Hi Fbweekers.
I got here Philippe de Goyri, owner of Yellowood fingerboards.
A nice interview after he organised the second meeting in Oporto this past Saturday. (photos and video soon)
Hi Phillipe!Can you introduce yourself to our people at Fbweekly?Ahahah, Well i see my self as a creative guy with love by everything related with skateboarding and fingerboarding
How did you start fingerboarding and how does it make part of your life?I started Fbing 2 summers ago, and because of all the dedication that i have with Yw, it really changed my life, for the better
How was Yellowood born?I started it as a joke to be honest ahaahaha with the guys that i work in the advertising agency, we loved the ideia of making our own wood decks and then each of us made a brand ahaha i remember one of the others brand was called Kicks ahaha nothing to serious back then
Along the way, what have been the greatest chalenges and achievements so far?well the biggest chalenge all the way for me was to be able to make a quality deck, i think that now we reached that point, but we are always thinking on new ideias, thats the fun part.
Any surprises, funny stories?ahaha I received once a letter from someone with a deck made out of card with the yw logo on it, i found it so funny.. i still have it in the museum
Who have been your references in the world of fingerboarding and skateboarding?In skateboarding I always loved stuff from Chocolate they really inspired me since their biggining, in Fingerboarding i will say Jader (the master) and Martin Winkler
What can we expect from Yellowood in the future?Humm. We will launch Ytrucks that is going to be our truck company but i dont like to think to much in the future life changes much to quickly aaha
What do you think will be the future of fingerboarding?I think it still is very underground and it will grow more as a lifestyle and less as a toy
What would you say to those that are starting finrgarboarding right now?Ii would say to never give up, in the biggining it is a little frustrating but once you make your first ollie a lot of good and fun times will come
Shotouts to anybody?I wanna thank my family for all the support yw is becomming part of their life to, to all the people that support Fbing in getting better everyday and to you for the intreview aahaha
We thank you for the interview Philippe and
the great job at Yellowood.
