Future Primitive Deck

Lance Mountain Future Primitive Reissue Skateboard Deck by Powell Peralta. Never been displayed and comes from a clean smoke-free home. Shipping is a. More flat $15 in the Continental USA. Will be packed and shipped with plenty of protection. If you need more photos or have any questions. Please ask before bidding. Lance Mountain took first or second place in almost every amateur contest in which he participated. Mountain's first skateboard deck sponsor was Variflex, a company that he joined in 1981; Mountain then moved to the Powell-Peralta team in the following year(1982). Aug 02, 2017  It seems like a great company, but are their decks any good? I test out my third and final primitive deck to answer that question for you.

Lance Mountain
Personal information
Birth nameRobert Lance Mountain
BornJune 13, 1964 (age 55)
Pasadena, California, U.S.
OccupationSkateboarder, artist
Spouse(s)Yvette Loveless
WebsiteLanceMountain.com

Robert Lance Mountain (born June 13, 1964) is a professional skateboarder and artist who was one of the prominent skateboarders throughout the 1980s, primarily due to his involvement with the Bones Brigade. As of August 2017, Mountain continues to skate professionally and his sponsors include Flip, Nike SB, Independent Trucks, Spitfire Wheels, and Bones Bearings.

Professional skateboarding[edit]

Powell-Peralta to The Firm[edit]

Lance Mountain took first or second place in almost every amateur contest in which he participated. Mountain's first skateboard deck sponsor was Variflex, a company that he joined in 1981; Mountain then moved to the Powell-Peralta team in the following year(1982). It was during his time with Powell-Peralta that he formed a strong friendship with Stacy Peralta, the team manager and director of the Bones Brigade video series—Mountain appears in eight Bones Brigade videos, including the well-known video The Search For Animal Chin (the final video was the 1991 production Eight).[1][2]

Mountain gained further eminence when he won the Upland Turkey Shoot contest at Upland Skatepark in 1983, an event in which fellow team riders Steve Caballero, Mike McGill, and Tony Hawk also competed. This was followed by Mountain's 1984 appearance in skateboarding's first, full-length company video The Bones Brigade Video Show, in which Mountain filmed the segue segments for all of the 'vert' (a style of skateboarding that involves skateboarding on a vertical 'u'-shaped ramp) and 'freestyle' (a style of skateboarding that involves technical skateboarding on flat ground) parts; the segments depict Mountain as he skateboards throughout the streets of Los Angeles, US.[3]

In the early 1990s, the skateboard industry underwent a major transformation; the popularity of street-style skateboarding superseded that of vert skateboarding, thereby diminishing the status of the Bones Brigade while the prominence of the next wave of skaters increased. In 1991, Mountain left Powell-Peralta to cofound his own skateboard company 'The Firm' and, together with former Powell-Peralta teammate Ray Barbee, recruited a team of notable skateboarders that included Bob Burnquist and Rodrigo 'Tx' Teixeira.[4]

Following the company's further development, The Firm signed a distribution deal with Blitz Distribution. Following four videos[5] and over a decade of existence, Mountain announced the end of The Firm on March 13, 2006.[4]

Flip[edit]

Following the demise of The Firm, several former team members were recruited by the Flip company—Mountain, Burnquist, and Teixeira (all three skateboarders appeared in the Flip full-length video Extremely Sorry (2009)[6][7][8]). As of March 2013, Mountain and Burnquist continue to be sponsored by Flip.[9] As a team rider for Flip, Mountain is one of the professional skateboarders featured in Tony Hawk's Proving Ground, an appearance that marked Mountain's first appearance in the Tony Hawk series of video games.[10]

Sponsorship[edit]

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As of October 2012, Mountain is sponsored by Flip, Independent Trucks, Spitfire, Nike SB (announced on May 7, 2007), and Stüssy clothing.[11]

Influence[edit]

In Transworld SKATEboarding's '30 Most Influential Skaters Of All Time' list, Mountain was selected in the eighteenth position and Skin Phillips, the Editor-in-chief of the magazine, commended Mountain for his ability to 'put a smile' on the faces of skateboarders over four decades of professional skateboarding.[12] At the time that the list was released in December 2011, Mountain stated in response: 'I feel like I’ve influenced in the sense that if you want to do it, do it. If you don’t want to do it, don’t do it. But don’t rely on what people are saying you can do or saying what you can’t do.'[13]

