Wilde Longboard - The Admiral

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Simondo
Simondo
VIC
8025 posts
VIC, 8025 posts
23 Dec 2014 12:43pm
Here's a lovely board from Sean Wilde in Sydney...

Beatutiful board... There was also a brown one, 2 inches shorter, but with a pintail (area pin, meaning "wide pintail")...

Lovely chines up front, with concave at the nose. Sorftish rails out the back, but also "half hard"... Basically it's probably a Hybrid Old School meets New School... But old school looks...

I like it a lot!!

(This board is in Torquay, Vic)...

http://wildeshapes.com.au/













Under closer inspection, it is actually "Made Somewhere in Asia"!...
chrispy
chrispy
WA
9675 posts
WA, 9675 posts
23 Dec 2014 5:43pm
wow, I was about to say why all the reds as its not his usual brand.....then I thought someone has hacked grom mans account as no detail would ever go unnoticed by him. a Asian pop out **** this thread
thePup
thePup
13831 posts
13831 posts
23 Dec 2014 7:22pm
Cobra
Cobra
9106 posts
9106 posts
24 Dec 2014 5:23am
the board isn't that bad. **** website, couldn't see other shapes.
lost at sea
lost at sea
WA
358 posts
WA, 358 posts
24 Dec 2014 5:58am
Simondo said...
Here's a lovely board from Sean Wilde in Sydney...

Beatutiful board... There was also a brown one, 2 inches shorter, but with a pintail (area pin, meaning "wide pintail")...

Lovely chines up front, with concave at the nose. Sorftish rails out the back, but also "half hard"... Basically it's probably a Hybrid Old School meets New School... But old school looks...

I like it a lot!!

(This board is in Torquay, Vic)...

http://wildeshapes.com.au/













Under closer inspection, it is actually "Made Somewhere in Asia"!...


Don't worry too much about the origin of the board simo!!!! There's lots of nice things that come from Asia !!!
Ted the Kiwi
Ted the Kiwi
NSW
14256 posts
NSW, 14256 posts
24 Dec 2014 10:27am
Am I detecting a hint of yellow fever
lost at sea
lost at sea
WA
358 posts
WA, 358 posts
24 Dec 2014 8:15am
Ted the Kiwi said...
Am I detecting a hint of yellow fever

Ha ha maybe mate !? Or just a happy ending
after all it is Christmas
Macaha
Macaha
QLD
21982 posts
QLD, 21982 posts
24 Dec 2014 10:20am
Just snapped this



SP
SP
10982 posts
SP SP
10982 posts
24 Dec 2014 8:31am
But did you write it on there is the question.
surfbroker
surfbroker
NSW
1489 posts
NSW, 1489 posts
24 Dec 2014 11:43am
Macaha said..
Just snapped this





Hope that's not a personal endorsement Mac
laceys lane
laceys lane
QLD
19804 posts
QLD, 19804 posts
24 Dec 2014 2:43pm
Ted the Kiwi said..
Am I detecting a hint of yellow fever


there is only one thing worse than a asian pop out









a aussie pop out.





its not the worst board going around thats for sure
Simondo
Simondo
VIC
8025 posts
VIC, 8025 posts
24 Dec 2014 4:12pm
^ Haha!

Here's some more specific comments on the board design... Remember, this is a Sean Wilde Design.




In this photo, you see the "semi hardness" (:D) in the rails at the tail... No super soft old skool, but half hard rails...








In this photo you can see some interesting chines up at the nose. It has a decent single concave between the chines...
Deep "entry concaves" give you plenty of early lift, and early speed. The usually make the board paddle faster. Channels the water under the board...
This newer design element gives the board quite a different feel to the Original 60's logs, which usually had a rolled (slight convex) bottom through that section...


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