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Yellowood update
September 05, 2009 17:40 - about 1 year ago
Well guys I have some good news, from now on I will be dedicating 100% of my life to Fingerboarding I will be a professional Deckmaker/Fingerboarder. I quitted my 7 year long job as Designer in the Agency, although I love to design stuff it’s been my work for the past 10 years, during this time I had the chance to do a little bit of everything, it was getting boring and it was consuming me a lot of important time that I wanted to dedicate to Yellowood, I was working 16 hours a day and I was getting crazy, I couldn´t continue like that, so I had to decide my life between a stable and good job or a dream.. I did what my heart told me not my head, my family and friends are worried about this decision because I changed the certain for the uncertain, but I feel great, I’m happy I did it, I will be doing what I really love to do and that’s the most important thing to me, everything else will have a solution.
Yellowood is a legit company paying all taxes, we hired an accountant to take care of all that bureaucratically stuff that I really hate, we will have more people helping in the production of our products, we have better conditions to work and I will have the only thing that I didn’t had until now, time to develop ideas. We are already making the 2010 collection of graphics and we want to make new series in a more frequent basis.
Yellowood will be from now on my only income so we will have stock of decks in the website at least once a month and we will also have decks in local skate shops, we have a lot of ideas for new products so aspect some cool stuff for the future, we were also contacted by a skate factory to produce our graphics on skateboards, that was something that I always wanted to do and shows the interest that Fingerboarding is making on its older brother, so in a long run we will have Yellowood skateboards.
Along with all this stuff happening on Yellowood backstage, we are also developing a public Fingerpark with our local City Hall, the idea of a public spot/meeting place for Fingerboarding is something that we think to be crucial for its development, we have had some meetings already with them, they liked the concept and we are developing the layout for their approval, the idea is to build a marble and concrete outdoor Fingerpark.
I just wanted to share this big step of my life and future of Yellowood with you guys, the fact that more people are becoming Fingerboard professionals means more dedication to the scene, more events, more improvements and better products.
One Love. Fingerboarding.
Philippe De Goyri
comments
1 - David aka David Paredes
September 05, 2009 18:55 - about 1 year ago
Congratulations Philippe! I think you chose the right option ;)
2 - Adrián aka Adrián Abalde González
September 05, 2009 19:11 - about 1 year ago
Philippe, you did the right, good decision!
3 - cj maningas aka chris maningas
September 05, 2009 19:26 - about 1 year ago
Nice you are helping yourself and the world.
4 - william aka Aidan knezo
September 05, 2009 19:53 - about 1 year ago
philippe i am really glad you are going to do this but i only wish that the skat shops in the usa had the fingerboarding life like the ones in portugal and europe areas.but the fact that you are already working on the 2010 graphics that just amazes me thank you for doping what you truely do best
5 - Cory aka Cory Shaw
September 05, 2009 20:34 - about 1 year ago
Congrats philippe! I know that you will prove your family and friends wrong, and show them that you will be happy and have a strong income. I will help you out myself ;)
6 - Anthony aka Anthony LaVerghetta
September 05, 2009 21:08 - about 1 year ago
I wish you luck in this big step of life. Congrats on the skateboards. If you can, try to distribute them in the U.S.A? I have a feeling that this was a good choice.
7 - tyler aka tyler starr
September 05, 2009 21:23 - about 1 year ago
good choice, i learned that your not sucsesful unless you enjoy what you do, your a very sucsesful person
8 - Matt aka matt wolford
September 06, 2009 01:26 - about 1 year ago
YEAHHHH, THAT MEANS MORE DECKS! i already have one, but i GOTTA GET MORE
9 - Connor aka Connor Halpin
September 06, 2009 03:08 - about 1 year ago
when are u gonna put more stuff in stock????
10 - marcus aka Marcus Taniguchi
September 06, 2009 05:16 - about 1 year ago
that is great to here Philippe. i hope everything will work out for u. i hope i get a chance deck every month now, since u are planning to make a stock every month.
11 - Daniel aka Daniel Rubach
September 06, 2009 07:17 - about 1 year ago
Does anyone know when the next stock is? please reply, cuse then i must get some money xD
12 - william aka Aidan knezo
September 06, 2009 13:36 - about 1 year ago
make sure you make more of the everslik series decks because i really want one
13 - marco aka marco contreras
September 06, 2009 14:35 - about 1 year ago
i think this was the right option you do that what you wont an this is sick your great
14 - marco aka marco contreras
September 06, 2009 14:36 - about 1 year ago
and i think i must skateboarding now^^
15 - niki aka niki jansson
September 06, 2009 16:00 - about 1 year ago
hur i bäsställer man
16 - Kyle aka Kyle Ramirez
September 06, 2009 18:48 - about 1 year ago
This is some great info to hear. On the next restock will everslicks be in 0.o
17 - anders aka Anders schmidt
September 06, 2009 18:59 - about 1 year ago
this is great to hear! and i really thank you for doing all this for the finger boarding scene! but your gonna have to work hard and make a lot of decks in order for you to live from making finger boarding deck and trucks. prices in europe are also very high but if you work hard i think you can pull it off!
18 - Steve Adamatis aka Steve Adamatis
September 06, 2009 19:28 - about 1 year ago
I think you made the right choice. This is going to help the fingerboard community alot. oh yeah, thanks for quitting your job for all of us.
19 - Spencer Blaufuss aka Spencer Blaufuss
September 06, 2009 21:13 - about 1 year ago
Congratulations man! That's what life is all about, doing what you love and not just to make money. Someday I hope you start selling those around my local parks here in Minnesota.
20 - Nathan Erickson aka nathan erickson
September 06, 2009 22:08 - about 1 year ago
That's so cool i cant wait for the 2010 graphics and for Yellowoods to be in stock.
21 - Taylor Sand aka Taylor Sand
September 07, 2009 17:45 - 12 months ago
Congrats man! Keep up the Great Work!
22 - Tom aka Tom Ruff
September 07, 2009 23:54 - 12 months ago
well im glad for you man your doing what you love, hope everything works out great for you =D
23 - Tom aka Tom Ruff
September 07, 2009 23:56 - 12 months ago
also i cant wait for the actual skateboards!
24 - kylie aka kyle mueller
September 08, 2009 20:49 - 12 months ago
Congradulations and thanks a ton Phillipe. i know you will go far with yellowood
25 - william aka william åström
September 12, 2009 11:46 - 12 months ago
damn, that's awesome! once a month... finally i will get a chance to buy one! :P
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