~ Board Review Vids ~
^ ha, nice video, cheers @udo, I still have my oft repaired barton lynch brothers neilsen board, shaped by phil with a vent system, but yeh, sadly too thin for me now except as a novelty board. (haha, I bet he can hang 10 off that Japanese boat! any more thoughts about that fugly little diamond tail of waxhead's?))
Matt has been a Poster on Swellnet Forums...maybe he could tell us a bit about it ?
He is having a Garage Sale Tmoro....Boards Clothing Wetsuits and more / Brookvale.
@quadzilla "Dan Mann and Kelly are playing catch up
Catch up to who?.....Greg will sell a few dozen of these,KS & DM will sell thousands around the world....these sort of designs have been done for a long time by plenty of shapers."
Just saw your reply quad.
I was doing a bit of tongue in cheek shit stirring! You're right though, they'll sell truck loads compared to GW, it's the slick marketing clout of Firewire up against a one man vaudeville act. My only interest is in the design, to be honest I couldn't give a rats about who sells what, the less the better as far as I'm concerned. Listening to a couple of Dan Manns interviews about the new designs I noticed the similarity between what he described and some of Webbers boards and wondered how much influence was taken from them particularly after Slater had been been riding a few of Webbers and Banksy's at what seems to be around the same time he came up with the idea
I've got one of Greg Webbers boards with the same bottom profile as the clip I put up the other day and my initial thought when I got it was that it was based off a reverse vee but I wasn't aware of too many other shapers putting in the vee double through the middle of the board like his (and Banks) designs. It's all good though, just part of the evolution of board design that's been going on for ever so we can all have a bit more fun on them. Cheers
Fliplid wrote:@quadzilla "Dan Mann and Kelly are playing catch up
Catch up to who?.....Greg will sell a few dozen of these,KS & DM will sell thousands around the world....these sort of designs have been done for a long time by plenty of shapers."
Just saw your reply quad.
I was doing a bit of tongue in cheek shit stirring! You're right though, they'll sell truck loads compared to GW, it's the slick marketing clout of Firewire up against a one man vaudeville act. My only interest is in the design, to be honest I couldn't give a rats about who sells what, the less the better as far as I'm concerned. Listening to a couple of Dan Manns interviews about the new designs I noticed the similarity between what he described and some of Webbers boards and wondered how much influence was taken from them particularly after Slater had been been riding a few of Webbers and Banksy's at what seems to be around the same time he came up with the idea
I've got one of Greg Webbers boards with the same bottom profile as the clip I put up the other day and my initial thought when I got it was that it was based off a reverse vee but I wasn't aware of too many other shapers putting in the vee double through the middle of the board like his (and Banks) designs. It's all good though, just part of the evolution of board design that's been going on for ever so we can all have a bit more fun on them. Cheers
I dont know if Kelly owns firewire completely or partly but HIS name sells stuff...
He could put it on toothpaste and it would rake in the $$$..lol
All designs are interesting, plenty of " claims" about who invented what first 2nd or third, it doesn't matter, the main objective is that people who ride whatever, have fun...
AS Fitzy says " all surfboards go, but some go better than others."..Now this is true BUT, what goes for me might not be to your liking and vice versa.
Back in the 60s,mcTavish put a full length double concave V on a board in the " STUBBY" era...it was around mid 67 to early 68
A friend( CoolCurlCruisers) had a full length V on his guns..mid 70s
A plain reverse V was around before TC won at Haliewa
A friend had a thruster cluster on a board he made in 1967.
Lots of experimental designs fall by the wayside.
Mark Rabbige showed me a standup board he designed and that he lent Curren at Jbay.The feedback from Tom was"it was the best design he had ridden"..I checked it out and it was a foam version of a spoon kneeboard( I owned one in the late 60s that McTavish made at Dales)...
Lots of shapers on the Earth but very few genuine designers ...Weber thinks outside the square(I have 2).
