I've always been interested in surfing and watched a couple of documentary/movies in the past few years. One thing I've always wondered about was the designs ON the surfboard and what they mean. There's the obvious designs that are centered around the companies' name and logo, with some spiffy looking designs going up and down the sides. Those are cool and all but for the most part it doesn't really tell you anything about the surfer themselves. I know in many countries surfboards pertain to their ancestry and history of the area. The Hawaiians, for example, use many of the old petroglyphs and language on their boards. Many of them will be as beautiful as a mural, and communicate a deep respect for whatever is illustrated. Most surfers have a respect for the ocean past what most of us can even fathom and treat it as a god in itself. It's truly an amazing thing to listen to one of those people talk about surfing and the ocean; it's like their happiness runs deeper than anything we can imagine. I suppose I got a little off-topic there; it's just a feeling I hope to achieve someday. If I could tie this into design I would relate to the way we design our lives to be. If I design my life in a way so that everything I do will help someone then I'd say that's not a bad design, right?
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