Artist[edit]

Mountain is a prolific artist and, as of March 2013, a catalog of his work is featured on the official Lance Mountain website, lancemountain.com. The catalog is divided into three sections: 'Art Shows' (a collection of all of the art shows that Mountain has produced, with titles such as 'Locals Only' and 'Love & Guts'), 'Art Owners' (displays photographic portraits of people who own pieces of Mountain's art), and 'Random Stuff' (includes Mountain's work with items such as coffee tables, stencils, and oil paint).[14]

Mountain

In 2011, Mountain and his son contributed pieces to an art exhibition that celebrated the life of Joe Strummer, the former band member of The Clash who died in 2002.[15][16] Mountain also provided graphics for a Peralta-directed television movie named When Disaster Strikes.[17]

Inventor[edit]

Mountain is often cited as one of the inventors of the fingerboard, as he fashioned the prototype out of cardboard, pencil erasers, and a disassembled Hot Wheels toy in the late 1970s. Mountain's invention was featured in a Transworld Skateboarding magazine article, as well as the Powell Peralta video, Future Primitive. The fingerboard was initially created as a fun do-it-yourself project, for which kitchen sinks were used to emulate pool riding, and has since evolved into a major toy category that has sold multiple millions of units (most prominently under the Tech Deck brand).

Together with Caballero, Mountain was the co-designer of the Independent 'Stage V' skateboard truck;[18] Mountain is also the co-inventor, with Neil Blender, of the transitional skateboard maneuver the 'Gay Twist'.[19]

Contest history[edit]

  • 2nd in 1982 Rusty Harris Pro Contest at Whittier: Pool
  • 4th in 1982 Rusty Harris Pro Series Overall Results: Pool
  • 1st in 1982 Summit V Open Ramp Contest at Nor-Cal: Highest Air
  • 1st in 1982 Summit V Open Ramp Contest at Nor-Cal: Add-On Competition
  • 3rd in 1982 Christmas Classic Contest at Upland Skatepark: Pool
  • 1st in 1983 Summer World Series at Del Mar, Doubles (with Steve Caballero): Pool
  • 1st in 1983 Turkey Shoot Contest at Upland Skatepark: Pool
  • 3rd in 1983 St. Pete Ramp Jam: Vert
  • 1st in 1984 NSA Summer Series at Upland Skatepark, Doubles (with Steve Caballero): Pool
  • 4th in 1984 Massacre at Tahoe Contest: Vert
  • 5th in 1985 Vision/Sims King of the Mountain Contest at Virginia Beach: Vert
  • 3rd in 1985 Skateboard Plus Pro Contest at Little Rock, Arkansas: Vert
  • 1st in 1985 NSA Terror in Tahoe Contest: Vert
  • 5th in 1985 NSA Rap Up at the Skate Ranch at Del Mar: Pool
  • 3rd in 1985 Skateboard Plus Pro Contest at Little Rock, Arkansas: Vert
  • 5th in 1985 Shut Up And Skate Ramp Jam at the Skatepark of Houston, Texas: Vert
  • 2nd in 1985 NSA/Variflex Rage at Badlands Contest at Upland Skatepark: Pool
  • 2nd in 1986 Hot Tropics Pro Contest at Mobile, Alabama: Vert
  • 4th in 1986 Go Skate Sacramento Pro Contest: Vert
  • 6th in 1986 NSA Expo 86 (Vancouver, BC): Vert
  • 4th in 1986 NSA Chicago Blowout Pro Contest: Vert
  • 6th in 1986 NSA Bare Cover Pro Contest in Tempe, AZ: Vert
  • 6th in 1986 NSA Finals Pro Contest at Anaheim Convention Center: Vert
  • 5th in 1987 NSA VP Fair Pro Championship Contest at St. Louis: Vert
  • 2nd in 1987 Titus World Cup Contest at Muenster, Germany: Vert
  • 2nd in 1987 Titus World Cup Contest at Muenster, Germany: Street
  • 6th in 1987 Thrasher Savannah Slamma I Contest: Street
  • 1st in 1988 Raging Waters' Boomer Ramp Contest in San Jose, CA: Longest Stalled Invert
  • 3rd in 1988 NSA Gotcha Grind Contest at Seattle, Washington: Vert
  • 4th in 1988 Torquay Ramp Riot II at Torquay, Australia: Vert
  • 6th in 1988 Tracker Bluegrass Aggression Session at Freedom Hall, Louisville: Street
  • 5th in 1988 Titus World Cup Contest at Muenster, Germany: Vert
  • 5th in 1988 Airwalk Skate Fest Contest at Toronto, Canada: Vert
  • 3rd in 1988 NSA Pro Streetstyle Contest at Pride Pavilion, Phoenix St.: Street
  • 4th in 1988 Capitol Burnout at the Sacramento Raceway: Mini Ramp
  • 1st in 1989 Titus World Cup Contest at Muenster, Germany: Street
  • 5th in 1990 Titus World Cup Contest at Muenster, Germany: Vert
  • 7th in 1991 NSA Pro Finals at the Skatepark of Houston, Texas: Vert
  • 7th in 1994 PSL Vert Contest in Santa Ana, California: Vert
  • 9th in 1996 Pro Vert Contest at the Skatepark of Tampa, Florida: Vert
  • 1st in 2016 Vans Pool Party Legends Contest, Orange, CA: Vert [20]