ALL good, have fun
"Lots of shapers on the Earth but very few genuine designers ...Weber thinks outside the square"
Bit of an understatement
Fliplid wrote:"Lots of shapers on the Earth but very few genuine designers ...Weber thinks outside the square"
Bit of an understatement
https://www.instagram.com/p/C1qe4EtyAkB/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igs...
Not an understatement, he just thinks of ideas and experiments
Taylor Jensen a sizeable guy who has fame from longboard comps.
MC
Vee Con 3
Whether young or getting much older, it seems our surfing future is very secure with designs like that ….nice clever board.
Great thing for us older dudes with the lengths available. Looks great on the water.
udo wrote:MC
Vee Con 3
https://www.instagram.com/p/C5fOmokMNEs/
This looks really interesting, I like how it looks on the wave. Would love to try this. FireWire Machado designs have a really thin tail on the seaside and they also have the same with the Mann Mashup, the tail are so good to surf.
Lots of marketing BS speak tho, unless some real fluid dynamic testing is done these shapers make shit up to sound cool technical and progressive.
In the long Varuna video in SA, MC said the VCon3 will be coming in Balsa.
So surfers could have the choice of PU or wood for a similar price.
Its wait and see.
Custom Fine Tune a Bobby Quad . . .
udo wrote:Custom Fine Tune a Bobby Quad . . .
https://youtu.be/ALAR7TNti38?si=PRzaSEdvdU9QVQ0A
Super interesting videos udo.
Boards go completely different for different surfers....
Lanky Dean wrote:Boards go completely different for different surfers....
LD. Hi. Spot on.
Boards also go completely different in different water temperatures.(densities ) AW
Difference in density from 5C to 30C is ~0.3%. Minuscule.
Island Bay wrote:Difference in density from 5C to 30C is ~0.3%. Minuscule.
IslandBay. Hi.
Well you better call Simon Jones and Torren Martyn and pass on that information.
When they were recently on our coast and had a discussion forum at the Aireys Inlet Pub, regarding board dimensions, they were asked a question by a member of the audience.
Do you alter design and board thickness of a favoured board model depending upon whether you are predominantly surfing it in cold or warm water ?
Answer, definitely do and thanks for asking such a great question. AW
AlfredWallace wrote:Island Bay wrote:Difference in density from 5C to 30C is ~0.3%. Minuscule.
IslandBay. Hi.
Well you better call Simon Jones and Torren Martyn and pass on that information.
When they were recently on our coast and had a discussion forum at the Aireys Inlet Pub, regarding board dimensions, they were asked a question by a member of the audience.
Do you alter design and board thickness of a favoured board model depending upon whether you are predominantly surfing it in cold or warm water ?
Answer, definitely do and thanks for asking such a great question. AW
Maybe the difference comes down to having to wear a wettie or not rather than water temps? I’ve read something about shapers saying guys wearing 4 mm wetsuits prefer/ need a bit more volume in their boards
A Wet 4x3 = how many Kilos ...?
Thicker the wetty, the more restricted the paddling and pop-up too.
I’ve got no idea udo. Just what I read a couple of times in articles from guys based in the northern hemisphere and who wear 4 and 5 mm gear.
Fliplid wrote:I’ve got no idea udo. Just what I read a couple of times in articles from guys based in the northern hemisphere and who wear 4 and 5 mm gear.
Fliplid . Hi.
You’re onto it.
A year ago when I got a MOTE from Simon Jones, half a year prior, his son Dash called me, we had a 45min conversation discussing things I didn’t even realise went into the design and production.
Basic questions were asked, like, my age, height, weight, surfing ability, where I surf most, how long I’d been surfing.
I was asked additional questions like, when surfing in the cold times of the year, mostly, what do i wear in wetsuits, 3/2mm, or 4/3mm.
Do I wear booties, hood, gloves etc.
In the warmer months, what do I wear.
All pertinent and good relevant questions , that in my opinion produced a board that’s me .
Better than buying off the shelf. AW
Yo AW, how you going?
Quick Q. Do you have a relative in Lonnie called "Daff"?
