Fingerbord
It is rumored that their birth is a hobby like fingerboard due to rainy weather. It was because of her that young skateboarder Stephen Asher could not practice on his favorite skateboard. Then Stephen decided that to make a small copy of the skate and perform tricks on it with your fingers - it's very good ...
Fingerbord is a very accurate reduced copy of a conventional skateboard. It completely repeats all the bends and proportionsThis board has wheels and pendants. And one of the most famous manufacturers of fingerboards, the company Tech Deck, paint their products according to skate models from world manufacturers.
Fingerboards are made of wood or plastic intwo dimensional variations: mini-fingerboard (30-50 mm) and medium fingerboard (96 mm). A plastic or wooden board, on which the fingers are put, is called a deck. The front of the deck is called nose, the rear is tail. To keep fingers from slipping while performing stunts on the deck, glip tape is a special skin, like sandpaper.
In fingerboarding, there is some basic rules:
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The main trick on the fingerboard is alley (ollie). With an ally, you should start studying fingerboarding. The essence of this trick is the ability to make a jump upward, without taking your fingers off the fingerboard. The process is the following:
- put the middle finger on the fingerboard's tail so that it closes the two most rear screws, put the index finger on the middle of the fingerboard parallel to the deck;
- with the middle finger, click on the tail, pointing to pull the fingerboard up, along the skin;
- in flight, the middle finger remains on the fingerboard, the index finger can be aligned with the movement of the fingerboard, setting it horizontal position;
- when landing the middle finger should be on the rear screws, the index finger on the front screws.
Nolly (nollie) - a trick very similar to an ally, with thatThe difference is that it is performed on the know, i.e. on the front of the deck. In the trick of Nolly, the middle finger is located in the middle of the deck, and the index finger is on the nose. A click is made with the index finger, and the middle finger serves as a "helm". When landing, the fingers should be bolted.
Tricks and skating styles on fingerboards almost completely repeat the styles of skateboarding:
- vert - ramp;
- street - street, you can roll a fingerboard on benches, rails, stairs;
- park - a park, for fingerboarding, exact small copies of skateboard parks are created;
- pool - pool, fingerboarding also has smaller copies, similar to skate pools.
Fingerboarding is not only a fashionable hobby,almost a sport. There are even special fingerboard clubs, whose members regularly hold competitions among themselves or with participants of other clubs.