All contest results are covered in Thrasher Magazine and can be checked at the Thrasher Magazine Archives.[21]

Filmography[edit]

  • Thrashin' (1986)[17]
  • Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987)
  • Gleaming the Cube (1989)
  • Stoked (2002)
  • Lords of Dogtown (2005)
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Mountain appears in a brief, uncredited cameo role in Lords of Dogtown, in which he appears as a 'bobby' police officer in England, United Kingdom (UK), during a scene that portrays Tony Alva filming a commercial.[citation needed]

Personal life[edit]

Mountain's self-identified faith is Christianity[22] and he is married to Yvette Loveless; the couple are parents to a son.[22]

Videography[edit]

  • Summer Sessions (1985)
  • Powell Peralta: The Bones Brigade Video Show (1985)
  • Powell Peralta: Future Primitive (1985)
  • NSA 86' Vol. 1 (1986)
  • Powell Peralta: The Search For Animal Chin (1987)
  • Skateboard Superstars (1987)
  • Powell Peralta: Public Domain (1988)
  • Powell Peralta: Axe Rated (1988)
  • Thrasher: Savannah Slamma (1988)
  • Powell Peralta: Ban This (1989)
  • Powell Peralta: Propaganda (1990)
  • Powell Peralta: Eight (1991)
  • The Firm: La Buena Vida (1992)
  • Fruit Of The Vine (2000)
  • 411VM: Issue 50 (2002)
  • Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator (2002)
  • Chlorine (2003)
  • The Firm: Can't Stop (2003)
  • Thrasher: King Of The Road 2004 (2004)
  • Thrasher: Beers, Bowls & Barneys (2004)
  • Thrasher: Beer Helmet (2005)
  • Black Label: Who Cares? The Duane Peters Story (2005)
  • Flip: Feast Tours (2006)
  • Thrasher: Keg Killer (2006)
  • Elwood: 1st & Hope (2006)
  • Nike SB: Nothing But The Truth (2007)
  • Independent: 30th Anniversary Tour (2008)
  • Firsthand: Lance Mountain (2009)
  • Flip: Extremely Sorry (2009)
  • Nike SB: Don't Fear The Sweeper (2010)
  • Bones Brigade: An Autobiography (2012)
  • Poweredge: We Are Skateboarders (2012)[2]
  • Nike SB: SB Chronicles, Vol.3 (2015)

References[edit]