Got to agree about wetsuit thickness comments ^^ and that’s also why I prefer 3/2s over a Vicco winter but this talk also reminds me of the lengths (and cost) some go to getting the lightest carbon fibre bikes coz you go faster, right? Ha, if you’re going to worry about bike weight to the point of spending thousands more why not just drop a few kgs yourself and save yourself the money!!
adam12 wrote:Yo AW, how you going?
Quick Q. Do you have a relative in Lonnie called "Daff"?
Adam12. Gidday fella. Hope you’ve been keeping well.
I’ve got relatives in Point Lonsdale, uncle and aunty, dad’s brother. He still surfs real well for a guy his age. Not one of them is called “Daff”.
What have you been up to ? Always thinking about how you’re going, we are both single guys cruising on the edge of life.
The Surf Coast appears to be temporarily ( or permanently, if that little La Niña gets her way) out of action, what started with promise has petered out to looking for the odd day here or there, slim pickings for sure.
Bit like yourself, I’ve been working by choice, I’ve always got a million enquiries from people wanting work done so that’s what I’ve been doing, banking time and surf dollars.
Everything from decks to pergolas to concreting and designing a few gardens.
Life’s good. Keep well mate. AW
GuySmiley wrote:Got to agree about wetsuit thickness comments ^^ and that’s also why I prefer 3/2s over a Vicco winter but this talk also reminds me of the lengths (and cost) some go to getting the lightest carbon fibre bikes coz you go faster, right? Ha, if you’re going to worry about bike weight to the point of spending thousands more why not just drop a few kgs yourself and save yourself the money!!
GuySmiley. Hi mate, I hope you are doing fine.
I must say, this time of year I’d be just hopping into a 4/3mm wetsuit.
The Patagonia 3.5mm/3.00mm suit I got eight weeks ago is one mighty fine piece of rubber, loving it, especially the black elevated fleece lining in the upper body, feels like a drying sensation whilst you wear it.
Worth every dollar. All the best. AW
Gday AW
That wettie of yours sounds good, checked out the website, but long (boring) story about recovering from illness but I have pretty much unused suits from this time last year to use this winter. Cheers, the Airleys pub love it, don’t mind a Salt just quietly:)
^^ the Airleys area holds a special place in my heart from my early days to current time, love the surf along that stretch and the forest behind, often doing a hike between surfs, in fact the whole GOR has excellent hiking … and surf. Autumn is my favourite time sunny crisp air mixed with the smell of the ocean and forest …. how lucky are we?
GuySmiley wrote:^^ the Airleys area holds a special place in my heart from my early days to current time, love the surf along that stretch and the forest behind, often doing a hike between surfs, in fact the whole GOR has excellent hiking … and surf. Autumn is my favourite time sunny crisp air mixed with the smell of the ocean and forest …. how lucky are we?
GuySmiley. You bet mate.
On the aforementioned night at the pub with Simon and Torren , Simon sat on a stool and two or three times, paused and said, I must say, you people live on the most beautiful coast. I could tell he’d either never been here before or only on the odd occasion, I’ll stand to be corrected on that one.
We often take for granted what’s on our doorstep. All the better to look after it I’d say, doesn’t get the annual visitors en masse for no reason. It’s truly beautiful.
I was very fortunate in my last ten years of business, worked mostly on the GOR.
Often surfed before and after work and planted tens of thousands of indigenous plants throughout the day on revegetation projects.
Rufous Bristlebirds (ancient avian family), snakes, koalas, birds of all manner, macropods, fungi, invertebrates, eels, fishes, cetaceans, micro bats, Powerful Owls and much much more.
Yep, you’re right, it’s the smell, it’s like Gondwana is just around the corner. AW
Morning AW, you got me thinking last night about that forest and it’s hidden streams and waterfalls that occasionally come to life, of its rocky escarpments, of glow worms there for everyone to see but only in the dark, of deep fern glens and tall remnants of ancient rainforests and on intertidal areas of hidden reef that can both attract good surf and form beautiful deep rock pools to swim …. and of a time when life on the coast and it’s footprint was more modest and relaxed. Have a great day.
