The History of Fingerboarding | Part 2 2013-2022

[@cdplaya]

Hey all, let me know if you've enjoyed part two of the History of Fingerboarding! It took a lot of time and effort to make this video, so please like, share and let me know what you think 😀

[@shawnforsgren4607]

Do u fingerboard

[@cdplaya]

@@shawnforsgren4607 I do! That's me in the opening clip :)

[@shawnforsgren4607]

Your not bad you are definitely better than me

[@hansirainer7213]

Really good

[@AmputeeAdele]

Part 1 and part 2 fantastic, very interesting and informative, thanks for the ace vid 🔥👊🔥

[@Slushcult]

Thank you so much for including us! Fingerboard skate shops are a crucial part of the scene! We’re just glad to be a part of it! If your ever in Orange County stop by!

[@cdplaya]

They are absolutely crucial! Next time I'm in town I'll stop by!

[@shawnforsgren4607]

I love your boards

[@SorryForFingerboarding]

THANK YOU FOR THE SHOUT OUT MY G

[@shawnforsgren4607]

What's up

[@cramerfb]

Still honored to say I've been able to compete at the highest level in the US at USAFBL in Atlanta and win first in best street run and 2nd in best street trick. Never would've thought that less than 2 years ago when I got back into fingerboarding, this is where it would go.

[@vicious274]

Such an awesome video! Loved both parts! Super stoked that you used my footage for the shout out to @6skates for opening the first fingerboard store in Canada! Til we meet again my friend. 👊🏻✌🏻

[@jap_fb]

These are documentaries we fingerboarders needed. These shall be classic forever🥂

[@usafbl]

Thanks for adding us to the history books! We are excited to keep pushing Fingerboarding forward! Thanks for love and please follow!

[@Calibra95]

Hi. This video touched my heart. I discovered fingerboarding around 2015 , and got back to life some Sbego decks I had. With the years I improved a lot, watched Mike almost everyday, started to buy pro completes, introduced this to lots of people... (even in 2020 my friend and I were filming for YT, but lockdown happened and killed our idea). During last years, studies, social media and social life steal my time, and fingerboarding has been going down from my life. But, sometimes, I realize that this past years energy for this still there. As you say, will try to make my part for this amazing community.

[@cdplaya]

Do it! I've taken multiple breaks over the years, and always end up coming back 😁 it's a fun hobby, and the community is amazing!

[@SteveThomsonJuggler]

Just bought my fingerboard, and decided to start by finding out the history of Fingerboarding, so you've got me excited for all the possibilities now - thanks!

[@cdplaya]

The possibilities are endless :) Let me know how you progress -- I'm sure you'll pick up the hobby quickly!

[@ericksonlonda1168]

Fingerboard is our connection, love from Bandung fingerboard, Indonesia.

[@frenchmefrenchyou]

That was really cool to watch Chris. Also, it makes an "old-timer" like me, who never fully made the transition to fast-paced Instagram, make sense of today's scene. I didn't know there were so many fingerboard stores now! There's also Dirty Monkey's Fingerboards Store in Argentina, if anyone comes by these latitudes. Thank you for great content.

[@cdplaya]

Ah man, can't believe I forgot Dirty Monkeys... I'll update the video tomorrow to include the shop! Hope all is well my friend!

[@dezolatetrax]

i was in high school when i playing a fingerboard for the last time, last week i just found my old tech deck and suddenly bang my bucks for a new decent pros setup

[@mariocristobalcolladoavile448]

Loved both parts. My name is Mario. I'm Nicaraguan. I've been fingerboarding since the year 2000. A fingerboard came to me through a friend who I used to skate with. In 1999, he came back to Nicaragua from the states and gave me a fingerboard with the XGames logo below and on the griptape, so I had it as a decorative in my room, but it was until the next year that I saw a show on tv (blue torch) showcasing fingerboarding in Europe, and that made take fingerboarding. So, I've been fingerboarding for 22 years now. I've really enjoyed both videos. It brought back so many memories. I've been promoting fingerboarding in Nicaragua for some years now. I've done some events. Two contests among them. I'm planning a third contest, it will be in December. I'm looking for support out there 'cuz there's no industry or shops related to fingerboarding in my country Nicaragua. Great work on the videos! Looking forward to seeing more from you. Thank you so much! I will actually give a 15 minutes workshop on the history of fingerboarding to a skateboarding academy at the beginning of next month. I will also be doing a demo and teaching about fingerboarding.