  1. ^Sean Irving (23 August 2012). 'DOWNLOAD: THE SEARCH FOR ANIMAL CHIN'. Acclaim. ACCLAIM Pty Ltd. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  2. ^ ab'Lance Mountain skate videos'. Skatevideosite.com. Skatevideosite.com. 2005–2013. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  3. ^Gustavo Fumero (25 September 2011). 'The Bones Brigade Video Show - OLD SCHOOL SKATE - FULL - Presented ...'(Video upload). YouTube. Google, Inc. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  4. ^ ab'The Firm Skateboards'. Skately. Skately LLC. 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  5. ^'The Firm skate videos'. Skatevideosite.com. Skatevideosite.com. 2005–2013. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  6. ^RyenBreskyMedia (25 January 2012). 'Flip Extremely Sorry - Lance Mountain'(Video upload). YouTube. Google, Inc. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  7. ^RyenBreskyMedia (23 January 2012). 'Flip Extremely Sorry - Mark Appleyard, David Gonzalez, Bob Burnquist'(Video upload). YouTube. Google, Inc. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  8. ^Alexis Bertorello (6 September 2011). 'Extremely Sorry - Rodrigo TX'(Video upload). YouTube. Google, Inc. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  9. ^'Team'. Flip Skateboards. Flip Skateboards. March 2013. Archived from the original on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  10. ^myuusmeow (18 October 2007). 'Tony Hawk Proving Ground Skater Vid- Lance Mountain'(Video upload). YouTube. Google, Inc. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  11. ^Nike SB Welcomes Lance Mountain - Transworld Business MagazineArchived May 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^skin (31 May 2012). '30TH ANNIVERSARY INTERVIEWS: LANCE MOUNTAIN'. Transworld SKATEboarding. Bonnier Corporation. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  13. ^Blair Alley (20 December 2011). 'THE 30 MOST INFLUENTIAL SKATERS OF ALL TIME'. Transworld SKATEboarding. Bonnier Corporation. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  14. ^Lance Mountain (March 2013). 'Art/Music'. Official LanceMountain.com. Lance Mountain. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  15. ^Taylor Hamby (5 August 2011). 'Garageland, a Joe Strummer Tribute, at 2nd Floor Last Night'. OC Weekly. OC Weekly, LP. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  16. ^Jon Dennis (23 December 2002). 'Punk legend Joe Strummer dies'. The Guardian. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  17. ^ ab'Lance Mountain'. The New York Times. The New York Times Company. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  18. ^Independent Truck Co
  19. ^'2014 – Lance Mountain'.
  20. ^https://www.vans.com/article_detail/vans-pool-party.html
  21. ^Thrasher Magazine Archives. Website Thrasher Magazine. Retrieved January 01, 2015
  22. ^ ab'bio'. Lancemountain.com. Retrieved 2012-07-10.

External links[edit]

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Underside of a Tech Deck fingerboard including Japanese-style graphics. There are also more professional fingerboards made of wood.

A fingerboard is a replica of a skateboard that someone 'rides' by making skateboarding tricks with their fingers, it can also be used as a collection piece. The device itself is a scaled-down skateboard complete with graphics, trucks and moving wheels.[1] A fingerboard is commonly about 100 millimeters (3.9 in) long, and can have a variety of widths ranging from 26 to 34 mm (1.0 to 1.3 in). Skateboarding tricks may be performed using fingers instead of feet. Tricks done on a fingerboard are inspired by tricks done on real skateboards. Professional skateboarder Lance Mountain is widely credited as making the first fingerboard, and his skit in Powell-Peralta's 'Future Primitive' video brought fingerboarding to the skateboarders of the world in the mid-1980s. Around the same time, he wrote an article on how to make fingerboards in TransWorld SKATEboarding magazine.[1]

Although fingerboarding was a novelty within the skateboarding industry for years, as skateboarding reached enormous and widespread popularity in the late 1990s, Canadian toymaker Spin Master realized the potential for the toys, specifically for products bearing the logos and branding of real skateboarding brands, and introduced the Tech Deck brand. These fingerboards caught on during this period and the brand has since grown into a widely recognized icon in the toy business. Toy fingerboards like Tech Decks are now available as inexpensive novelty toys as well as high-end collectibles, complete with accessories one would find in use with standard-size skateboards.[2][3][4] Fingerboards are also used by skateboarders as 3-D model visual aids to understand potential tricks and maneuvers;[5] many users make videos to document their efforts.

