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Feb 4, 2014 · Welcome Skateboards was started by Jason Celaya, Minister of Magic, and has managed to build up a pretty good following with their unique shapes and artwork. Jason's the skater behind it all.
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Welcome was founded in 2010 by Jason Celaya, out of his home, with $2,000.00 on a credit card. Welcome started as a means of creating something different for a small group of friends - something that was non-conforming to what was popular at the time.
- Who Is Jason Celaya
- Small Talk
- Art & Skateboard Graphics
- Skateboarding Industry Chat
- Starting & Running Welcome Skateboards
I remember the first time I saw Welcome Skateboards deck in person. At first, I was dubious of the shape and how it would affect my skating. Slowly but surely, more and more of my friends would turn up at the spot with a Welcome deck. Claiming that it didn’t affect their skating in a negative way at all, in fact, these decks were encouraging them t...
Hi Jason, I hope you are well, and thank you very much for answering a few questions for us! I know you have touched on this before, but what made you start Welcome skateboards? I was bummed on the current state of skateboarding. I didn’t like that so much focus was on videos and not the product that you actually skate. Wanted to recreate the feeli...
You’ve said that you only draw for yourself, and no one else. Is that still true? Is there a person/brand that could get you to draw for them at all? Mostly true, I do have some higher standards now on what I will release. In terms of drawing for others, any band I am into I will draw for free of charge if I have the bandwidth and as for brands, if...
You said in a Jenkem interview that you don’t think humans have yet tapped into our ‘full potential power, mentally or physically’. Which people/companies in the skate industry do you think use the most of their potential? I think Pixar and Disney are locked into something special. I don’t really look to the skateboard industry for inspiration. As ...
When you started Welcome, in your own words, “it was the opposite of what was popular in every single way.” As it was a small company, with new untested graphics and not a single popsicle shape in sight. Did you expect to become such a staple brand in the industry, or were you intending to stay fairly underground? It started as trying to do somethi...
Jan 18, 2016 · Wanting to know more about what makes the brand tick, I hit up the darkman behind it, Jason Celaya, to talk to him about where Welcome came from, why half their team recently left, and the best spells to cast on dicks.
Jason Celaya, Welcome Skateboards’ self styled ‘Minister of Magic’, has sat down with The Boardr for a chat about setting up the company, his thoughts on the industry, the Welcome team and more.
May 1, 2020 · Welcome Playlist No. 1 by Jason Celaya. As many of you know, music is a huge driver in the Welcome story. So this is the first of many playlists from the people who make Welcome what it is.
Celaya built Welcome Skateboards into a major independent brand without investors or loans. The brand is known for producing deck shapes that are outside mainstream skateboarding. Today the skateboard company makes 38 proprietary shapes and takes pride in the leverage designed into each board.