[@cdplaya]

Hello Mario! Love hearing about your story :) Good work setting those events up! Feel free to message me and I can look into finding ways to help get some support for your event!

[@przmic]

i missed the entirety of growth of the fb scene since around 2011. super happy you made a vid dedicated to covering all the main points on fb history

[@JJCM0488]

Excellent video, more than necessary for all of us who are followers of Fingerboard worldwide, in Costa Rica we are building a great community to give more importance to the sport, a hug from Costa Rica 🇨🇷

[@cdplaya]

Amazing! Love seeing that there's a community in Costa Rica! 🔥

[@Toebex]

Beautiful work Chris and very well said. It never really died, the platforms just changed. Pretty much the only reason why I stopped making videos is not to do with focusing on my own life or work or career or anything like that. I think if I truly wanted to keep it going, I would. It was more the repetitive nature of it and the plateuing of my abilities along with my friends not being as into it. I slowly stopped making vidoes because they all felt the same and I had no motivation to carry on, but then in 2015 I broke my right wrist and that sort of sealed it for me at the time. I never really found pleasure in making instagram edits and now I don't use it at all. However, it is amazing to see it still flourishing and to see so many new people in the scene, pushing it more and more. I had no idea so many shops existed. I hope to get back to making shorter videos again soon!

[@cdplaya]

Thank you Rory! I totally get that, and to be honest that's how I felt as well up until about 2017. Instagram actually excited me initially, but at this point I realized that I prefer KZbin 😅

[@fingerboardpt]

Amazing work Chris! Really enjoyed it. Also, seeing the Fingaspeak shop almost brought tears to my eyes. For some of us in Portugal (myself; Andre Coral, Loz, and Bruno Ambrosio), the Fingapektakel #2 held by Emil in 2008, was the first time anyone from Portugal went to an event abroad. This was when we all met most of the icons which until then we would only see and talk to online! Proud to say that most of my closest friends came from the same love we share for this tiny fingerboard. I do miss the "old days". I do miss the "old" the old online scene as well and the regular rants on FFI. But times change. It doesn't necessarily mean things suck today...They are just different. One thing I do believe was lost was the spirit of fingerboarding though. Nowadays its all about products, all about consumerism and brands with dozens of thousands of followers and "customers" which at the end of the day don't dedicate much (if any) time to maintain or support the scene...All these new lazy ass "brands" simply acting as re-sellers for products made in China factories, keep collecting cash on demand with zero efforts to sustain a scene that gives them so much...That's sad. There hasn't ever been so many people fingerboarding as we have to day, yet, proper events are scarce and far between...To me at least, this also explains why a lot of the "OGs" kind of disappeared. A lot of the fingerboarders that were active in the early 2000s just feel disappointed with today's scene and the route it took. That doesn't mean we are not fingerboarding. Not at all. Its just that for a lot us, the "underground" part of fingerboarding was also something we cherished. We cherished meeting face to face, drink some beers around the fire and just sit there and talk with our decks in our pockets. All in all, fingerboarding is and will always be part of me and something I will pass on to my son as well. Fingerboarding is really a huge part of my life and its also what brought so many people together to this day. Memories of all the events we have been to, memories of all the meetups, memories of brands that survived to this day despite all the low quality crap coming from China, memories of Wunsiedel, Fast Fingers, Harrics, all the events in Portugal and lowpro's continuous attempts to fuel the creative side of the scene.. Man, I love it all. As Paolo always says, fingerboarding is the great excuse. The excuse we all had and still have to simply come together to enjoy a common love. For a lot us us, fingerboarding was basically an open gateway that for something far beyond the fingerboards themselves. Fingerboarding molded our lives. Cheers!

