 2:34pm

well, one can dream, valor.

and tora? indigestion would never stop a real snowboarder. you're gonna need a bigger excuse. I'm thinking something along the lines of brain dama...no. uh, broken le...no. blindne...no. no, i'm pretty sure once you start, you never stop. for anything.

...except summer, that is. and that's only if you don't have the coin to get up north.

Jack31081 on Sep 06 '07 at 3:23pm

added 8 more :)

...ok, so i'm a bit bored at work

isneked on Sep 07 '07 at 9:00am

if your worried about the quality of the snowboards go browsing around the internet for manufactures that make expensive ones

maybe an Australia or Netherlands company or something

Jack31081 on Sep 07 '07 at 1:43pm

like, companies that manufacture the boards for k2, burton, ride, etc etc??

I hadn't even thought of that, figured everyone had their own manufacturing facilities.

FRICKINAWESOME on Sep 07 '07 at 2:03pm

These are amazing! I'm an old-school skier, so maybe we can cut the designs in half for each ski to get into the fun? lol. Just playin', but these are really well done. Electric Jellyfish, the watering one, and all the ones you spread over the whole board look righteous.

Threadless is really busy with their store openings right now, but maybe somewhere down the line Threadless will start printing all its most popular or appropriate designs on cool objects.

Starting with those trucker hats that maybe Travis made a few months back.

Mike4507 on Sep 07 '07 at 2:09pm

I want to congratulate you on the fact you actually brought us images of your idea. There are blogs all the time "Threadless should make..." But none have any visuals to go along with them. You have won me over. I may move up north and learn to snowboard because of this.

Tess Fondie on Sep 07 '07 at 2:15pm

I've been looking to buy a snowboard, I'd totaly by the "My turn!" one

Jack31081 on Sep 07 '07 at 2:15pm

with 10 years of Photoshop experience under my belt (all the way back to v4.0), it's basically my 'toy' when i'm bored at work. I also figured I'd have to show the potential if I wanted to gain any traction.

/why no submissions with all the p'shop exp? when i draw, you can hear the gnashing of teeth and renting of cloth

danc4114 on Sep 07 '07 at 7:48pm

i would defnitly buy one

2 days later

Jack31081 on Sep 10 '07 at 7:58am

but FA, what about those skiers that are more adept at "pizza" than "french fries"?

isneked on Sep 10 '07 at 9:12am

im sure if you did enough searching you could find carpenters and woodcutters that carve some boards by hand

they might be really cheap to

chelly on Sep 10 '07 at 9:12am

those look wicked!

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