Similar to fingerboarding, although less popular, handboarding involves a scaled-down version of a skateboard that a user controls with their hands.

History[edit]

Fingerboards were first created as homemade finger toys in the late 1960s and later became a novelty attached to keychains in skate shops (but were also mentioned as a model for a skateboard).[3] In the 1985 Powell-Peralta skateboarding video 'Future Primitive,' Lance Mountain rode a homemade fingerboard in a double-bin sink. It is widely accepted that this is where the idea for the ramp found in The Search for Animal Chin came from. Some consider this the earliest fingerboard footage available for public viewing. That homemade fingerboard was built from wood, tubes, and toy trainaxles.[1]

Fingerboards have been a peripheral part of the skateboarding industry since the late 1980s and were originally marketed as keychains. Somerville International's Fingerboard brand, established in 1987, was the first to mass-produce fingerboards with licensed-actual skateboard graphics with the introduction of the Pro-Precision board. [1] Since their introduction, the brand has undergone numerous changes in naming convention, product designs, and partnerships. Most notably their partnership with McDonalds to produce fingerboards for Happy Meal toys in the early 2000s. They produced a number of 'finger sport' toys and also created the skateboarding action figure 'Finger Boy' and 'Finger Girl'. They are also credited to the first mass-produced wooden fingerboard, utilizing parts from their 2nd generation fingerboards. One of the first companies to design and manufacture fingerboard ramps was Buckledown (Buckledown Products). Instead of a popular toy store, you had to get their products in skateboard equipment catalog such as CCS, or had to hope your local skateshop stocked a few. Buckledown holds the first U.S. Patent to a fingerboard ramp design. Shortly after, a brand called 'Berzerk' by Hobbico produced fingerboard kit ramps out of a coroplast material. These ramps had an eerily strong resemblance to the Buckledown kit ramps. On the back of the Berzerk packaging, a website link that read 'www.techdeck.com'. What exactly ensued after their release is unclear, but finding these 'lawsuit' era kit-ramps are few and far between. Shortly after in 1999, Tech Deck, now claimed by X-Concepts hit every toy store across the United States with a redesigned ramp kit, and a more accurate model of a skateboard compared to the Pro-Precision boards. X-Concepts followed Somerville's ideology with licensed pro graphics from major skateboard brands, as well as designs harnessed from entertainment properties such as 'Speed Racer,' 'Woody Woodpecker,' 'NASCAR,' 'Heavy Metal,' and 'Crash Bandicoot.' As fingerboards became more prominent outside the skateboarding community, in 1999 there was a Tech Deck fashion of collecting one of each design similar to the Beanie Baby fad months prior.[1] Entertainment-based fingerboard brands couldn't compete against the urban juggernaut, and eventually disappeared. Skateboard manufacturers also caught on to the opportunity. Think's Super Mini Boards, the Deluxe Finger Banger Boards, and Shorty's Digi Decks to name a few. Skateboard Clothing/Shoe companies such as DC Shoes and ZooYork included a fingerboard with their own branding as an extra when you purchased one of their products in the early 2000s.[1] They thus developed the fingerboard into a collectibletoy and the practice into a 'form of mental skating'.[3]

Fingerboarding is popular in Europe, Singapore, Asia and the United States, and there is growing popularity in Eastern Europe.[3][6] Besides skateshops and the internet, Fingaspeak, a fingerboard store opened in Steyr, Austria although rumored to be the world's first fingerboard store, it joins a very small list of fingerboard stores that are available.[3] Although the sport of fingerboarding originated in the United States over 25 years ago it has really caught on fire in the European scene. The United States is following and it is estimated that although the popularity seems to be in favor of the Europeans, the American Fingerboard scene has equal sales. This may be due to the flooding of the market and the availability of resources in the United States. Fingerboarding has evolved from a hobby to a lifestyle for some people. Fingerboarders have regular 'contests, fairs, workshops and other events'. Example of these events are: FastFingers, and FlatFace Rendezvous.[1][3] Fingerboard-product sales were estimated at $120-million for 1999.[1]

Fingerboarding is a good match for videography as the action can be controlled and framing the activity offers opportunities for creativity.[7][failed verification] With the rise of the online video business from early 2006,[8] fueled, in part, because the feature that allows e-mailing clips to friends,[9] several thousand finger board and handboard videos can now be found on popular video-sharing sites such as YouTube. Thus even if the weather does not permit a skateboarder to practice outside they could try a potential trick with their scaled-down fingerboard and related items and share the video with whomever they wished.

