Interview: Axel Wahl / Weca Decks0
August 22, 2015 by MartinB. | 4:40 pm
Hello Axel! Tell us about who you are, where you from and whats your daily business.
– My name is Axel Wahl. I live in Sweden, I like to fingerboard, skate, draw, listen to music, film videos, take photos and make my own fingerboard decks! I go to school every weekday like any regular teenager and in my sparetime I make decks and graphics and a bit more stuff around my brand that’s called Weca. I just make as much stuff as I’m able to and as much as I think is fun.
How do you get in touch with fingerboarding?
– I got into fingerboarding when I was like 10 years old and visited Toys R Us and just saw a Tech Deck and thought it looked super cool. I bought it because I was into skateboarding and though I could just have the Tech Deck in my room and it would look cool because I didn’t realize that you could actually use them and do real tricks. I watched fingerboard videos on Youtube and found out about Blackriver and Berlinwood and ordered a better board with trucks and wheels and I learnt how to ollie properly and kept learning tricks. I made a few friends around me who also liked to fingerboard so it was super fun!
How do you get your company started?
– The way my company started was that around 2012 I wanted to just try to make my own fingerboard deck to test out how hard it was. I made myself a bondomold, got some super thick pieces of veneer from my woodwork teacher and made my first board. It obviously didn’t turn out very well but I posted a photo of it on my personal Instagram account and a lot of people told me like ¨Where can I buy one??¨ and ¨Will you start selling these??¨. I kept making boards until they were a lot better and started to sell them around half a year after I made my first board I think.
What plans do you got for 2015/2016? Is this your daytime job?
– I’m only 15 years old right now so I don’t really need a job right now but I guess you could say it’s my little job as I make quite a bit of money by it. I will probably not be able to have this as my daytime job in the future if it stays like how it is right now, that I just make decks when I feel like it and sell them but if I actually organized everything properly and made around 30 decks each month and actually got them sold, I would maybe be able to live off that but that’s not really what I’m planning to do.
Whats your current setup?
– I have multiple setups right now but my main is a Weca W2 deck 33mm with Blackriver Trucks 32mm and the old Winkler Wheels big daddiez.
Do you have any „sneak-preview“ for 2015/2016?
– Sneak preview: 3 graphics I haven’t released yet, they will be available soon though!
Which fingerboard experience you liked the most (contest/jam/session)?
– My favourite type of fingerboarding is probably just when I’m chilling at home on my desk. It’s also fun to hang out with a friend and fingerboard with them and don’t take it too seriously.
And finally do you want to thank someone?
– YES! I really want to thank FingerboardTV because without them I’m pretty sure that this wouldn’t be possible! About 3 years ago you guys posted this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7td6Rl-2oF8 video that I made on your blog. I got so many nice comments from people that I looked up to in the fingerboard-community and gained a lot of subscribers. After that it just kept on, loads of subscribers and views and comments. Because of that, I already had an audience when I started to make decks so they were very interested in my decks from the beginning even though they weren’t very good and I was able to sell them, get money to make more and improve and come to where I am right now! Thank you!
Other than that, shoutouts to everyone who has every bought a Weca Deck! You help me grow and make this company even better and more fun!
Thanks AXEL! You guys should check out the WECA facebook page CLICK! and the website CLICK! NOW!
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