Three Orangatang Durian wheels racing along glossy rails with speed trails
Personal Project3D Product Visuals

Orangatang wheels & Loaded bearings

About the project

I've been longboarding for a long time, so I thought it would be a great opportunity to create a personal project where I could take care of the entire process myself.

I modelled, textured, lit and animated all the renders without using generative AI. As an additional challenge, I also wanted to publish the stills in High Dynamic Range (HDR).

Durian — Speed Trail
Three Orangatang Durian wheels racing along glossy rails with speed trails
Durian — Separated
Exploded view of a Durian wheel with its bearings, spacer and washers floating apart Assembled Durian wheel floating against a purple backdrop
Bee's Knees — Row
A diagonal row of pink Bee's Knees wheels with green cores
Duo
A Durian wheel and a Bee's Knees wheel floating side by side
Jehu Bearings
Close-up of piled Jehu bearings with pink shields
A field of pink and chrome Jehu bearings catching the light Overhead view of hundreds of scattered Jehu bearings

Experimental

Bee's Knees — Tumble
A clear Bee's Knees wheel filled with tumbling miniature wheels
Tools used
Disclaimer

This is an independent personal project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or officially associated with Orangatang Wheels. The product designs, logos and graphics featured in this project belong to their respective owners and have been recreated for this project.

This project is intended for personal portfolio and educational purposes only and is not intended to imply an official collaboration with Orangatang and/or Loaded.

My personal setups 🛹

Of course, I wouldn't have made this project if I weren't already a fan of Loaded and Orangatang! So, I thought I'd share my own longboard setups.

Three longboards mounted on a dark wall above a desk: a Loaded Icarus, a Loaded Tan Tien and a Globe Prowler
Wider view of the desk setup with the three longboards and a fourth deck on the wall Close-up of the black-and-white illustrated graphic on the underside of the Globe Prowler
Left

Loaded Icarus

Deck
Loaded Icarus Flex 1
Trucks
Paris Savant 180mm. 50° baseplate at the front, 43° at the back
Bushings
Orangatang Knuckles (soft)
Wheels
Orangatang Caguama 80mm, 77A
Bearings
Zealous Built-In 🫣
Middle

Loaded Tan Tien

Deck
Loaded Tan Tien Flex 1
Trucks
Paris V3 180mm. 50° baseplates
Bushings
Orangatang Nipples (soft)
Wheels
Orangatang In Heat 80mm, 77A
Bearings
Zealous Built-In 🫣
Right

Globe Prowler

The graphic on the underside of this longboard was created by the talented illustrator Monique van der Wal!

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