We are Reckless
Get known more about Julian and Julian
Crazy, now we are two of them! Yes, you heard right: Julian and Julian.
We know each other for our whole lifes. With passion for this sport we grew up together and stayed best friends. Beginning of the 90’s we learned how to waterski and later wakeboarding when the first boards came over to Germany.
In 2022 it was time that Julian (Friedrich) joined the company and supports Julian (Koke) in production and all other matters.
We are a perfect team – our skills together are a great synergy. We are looking forward to the future and we will give our very best to set new standards for this brand.
History
How it all started
In the late 90’s, when wakeboarding swapped over from the US to Europe, we fell in love with this sport. We were riding as much as we could and also started competing at national and international contests. We simply loved wakeboarding and still do.
After finishing school, founder Julian worked for an european wakeboard company called “Newschnitzel”. This however was only the beginning of his career in the wakeboarding industry.
In 2011, Julian was travelling through Australia, as one night he had a dream about starting his own wakeboard company called RECKLESS. Fascinated about this idea Julian started thinking about the first shape, graphics and a company logo. Still being in Australia he received the first sample board. RECKLESS.WAKE was born.
Setting up a company means managing many ups and downs. Julian had to change manufacturing sites several times due to delivery problems and low quality. Tired of these difficulties he decided to go a different path.
In 2016, Julian built up his own workshop for the RECKLKESS production in Hamburg, Germany. Much has changed within the last 5 years and with a lot of blood and sweat we now produce the best quality wakeboards.
We are an independent wakeboard brand with a team that loves the sport, the products and the workshop.
We are RECKLESS and we will never stop putting everything in our products, for you!
Die Werkstatt The Workshop
Hier entsteht die Magie
Unsere Produktionsstätte ist mit allem ausgerüstet, was es braucht, um hochwertige Wakeboards zu bauen.
Mit unserem Digitaldrucker und der Siebdruckmaschine fangen wir an unsere Top und Base Sheets vorzubereiten. Zusammen mit unserem hoch haftenden Epoxidharz, feinstem Fieberglas Gelege und unserem CNC bearbeiteten Paulownia Holzkern kommt dieses leckere Sandwich in unsere selbst entwickelte Presse.
Danach wird das fast fertige Board im Finishing vollendet und veredelt.
Ein handgemachtes Wakeboard in unseren Händen zu halten motiviert uns jedes Mal aufs Neue Wakeboards von höchster Qualität zu bauen und uns von Tag zu Tag zu steigern. Natürlich wird jedes Board von uns selbst inspiziert bevor es verschickt wird.
Where the magic happens
Our production facility includes everything you need to build superior wakeboards.
Starting with our printing section for preparing our top and base sheets. Together with our high bonding epoxy resin, best quality fiberglass and a cnc milled paulownia wood core, this "tasty sandwich" will be placed in our long improved press.
Now the almost born board is ready to hit our finishing area where it gets sanded by hand.
Holding a final handcrafted wakeboard in our hands motivates us to build the best quality wakeboards and to improve our craft day by day. Of course every single wakeboard gets inspected by ourselves to make sure the quality is on point before it gets shipped out.
Qualitätskontrolle Quality Control
Special thanks
Reckless Friends and Supporters
Shaun Gordon, Sina Fuchs, Simone Sivieri, Marius Heller, David Dörre, Sebi Arlt, Serjoscha Wagler, Florian Klotz, Chris Schillinger, Falk Blank, Phil Trosien, Anne Freyer and Merlin-Hanna Pump.