FBTV Company Interview – Yellowood1
February 10, 2011 by MartinB. | 7:51 am
Hello Philippe! Tell us about who you are, where you from and whats your daily business.
– Hello Martin, my name is Philippe De Goyri i’m from Porto, Portugal and i’m the mastermind and deckmaker behind Yellowood.
Well on my daily business after breakfast i go and change Yw molds :D after that i check my e-mails and work all day in Yw related stuff and i also Fingerboard during the day.
How do you get in touch with fingerboarding?
– I started skateboarding at the age of 8 now i’m 32 so i grow up on 4 wheels :D when i was arround 10/12 i got a Precision board keychain and soon after i made my 1st atempt to build a wood deck looool i guess i always belived a fingerboard deck should
be made out of wood :) but after that i only get in touch again with Fingerboarding in June of 2007 when Ricardo joined the Advertising agency i was working on.
How do you get your company started?
– When i meet Ricardo i had on my desktop a plastic fingerboard i got from macdonalds and he told me that people did real tricks on it, i got immediately stocked and checked it on youtube, after that i got addicted.. we went and buy 2 tech decks together
and next week i got a closeup.. that was my first wood deck. From that to making my own decks was a small step, those days were pretty exciting everything was new for me and happening so fast :) The name Yellowood came to my mind because
some years before i drawed the yellow pages logo on a blank skateboard, i remembered that and now it made even more sense on a fingerboard because of the fingers on the book, so i painted my closeup in yellow and made the logo on it, watching it
the name poped in my head Yellow wood, than as a designer i combined the 2 words to make a brand and voila Yellowood and the 1st Portuguese wood deck were born :)
What plans do you got for 2011?
– 2011 is going to a big year for us we are making a lot of backstage work, we have a new place with Yellowood, Ytrucks and Oak wheels all working together, called Ystore Terrace this place will also be the 1st Portuguese Fingerboard shop with space for parks and events, it will be a huge push forward in our scene and we are very commited into this project.
Is this your daytime job?
– Yes, daytime and most of the time nightime also.. i’m always working on new ideas, you never know when they come :D
Whats your current setup? NOTE: If possible send me a picture: fingerboardTV@gmx.de
– Yellowood Z2 A6
Ytrucks X3
Oak Yellow
Slimtape
Do you have any “sneak-preview” for 2011?
– We have just launched the new Z2 shape which is a big improvement for us, the decks gained a lot of personality and the ride is a lot more real, we will also lunch some new graphics around the middle of the year and for now that it ;)
Which fingerboard experience you liked the most (contest/jam/session)?
– In Portugal i loved all fingaspot events because i was evolved in them and they were big events for our scene, the house and atmosphere were pretty unique.
Internacional i liked FF13 after contest days, hanging at Wunsidel was really good, althogh i broke my elbow there, those were some nice days ;)
And finally do you want to thank someone?
– I want to thank my family for supporting and helping me with my lifestyle option, the people that support Yellowood, my riders and i want to thank skateboarding and fingerboarding for existing… life’s a lot more fun with them :D
And ofcourse you for this interview ;)
Fingerboard for life.
Philippe De Goyri
THX Philippe!
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Nice Interview!!!