GuySmiley wrote:Morning AW, you got me thinking last night about that forest and it’s hidden streams and waterfalls that occasionally come to life, of its rocky escarpments, of glow worms there for everyone to see but only in the dark, of deep fern glens and tall remnants of ancient rainforests and on intertidal areas of hidden reef that can both attract good surf and form beautiful deep rock pools to swim …. and of a time when life on the coast and it’s footprint was more modest and relaxed. Have a great day.
GuySmiley. Good afternoon, hope it’s a good one.
In reality, when you’re on and in the vicinity of the GOR, as an individual, you are a mere conduit between the tidal lines and the tree lines. What you do in between is what pleases YOU!!!!…AW
It's just a shame its onshore crap all summer and all the Viccos escape to the west coast of S.A. to rape and pillage. ;).
old-dog wrote:It's just a shame its onshore crap all summer and all the Viccos escape to the west coast of S.A. to rape and pillage. ;).
Old -dog. Hi, ? Not still shitty from January this year Old-Dog.
Surely you surf in other states occasionally, maybe you’re steadfast barnacle. Who knows.
Didn’t realise your estate covered the area from Adelaide to Eucla. AW
^^ in defence of South Australians they’re generally a balanced lot with a chip on each shoulder :))
what's that s'posed to mean..???
Haha keep your hat on.
aww, rob and dean! (ha, "at least, not arranged fighting".. long-bygone kids TV era..)
Classic hey! I remember that show growing up.
GuySmiley wrote:^^ in defence of South Australians they’re generally a balanced lot with a chip on each shoulder :))
And a Silver Gull on their noggin. AW
Howdy AW. The GOR is an amazing coast, I've spent quite a bit of time down there and loved it, but let's face it the summer S.E. winds are a curse down there.
Just having a bit of fun. No chips here, we just tell it how it is, don't take ourselves too seriously, and don't mind a bit of interstate rivalry.
Time for an add break.
AlfredWallace wrote:adam12 wrote:Yo AW, how you going?
Quick Q. Do you have a relative in Lonnie called "Daff"?Adam12. Gidday fella. Hope you’ve been keeping well.
I’ve got relatives in Point Lonsdale, uncle and aunty, dad’s brother. He still surfs real well for a guy his age. Not one of them is called “Daff”.
What have you been up to ? Always thinking about how you’re going, we are both single guys cruising on the edge of life.
The Surf Coast appears to be temporarily ( or permanently, if that little La Niña gets her way) out of action, what started with promise has petered out to looking for the odd day here or there, slim pickings for sure.
Bit like yourself, I’ve been working by choice, I’ve always got a million enquiries from people wanting work done so that’s what I’ve been doing, banking time and surf dollars.
Everything from decks to pergolas to concreting and designing a few gardens.
Life’s good. Keep well mate. AW
Thanks for the reply @AW, sorry mine is a bit late. All good, I know an old boy in Lonnie called Daff, a surfer, and recently found out his last name is Wallace and thought he may be a relative. Seems there's a few Wallaces in town down there.
And yes, a pretty dud winter so far down here. Especially when you look back at last year. Craig keeps saying it's not La Nina yet but it sure feels like it. No swell and east winds in June/July, and big lows and plenty of swell in the Tasman/East Coast I've managed a couple of sneaky sessions on the beaches but had to spend some time up in Melbourne recently so missed a few too. I read somewhere here Craig was saying it's more to do with climate change than La Nina that our winters are like this. The tropics moving south. That doesn't sound good. Hasn't felt too tropical around my place the last few mornings though.
Hope you are well.
old-dog wrote:Howdy AW. The GOR is an amazing coast, I've spent quite a bit of time down there and loved it, but let's face it the summer S.E. winds are a curse down there.
Just having a bit of fun. No chips here, we just tell it how it is, don't take ourselves too seriously, and don't mind a bit of interstate rivalry.
