A. Wright Skateboards

I have been working with wood and have been a carpenter since I was a teenager! I started surfing when I was 12 and skateboarding the same time!! We made our first skateboards with old wood and my sisters metal skates!! Pretty rough!! I then bought my Hobie wooden skateboard and I still have it!! That’s where I got the idea to start making some boards!! I wanted to make a couple for the grandkids and the next thing I know everyone wanted one!!  So being a carpenter I never throw away any wood so I just started getting all my wood together and came up with a few designs I like and started making some! My only problem is I really don’t have a shop, and I’m still working in the film industry so when I’m on a show I can’t make any!  I also had  found out 7 years ago that I had lung cancer! Never smoked, but ended up getting my right lung removed and now I am struggling with nerve damage and losing the ability to use my right arm and hand. The bright side is , I’m cancer free and I am making skateboards and still building movie sets and doing carpentry! I’m working on setting up a small shop at my sons house if I can, I really love doing what I’m doing!