‘Surfers say, that board is so sick!’ The French artist redesigning the surfboard
From crab pincers to stingray shapes, Lucas Lecacheur’s designs push the boundaries of accepted norms – and they are functional tooSign up for a weekly email featuring our best readsA...
By Aarti Betigeri · The Guardian Culture
From crab pincers to stingray shapes, Lucas Lecacheur’s designs push the boundaries of accepted norms – and they are functional too Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads A surfboard split in the middle to create crab pincers . Another that looks like an exaggerated take on a stingray . A surfboard with a webbed bottom contour, like a duck’s foot. And a fire-engine red skateboard shaped like a cartoon-like flame on wheels. All of Lucas Lecacheur’s surfboards and skateboards push the boundaries of accepted norms – and incredibly, they are all also functional. Beachgoers on the French holiday island Île de Ré, where Lecacheur grew up, have become accustomed to seeing his black leather-clad figure on the sand, holding the Brutalist – an enormous and sharply contoured board – under his arm. Continue reading...