Old-Dog. So good, thanks for replying, we are of the same vintage.
I appreciate your honesty.
Summer stinks here, use to have a boat so i visited Corsair often to catch the SE offshores to get our fix of decent waves.
What’s happened to all the blocks of hot north winds 35+, we used to get, they’ve not been apparent for years now.
I’m heading your way again Jan 2nd for a month, hoping to soak up your states pleasurable offerings. Keep well. AW
adam12 wrote:AlfredWallace wrote:adam12 wrote:Yo AW, how you going?
Quick Q. Do you have a relative in Lonnie called "Daff"?Adam12. Gidday fella. Hope you’ve been keeping well.
I’ve got relatives in Point Lonsdale, uncle and aunty, dad’s brother. He still surfs real well for a guy his age. Not one of them is called “Daff”.
What have you been up to ? Always thinking about how you’re going, we are both single guys cruising on the edge of life.
The Surf Coast appears to be temporarily ( or permanently, if that little La Niña gets her way) out of action, what started with promise has petered out to looking for the odd day here or there, slim pickings for sure.
Bit like yourself, I’ve been working by choice, I’ve always got a million enquiries from people wanting work done so that’s what I’ve been doing, banking time and surf dollars.
Everything from decks to pergolas to concreting and designing a few gardens.
Life’s good. Keep well mate. AWThanks for the reply @AW, sorry mine is a bit late. All good, I know an old boy in Lonnie called Daff, a surfer, and recently found out his last name is Wallace and thought he may be a relative. Seems there's a few Wallaces in town down there.
And yes, a pretty dud winter so far down here. Especially when you look back at last year. Craig keeps saying it's not La Nina yet but it sure feels like it. No swell and east winds in June/July, and big lows and plenty of swell in the Tasman/East Coast I've managed a couple of sneaky sessions on the beaches but had to spend some time up in Melbourne recently so missed a few too. I read somewhere here Craig was saying it's more to do with climate change than La Nina that our winters are like this. The tropics moving south. That doesn't sound good. Hasn't felt too tropical around my place the last few mornings though.
Hope you are well.
Adam12. Hi mate. Great hear from you as usual.
As you’d be aware many of us use a false name, I’m one of them
When I first engaged with Swellnet many years ago I actually used my real name.
After careful consideration I thought that may be fraught with danger so,
I chose the name of my life idol.
Sir Alfred Russel Wallace, eminent, young naturalist who devised the theory of natural selection and evolution, some time before Charles Darwin.
In fact I’ve read nearly everything you need to know about both of them.
Wallace plonked himself in the Indo Malay Archipelago and use to send many of his field specimens, writings, musings to Darwin back in England for his comment. he valued Darwin’s feedback very much as a friend and as a person with common goals.
Unbeknownst to Wallace himself, he was actually leading the way with his facts based evidence and his vast collection of specimens, we are talking tonnes of them.
Charles Darwin at the time with the same thoughts as Wallace, was having a fair amount of pressure applied to him from the Royal Society in London, they wanted him to publish.
It’s seemed a bit odd and peculiar and maybe a coincidence, but as Wallace sent some of his last seminal work from the Malay Archipelago back to Darwin, all of a sudden Darwin published and was heralded and attributed the discoverer of The Theory of Natural Selection.
The scientific world today, knows it was really Wallace who devised the theory.
So. as my love of his work will forever be, I’m off next July into the Maluku Islands way up near Halmahera, Morotai, Sulawesi and Manado, on a bird expedition for a few weeks, seeking Wallacean Endemics, (birds) hopefully all 267 different species on many tiny small islands that speciated and became new species.
On completion, I’m going back to Lances Right, for a couple of weeks to recover, simply can’t wait.
I’m guilty for not keeping in regular contact with you, I’ll lift my game.
Good to chat.AW
AlfredWallace wrote:adam12 wrote:AlfredWallace wrote:adam12 wrote:Yo AW, how you going?
Quick Q. Do you have a relative in Lonnie called "Daff"?Adam12. Gidday fella. Hope you’ve been keeping well.