[@Beyond_Slots]

Irecently decided to buy my 1st real board and pro setup, so happy with my soon too be build, I remember all Of this the mc donalds toys were epic as a kid and yes here in the states well yea in schools they were amazing and always being taken by teachers lol, you all missed alot if your reading this! These are still Number 1. in my book as all i can say is ty mom for sharing so many amazing things with me and to remember them is even crazier but to see them all re-invented is beyond what people thought Nothing Ever Truly Dies, nor is it forgotten GREAT VIDEO TY for making Both of them, and If you ever tell yourself that your to grown up, just remember you were a kid too! Sincerely A Loyal Boarder

[@bubbleflip]

Part 2 was just as cool as part 1! Amazing delivery of information. This will help preserve our history, way more extensive than people would first think. Hopefully you'll still produce more parts in the future!

[@modernbusinesschannel]

This ruled and was so fun to watch!

[@cdplaya]

Thank you!!

[@KenHigaG]

Thank you Chris for the hard work put into this documentary. These last years have been of growth within the latin/south american scene as well. We´re doing great, at least here in Peru, Chile & Argentina. Greetings!

[@cdplaya]

Glad you enjoyed it! I would love to cover more of the South American scene for sure. I forgot to include the DirtyMonkeys store in Buenos Aires, which I will update in this video soon!

[@deadave6127]

2024 just went to my first Carolina jam!! Had a blast! Nice to find that I can go out and session other than my home.

[@Fingerbunchz]

Much love from Indo Chris! 🍻🍻🍻

[@SteezyAsPie99]

This video was awesome, loved part 1 as well thanks for putting in all the effort to speak for our community!

[@cdplaya]

Thank you!

[@Jooohnnyy]

Really fun to watch! Good job Chris, greets from Spain 🙌🏼

[@cdplaya]

Thank you, greetings as well!!!

[@theholybara11]

2:53 I use dump trucks. Idk why I just got this with my g15.

[@DouglasBodkin]

Great work, Chris! 👏

[@mikesherrill983]

Great work! Awesome to see such a well put together history of the FB world! Thanks for what your doing! Helps shops like us at TH!S stay around by spreading the word! 🙏🤘

[@cdplaya]

Much appreciated! You guys are doing epic things for fingerboarding ❤️❤️

[@The_Joe00s]

I've been waiting for this thankyou!

[@Figgy_fb]

Been binge watching your channel this morning, love the videos homie

[@cdplaya]

Appreciate it!! And thank you for checking out the videos :D

[@lucidkid2690]

Awesome work!

[@Peej2189]

This is sweet to see. Really hoping we can see this community continue to grow.

[@DeepTheDown]

Great video Chris! Thank you

[@faroutfingerboarding]

Awesome! So proud to be a part of this community

[@cdplaya]

I'm so proud as well. Our community is the best!!

[@timmossa5860]

Loved this series man! I ride for the shop TH!S fb out of Denver Colorado and do a lot of media (filming/editing for them, did a fingerboard doc too/filming for some companies) and I really love the editing and story telling in this series. Had me stoked for the whole 25 minutes. I cannot wait to see you do a 2022-2030 video

[@cdplaya]

Thank you! I'll be releasing a combined full version with some further additions, and will be sure to add Th!s FB to the video during the store section! (I forgot Good vibes and Dirtymonkeys stores as well 🥴)

[@timmossa5860]

@@cdplaya yes! So stoked to see it! And don't even worry about it. Fingerboarding is growing so fast, every week i can barely keep up. So many shops in the continental United States I can't wait to visit em all! Thanks for showing TH!S some love!!

[@steezyconnor3472]

I love these vids so much it's cool to see the things that were happening in my hobby before I was even born

[@IAmAnonymouslyMe]

As someone whom is fairly new to the scene, I want to say thank you for taking the time to make this! Definitely helps get me up to speed a bit. Would you be able to recommend any good resources for someone wanting to do further digging into the history of fingerboarding?

[@cdplaya]

Hey! Welcome to the scene and glad you enjoyed this video 😁 there's not really a place where you can learn in depth about fingerboard history unfortunately. I used my memory to look at archived versions of old fingerboard websites from back in the day. Would you be interested in looking through some of those old sites? If so, I'm happy to post the links

[@KleineKassiopeia]

This was great!

[@jakebradley2517]

this was amazing CD, thank you!

