There are many ways you could paint the board. If you look through flickr you can find some hand painted and airbrushed varieties. Try what you know, or learn something new. I decided on the latter. I wanted to some sort of geometric pattern. I thought it might be easier, since this was my first try at a stencil this big (though it wasn't really that easy).



I used Photoshop to get my idea set and since it was a pattern, get some of my measurements down. I made a template in the shape of a snowboard that I could use to visualize different ideas. Its basically a white layer with a hole the shape and relative size of a snowboard that I could put over the graphic layers. Simple but effective. I included this file (photoshop elements 4) below if you want to try it yourself.



I decided on a sort of "modern 60's circles" design I found online (pic1). I decided to make the circles the same size as CD's, since I would be able to use them to help draw the circles on the board or cut them into the stencil. I knew that they were 12cm in diameter and my snowboard was 143cm long, so I just stretched the white layer out so it showed about 12 circles. This gives a pretty good idea of what it'll look like.

When trying to do anything with a pattern, its always nice to have a solid template, like a CD, to go off of.