I’ve got relatives in Point Lonsdale, uncle and aunty, dad’s brother. He still surfs real well for a guy his age. Not one of them is called “Daff”.
What have you been up to ? Always thinking about how you’re going, we are both single guys cruising on the edge of life.
The Surf Coast appears to be temporarily ( or permanently, if that little La Niña gets her way) out of action, what started with promise has petered out to looking for the odd day here or there, slim pickings for sure.
Bit like yourself, I’ve been working by choice, I’ve always got a million enquiries from people wanting work done so that’s what I’ve been doing, banking time and surf dollars.
Everything from decks to pergolas to concreting and designing a few gardens.
Life’s good. Keep well mate. AWThanks for the reply @AW, sorry mine is a bit late. All good, I know an old boy in Lonnie called Daff, a surfer, and recently found out his last name is Wallace and thought he may be a relative. Seems there's a few Wallaces in town down there.
And yes, a pretty dud winter so far down here. Especially when you look back at last year. Craig keeps saying it's not La Nina yet but it sure feels like it. No swell and east winds in June/July, and big lows and plenty of swell in the Tasman/East Coast I've managed a couple of sneaky sessions on the beaches but had to spend some time up in Melbourne recently so missed a few too. I read somewhere here Craig was saying it's more to do with climate change than La Nina that our winters are like this. The tropics moving south. That doesn't sound good. Hasn't felt too tropical around my place the last few mornings though.
Hope you are well.Adam12. Hi mate. Great hear from you as usual.
As you’d be aware many of us use a false name, I’m one of them
When I first engaged with Swellnet many years ago I actually used my real name.
After careful consideration I thought that may be fraught with danger so,
I chose the name of my life idol.Sir Alfred Russel Wallace, eminent, young naturalist who devised the theory of natural selection and evolution, some time before Charles Darwin.
In fact I’ve read nearly everything you need to know about both of them.
Wallace plonked himself in the Indo Malay Archipelago and use to send many of his field specimens, writings, musings to Darwin back in England for his comment. he valued Darwin’s feedback very much as a friend and as a person with common goals.
Unbeknownst to Wallace himself, he was actually leading the way with his facts based evidence and his vast collection of specimens, we are talking tonnes of them.
Charles Darwin at the time with the same thoughts as Wallace, was having a fair amount of pressure applied to him from the Royal Society in London, they wanted him to publish.
It’s seemed a bit odd and peculiar and maybe a coincidence, but as Wallace sent some of his last seminal work from the Malay Archipelago back to Darwin, all of a sudden Darwin published and was heralded and attributed the discoverer of The Theory of Natural Selection.
The scientific world today, knows it was really Wallace who devised the theory.
So. as my love of his work will forever be, I’m off next July into the Maluku Islands way up near Halmahera, Morotai, Sulawesi and Manado, on a bird expedition for a few weeks, seeking Wallacean Endemics, (birds) hopefully all 267 different species on many tiny small islands that speciated and became new species.
On completion, I’m going back to Lances Right, for a couple of weeks to recover, simply can’t wait.
I’m guilty for not keeping in regular contact with you, I’ll lift my game.
Good to chat.AW
Same fella the Wallace line is named after ?
goofyfoot wrote:AlfredWallace wrote:adam12 wrote:AlfredWallace wrote:adam12 wrote:Yo AW, how you going?
Quick Q. Do you have a relative in Lonnie called "Daff"?Adam12. Gidday fella. Hope you’ve been keeping well.
I’ve got relatives in Point Lonsdale, uncle and aunty, dad’s brother. He still surfs real well for a guy his age. Not one of them is called “Daff”.
What have you been up to ? Always thinking about how you’re going, we are both single guys cruising on the edge of life.
The Surf Coast appears to be temporarily ( or permanently, if that little La Niña gets her way) out of action, what started with promise has petered out to looking for the odd day here or there, slim pickings for sure.
Bit like yourself, I’ve been working by choice, I’ve always got a million enquiries from people wanting work done so that’s what I’ve been doing, banking time and surf dollars.