Usage[edit]

A fingerboard approaching a ramp

Fingerboards are used by a range of people from those utilizing them as toys to skateboarding and related sports professionals envisioning not only their own skating maneuvers but for others as well and can include the use for planning out competition courses as skateboarding develops into an international sport. Similar to train enthusiasts building railway models, fingerboard hobbyists often construct and purchase reduced scalemodel figures that would be considered natural features to an urban skateboarder such as handrails, benches, and stairs they would be likely to encounter while riding. In addition users might build and buy items seen in a skatepark including half-pipes,[10]quarter pipes, trick boxes, vert ramps,[11] pyramids, banked ramps, full pipes, and any number of other trick-oriented objects.[12] These objects can be used simply for enjoyment and also to assist the visualization of skateboarding tricks or the 'flow' from one trick to the next (colloquially referred to as 'lines'). Fingerboarding events feature some of the latest elaborate models and accessories; many of the manufacturers features photos and videos on their websites.

Components[edit]

The parts of a fingerboard are: deck, grip tape (grip, rip tape, rubber tape), trucks, bushings, and wheels. The trucks and decks can easily be modified (modding) to reduce weight, improve smoothness or look better. The trucks are screwed to the deck by means of tiny screws. Modding tutorials can be found online. Decks are the major component of a board and where, on a standard skateboard, one would stand. There is a wide variety of decks with material ranging from wood to plastic, to paper. Most commonly, decks are made out of wood, as this gives it more 'pop' and a more authentic feel. The average deck will have two kicks - a flared end used for leveraging the board - while some old-school models have only one end flared. During the early stages of the fingerboarding scene, decks traditionally had lower kicks like that of a Berlinwood Old Mold or a Tech Deck however, the 'default' shape nowadays has medium kicks and low concave. Some decks have higher kicks, like Aphlikshun's K Deck, and if the kicks are very steep, they are referred to as 'wall kicks'. Some companies offer complete custom fingerboards, such as, which type of shape, graphic, or ply they want. Examples: Yellowood, Diamond Decks Fingerboard, Berlinwood, Flatface, Lowpro.

Griptape is the friction tape adhered to the topside of the deck to enable users to more easily maintain control of the board. There are many types of griptape. Some use standard skateboard griptape, although the griptape may wear out faster on fingerboards as they endure more moisture from the sweat and oils of a user's hands. There are also softer alternatives and grippy tape which is less harsh on a user's fingers allowing them to fingerboard for longer periods of time. Examples of this tape are Riptape, FBS Extra Smooth, No Comply Foamy Greatness, and Yellowood's Slim Tape. Most of these are made a thin layer of foam, with adhesive on the reverse. Trucks are the structures attached to the bottom of the deck that house the wheels and bushings. Some trucks are all one molded piece while others are scaled-down versions of regular skateboard trucks. Example: BRR Trucks, Y-Trucks. As fingerboarding has evolved 'collector' and 'pro' versions have emerged with some brands shaped using special instruments to make them lighter and look better. Bushings are pliable material that provide the cushion mechanism for turning a standard skateboard but on a fingerboard help stabilize the trucks thus keeping the wheels in the same position to enable stronger tricks and visual appeal. Collector and 'pro' brand bushings are made from many different types of squishy material, usually rubberized plastic or rubber. The wheels can determine how smooth the ride is thus what kind of 'flow' a user's ride can be. The professional brands are traditionally made out of a variety of different materials, and have small ball-bearings inside the bearings to enhance the smoothness. A couple examples of these wheels, Flatface Wheels, Ywheels, Oak Wheels, and Winkler Wheels.

