Jake Sovey Charles Lakey — The Inventor

Charles Lakey ~ The Inventor

By Jake Sovey

Hailing from Southern Sweden, Charles Lakey who is better known as “The Inventor” is a world renowned artistic billiards trick shot player. Comparing himself as second to Florian “Venom” Kohler in the world of Trick Shots, Charles maintains a very humbled attitude about his achievements in the billiards industry. Focusing on his family and his children, Charles spends a lot of his time encouraging his children to be successful at doing what they love to do.

Although he has been on shows like Good Morning America, Charles typically practices all by himself. Oddly enough his artistic abilities on a pool table don’t have that much of a following in his home country, as he compares the statistics to the US Charles claims to have 1,000 followers in the US to his one in Sweden. That is a dramatic difference, and Charles receives a lot of his support from fans and followers from across the world.

One of the things that happens to be difficult for him is getting a photographer, videographer, or other media professional to help with his streams or videos because Charles is practicing and creating his trick shots late at night or very early in the morning. Most people in his area are sleeping at that time, making any media interaction hard to obtain.

Although some may speculate that his playing tournaments would be unfair to the other players, Charles has no time to play in tournaments, and would prefer to remain an artistic player. This allows him to focus his extra time at the table helping players improve their game. No, Charles does not teach trick shots, however him and Florian sometimes discuss technique. Charles does this to give back to the community where he was not able to receive in his younger years. Charles did mention, however, that he would love to play Florian in a game of 9 ball and that would make him a very happy man. That would be a very interesting match to watch to say the least, and one that all would hope would be advertised!

Charles has been a printing press operator for many, many years of his life and spends a lot of time with his disabled son whom he shares a birthday with. His other son has begun to fly, and Charles did mention his parental instincts kicking him in the gut as his son jumps a dirt bike 60ft through the air. It’s something that Charles said he has to learn to live with as he only wants his children to succeed.

None of his children are currently following in his footsteps in the trick shot world and Charles says that is ok. He want’s his children to do what they love to do, because if they are doing what they love to do, then they are successful and he is successful. One can only imagine what it must be like to get lessons from Charles Lakey if his only desires is to see you succeed. That is the heart of a true leader and Charles has captivated the world with his artistic creativity and home driven lifestyle.

Charles Lakey ~ The Inventor