Everything from decks to pergolas to concreting and designing a few gardens.
Life’s good. Keep well mate. AWThanks for the reply @AW, sorry mine is a bit late. All good, I know an old boy in Lonnie called Daff, a surfer, and recently found out his last name is Wallace and thought he may be a relative. Seems there's a few Wallaces in town down there.
And yes, a pretty dud winter so far down here. Especially when you look back at last year. Craig keeps saying it's not La Nina yet but it sure feels like it. No swell and east winds in June/July, and big lows and plenty of swell in the Tasman/East Coast I've managed a couple of sneaky sessions on the beaches but had to spend some time up in Melbourne recently so missed a few too. I read somewhere here Craig was saying it's more to do with climate change than La Nina that our winters are like this. The tropics moving south. That doesn't sound good. Hasn't felt too tropical around my place the last few mornings though.
Hope you are well.Adam12. Hi mate. Great hear from you as usual.
As you’d be aware many of us use a false name, I’m one of them
When I first engaged with Swellnet many years ago I actually used my real name.
After careful consideration I thought that may be fraught with danger so,
I chose the name of my life idol.Sir Alfred Russel Wallace, eminent, young naturalist who devised the theory of natural selection and evolution, some time before Charles Darwin.
In fact I’ve read nearly everything you need to know about both of them.
Wallace plonked himself in the Indo Malay Archipelago and use to send many of his field specimens, writings, musings to Darwin back in England for his comment. he valued Darwin’s feedback very much as a friend and as a person with common goals.
Unbeknownst to Wallace himself, he was actually leading the way with his facts based evidence and his vast collection of specimens, we are talking tonnes of them.
Charles Darwin at the time with the same thoughts as Wallace, was having a fair amount of pressure applied to him from the Royal Society in London, they wanted him to publish.
It’s seemed a bit odd and peculiar and maybe a coincidence, but as Wallace sent some of his last seminal work from the Malay Archipelago back to Darwin, all of a sudden Darwin published and was heralded and attributed the discoverer of The Theory of Natural Selection.
The scientific world today, knows it was really Wallace who devised the theory.
So. as my love of his work will forever be, I’m off next July into the Maluku Islands way up near Halmahera, Morotai, Sulawesi and Manado, on a bird expedition for a few weeks, seeking Wallacean Endemics, (birds) hopefully all 267 different species on many tiny small islands that speciated and became new species.
On completion, I’m going back to Lances Right, for a couple of weeks to recover, simply can’t wait.
I’m guilty for not keeping in regular contact with you, I’ll lift my game.
Good to chat.AW
Same fella the Wallace line is named after ?
Goofyfoot. Hi mate. How’s thing’s ?
Spot on . Yes indeed, many places, organisms have been named after him.
A very humble man who in today’s world would’ve blushed at all the attributions.
He never sought attention.
The Wallace Line, wow, now there’s a story, zoobiogeograhic boundary between ‘two world’s’ you could say.
In fact the line is the very western edge of a plate tectonic boundary, the one that separates Australia and New Guinea from Asia.
All things west of the line pertain to Asia and Eurasia, all things to the east pertain to the Australo-Papuan biodiversity.
The Lombok Strait separating Bali from Lombok, is as you’d know, incredibly treacherous for various reasons. The eastern plate has dipped so its shallower on the east Bali Coast and deeper on the Lombok side, this in turn creates the formidable currents and exacerbates the treacherous nature, eddying is common with some poorly constructed wooden craft been basically sucked down the plug hole so to speak.
Wallace would have never devised his theory if he’d not visited Lombok.
See, he was waiting for a mail steamer to take him to Macassar but it never showed, so he got stuck on a Lombok.
After being there for a month he noticed everything about the place didn’t look like Bali, not very tropical. He soon understood it was hot windy and dry, like all the islands east of Lombok, he eventually thought, they reminded him of the hot dry NW winds that blow out of Australia.
There’s way more to know. AW
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