This weekend we will be attending a local fundraising event in Charlotte, SHRED, an annual event run by a friend of BZ FurFur’s, Vic Werany. SHRED is a way for the art and skateboarding community to come together and raise money for kids with life-threatening diseases such as Spina Bifida. It’s a great cause and everyone involved is putting their best effort into creating something unique this year. You see, this is the last year for this event, so everyone wants to make something extra special for the auction.
How does it work
Back in 2022 we met Vic and his wife at a market in a brewery in Charlotte. It was a slow market and we were just trying to make the best of it by getting to know some of the folks hanging out. We spent time talking to Vic about his famous chili, his skateboarding crew, and SHRED. When he mentioned SHRED we were immediately interested. A skateboard would be such a unique canvas for pyrography. We can create something truly one-of-a-kind and put it up for auction with the proceeds going to kids in need.
Unfortunately, SHRED 2023 didn’t happen for personal reasons but this year it is happening. Noon to 6 this Saturday, May 18, at HopFly Brewery we’ll be set up with our usual tent. But, this time, in addition to two unique designs I created for the auction, I’ve also created five additional designs that we’ll have up for sale. Now that I got a taste for deck design I’m finding I really enjoy it. Who knows, maybe it’ll catch on and people will want me to ‘tat’ their boards, and that can become a thing. Either way, I’m here for it.
What to look forward to
This week we’ll be posting the designs of our boards. We’ve already posted our two Mandala boards, “Floral Dreams” and “Kaleidoscope”, that is going up for auction, and today we posted our “Beautiful Afterlife”. We’ll be finishing up “Geometric Dreams”, “Arms of the Deep”, “Incandescence”, and “The Antidote” which you’ll be seeing over the course of the rest of the week. We’ve had a ton of fun working on this more experimental medium and I think the end results speak for themselves. We’ve already stopped by a local skate shop to get some feedback and we got a lot of love for them.
Looking forward to seeing you all at SHRED this weekend. Do you design skate decks? Post them and tag us, @bz_furfur, and we’ll share them. Until next time, stay unique.