[@gcroller93]

Great video btw dude 👏

[@brendan8241]

a phenomenal video as for your work ethic and detail really show with this kindve content and i think i can speak for most of us in this very knish community when i say thank you for this content! and keep pushing :)

[@cdplaya]

Thank you, really appreciate the kind words! More to come 😁

[@brendan8241]

@@cdplaya ill be looking forward to it! and genuinely thank you for posting its somewhat difficult to find a channel that dips into this content nowadays n i can for sure say youve earned a life long fan

[@isabellebreton7697]

Awesome work! Well done ❤️

[@cdplaya]

Thank you!!

[@limpfinger4600]

exactly what was needed

[@brienbenoit]

I'm was in that flatface session I can see myself in the video 😄

[@57RAIDEN]

So good man🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@shawnforsgren4607]

Love the vids

[@cdplaya]

Thank you!!

[@pamcakes2172]

You deserve more subs. I hope your videos blow up

[@cdplaya]

Much appreciated!

[@rasiharper7578]

Aye bro now you have Yuck skate shop in Orlando on international drive they have some really sick fingerboarding parks and all the fingerboarding stuff you’ll need really dope

[@galeafingerboarding5529]

This is an amazing video that was badly needed on KZbin, truly beautiful work ! 🙌👏 Only issue I see is when you mentioned Caramel and then proceeded to show a picture of some ugly ass China trucks 🤣🤣😭 Wasn’t expecting that 😂

[@cdplaya]

Thank you! I pulled an image off their site, but I definitely could have added the wrong image

[@cdplaya]

So the image was from their website, but looks like it's the wrong trucks 😭😭 I'm making a combined version of part 1 and 2 that will have corrections and new additions to the series. Should be up next month 🥴

[@exaafun2935]

Thank u brooooo, speechless when you tell us bout papanjari, indonesian fingerboarding. Oh man awesome!!! 🔥🔥

[@erinboylan7998]

Very well done!

[@vhsinhell]

at 3:58 thats the thumbnail to my video in the bottom left corner

[@theholybara11]

I been cleaning My fingerboard griptape while watching this video.

[@Feziwig]

this is a really cool video. the music was a little too loud

[@changooding612]

I'm hosting the first ever event in Mankato MN

[@fing_fb9874]

I think it's lit and I'm just starting but I see it's not bad time with many options and obstacles also too many opportunities just to have fun I got a pro setup today video is litty aka bad ass

[@Agent_OB]

Legend

[@caramelfingerboards]

Sick!

[@Flapsfb]

Hey, i really enjoyed this video. The only thing i didnt like is that the music seems to get louder when you dont say anything

[@heapspray]

I remember building my own fingerboards with paper and glue. With a riptape it was not bad, just lacking a bit of pop.

[@vance9672]

Epic!

[@jnkyradio]

For the culture

[@steezyconnor3472]

I love ur vids

[@names2hard4you]

Part 1 was amazing, Part 2 was even better. Great job cataloguing the history of the hobby, these 2 videos are huge!

[@cdplaya]

Thank you! I am planning on editing these two parts together into a combined version and make some minor tweaks. Might take me a couple of months though! 😅

[@names2hard4you]

@@cdplaya I'll be there to rewatch for sure 😁

[@franciscomartinssk8]

so good :)

[@TELGO]

Nice

[@cdplaya]

Thank you!

[@aon8234]

where I can find link to fingerboard underground discord server?

[@marcellomelchior2615]

🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@gnarwalvx]

So sick to see this!

[@hansirainer7213]

Epic music mp3

[@MrBluesideFB]

I NEED HELP. around 2010 there was a british KZbin fingerboarder who was sponsored by winkler wheels and i believe also BRR. his videos were top notch. i believe one of his main videos was to a song by the fray. i have been searching for him for so long but cant remember his name and cant find any videos of his on youtube! anybody remember who im talking about?!

[@demondwidya3910]

🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩✌️

[@quintenlombard9796]

No shit, I'm crying.

[@cdplaya]

Same here man 😭😭

[@tylernicholasroberts]

Plague inc soundtrack

[@bannapeels]

dayvidsjones!!!!

[@OktoPutsch]

music level is too high, too much fluctuating between your voice narration, it's tiring at the end :(

[@ezlenotoro2457]

fingerboard not dead