Darryl Wilkes has been surfing and shaping surfboards for the powerful waves that we have here in Western Australia for over thirty years. It's this wealth of knowledge which he has behind him that he draws on when shaping his custom boards to handle the many different types of waves that we have here in the West.
Wilkes is regarded by many as one of the most talented and experienced shapers in Western Australia with past successful team riders including Paul Manners, Matt Manners, Dave Chick, Wayne Jaggard, Mark Rotham, Craig Bamford, Jamie Melbourne and more recently Jason Duffy.
Wilkes Surfboard's current sponsored surfers are :
Josh Harrington from Mandurah, Mick Manning from Scarborough and Rory Maynard from Trigg.
With over thirty years in the surf industry he has seen numerous design trends come and go, from the original fish boards and the chunky single fins of the seventies to the modern day thruster still being refined today.
Wilkes has now extended his range of Leading Edge designs to include not only shortboards but big wave guns, small wave fish style "Pygs" as well as the increasingly popular mini Malibus.
Its these crossover Pygs which are attracting a lot of attention from your average recreational surfer with nice rounded tails, 20 inches wide and 3 inches thick. Faster and more responsive than a normal "Fish" style board, they range from 6"0 up to 6"8 and deliver unrivalled paddling power, speed and loose turning ability. Above all they are a lot of fun in small beachbreaks and a better option than a mini mal for the average surfer.
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"yeah wow it's really fast & super manoeuvre-able. On smaller day's it helps you catch waves that you never would normally pick up" (Damian - 6'1' Pyg)
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"Howdy Darryl, We went for a surf on Saturday in some shorey crap and the boards were awesome. Heaps of take off speed, floatation etc..They were definitely worth the wait. " (Brett Woolcott - Launceston Tasmania - 6'4' Pyg)
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"This board's sick! It's sooo fast & I'm doing moves on it that I havent done since I was 16.." (Mike - 6'1' Pyg)
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"anyone here from WA used a board by darryl wilkes? if you havnt, get one.
his boards have a unique huuuuuuuuuuuuuge concave- no shapers like to use big concaves but this bloke does - and it works. low rocker at nose with huuuuge single concave with more rocker in tail than nose- goes unreal, best board ive ever rode by far.
" (Andrew - 6'2' Shortboard)
