Welcome Skateboards
Welcome Skateboards Decks & Apparel
Welcome Skateboards crash-landed into skateboarding's landscape in 2010, founded by Jason Celaya in Austin, Texas as a rebellion against cookie-cutter popsicle decks. Born from Celaya's frustration with skateboarding's standardized shapes, Welcome quickly established itself as the industry's shape-shifting outlier, bringing forgotten silhouettes back from skateboarding's past while creating entirely new ones.
The brand's instantly recognizable aesthetic combines hand-drawn illustrations, surrealist imagery, and vibrant color schemes across their distinctive deck shapes like the Chupacabra, Nolan, and Banshee. Their eclectic team of riders including Nora Vasconcellos, Ryan Lay, and Daniel Vargas demonstrates Welcome's inclusive approach to skateboarding, valuing creative expression over adherence to technical conformity.
Welcome's collection features their signature shape-driven decks, distinctive graphic-heavy apparel, and accessories, each piece reflecting Celaya's unwavering commitment to challenging skateboarding's status quo. These are boards and products for skaters seeking something beyond the conventional, built on genuine passion for skateboarding's more imaginative possibilities.