Fliteboard celebrates NAIDOC

Byron Bay-based electric hydrofoil specialists Fliteboard has confirmed that the brand has teamed up with the contemporary Indigenous Australian artist Gabriella Possum,Nungurrayi to create a unique Fliteboard design. 

The eldest daughter of renowned artist Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri and born in Papunya in Luritja country, Nungurrayi is internationally acclaimed for both her paintings and major installations.

Her contemporary Indigenous Australia art has been featured throughout Australia and overseas, including the National Gallery of Australia and Olsen Gallery, and include the pieces; Bush Tucker Dreaming, Women’s Ceremonies and Milky Way (Seven Sisters Dreamings).

The collaboration with Nungurrayi has come during the 2021 National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee week, or NAIDOC Week – a week long period of remembrance tied to 1938’s Day of Mourning, existing in its current form since 1991.

NAIDOC week begins on the first Sunday of July every year.