Future Primitive Skate Video

Tech Deck makes hard plastic as well as wooden skateboards and borrows designs from many well-known skateboard manufacturers, such as Blind, Flip, and Element.[1] They use grip tape, and professional graphics on most of their decks. The stock trucks on Tech Decks are made of die-cast metal and have two separate axles for the wheels to roll on. The wheels are made out of plastic along with the bushings. Some fingerboarders prefer the feel and performance of decks made from wood. Wooden decks can be made from 3-7 plies of a given veneer; maple, walnut, and mahogany being the most popular. All of the hole-drilling and shaping is done by hand or with the aid of a machine, thus the price is higher. A wooden deck from a popular company can have a low to high price range usually depending on the quality of the deck one is to purchase, prices range from 10 - US$52. Wooden fingerboard makers are now offering custom designs; the buyer can choose from their line of graphics or send in their own. The wooden boards come in a variety of widths from 26 – 32 mm and concave can vary greatly from maker to maker. Some companies offer even more customization options such as the choosing of the plies used to go into the deck, as well as the width/length of the deck. Along with wooden decks, advanced fingerboarder's also tend to prefer bearing wheels to plastic. Bearing wheels can be made from a range of materials such as teflon, urethane, silicon, fiberglass, and even clay. The wheels are usually put into a lathe to ensure the best shape. Once the wheels have been readied, bearings are put into place to increase the smoothness of the wheels rolling on the axle. Tuning screws for the wheels cause the wheels to roll more smoothly. Rather than using the stock axles and kingpins that come on Tech Deck trucks, some more advanced fingerboards use tuning screws, softer 'foam griptape' and custom kingpins to ensure that wheels and hangars are more properly secured. Example: Blackriver Trucks and YTrucks. Board rails can be added to the deck bottom similar to those used on a standard skateboard. Fingerboards made with plastic are sometimes modified by heating the plastic to shape it, such as making the kicks higher or adding concavity.

Fingersnowboarding and handboards[edit]

A chicken on a mini-skateboard, similar to a handboard.

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Similar to fingerboarding, fingersnowboarding is snowboarding on a small-scale snowboard controlled with one's fingers. In December 1999 the first-ever World Snowboard Fingerboard Championships was held with a cash prize of C$1,000.00.[13] Sponsored by companies such as Gravity Fingerboards, Transworld Snowboarding and Snowboard Lifemagazines and others the competition featured twenty competitors utilizing a custom 'fingerboard snowboard park.'[13]Tom Sims, a world champion of snowboarding,[14] ended his run by landing his fingersnowboard into a flamingshotglass of Sambuka; he was treated for minor burns and donated his winning prize to Surfrider Foundation's Snowrider Project and to Board AID.[13] (A photo of the course can be seen here [1].)

Lance Mountain Future Primitive Deck

Handboards, similar to fingerboards, are a scaled-down version of a skateboard roughly half to a third of the size of a standard skateboard (29 centimeters or 11 in) and utilizes a person's hands rather than just their fingers to control the board and perform tricks and maneuvers. Handboards, because of their larger size, more closely match details of a standard skateboard. For instance a skateboard truck, the wheel structure, would more likely to match part for part an actual skateboard truck rather than be a cast one-piece construction or otherwise simplified. If a user preferred a particular type of wood or decorative style that could also more easily resemble a full-scale skateboard.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ abcdefghiWaters, Mark (2000-03-03). 'The Fingerboard Controversy: Are toy-skateboard makers promoting skateboarding or just profiting?'. Transworld Business. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
  2. ^Hocking, Justin; Jeff Knutson; Jared Jacang Maher; Jocko Weyland (2004). ' Life and Limb: Skateboarders Write from the Deep End. Soft Skull Press. ISBN9781932360288. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
  3. ^ abcdef'About Fingerboarding'. Blackriver Ramps. 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-12-27. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
  4. ^'Fingerboard Tuning'. Fingerboardstore.de. 2007. Retrieved 2008-12-25.
  5. ^Mullen, Rodney; Sean Mortimer (2004). skateboard#PPA43,M1 The Mutt: How to Skateboard and Not Kill Yourself Check |url= value (help). HarperCollins. ISBN9780060556181. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
  6. ^'Fingerboard Events Forum'. Fingerboard.de. 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
  7. ^Vienne, Véronique (2003). Fresh Dialogue 3: New Voices in Graphic Design. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN9781568984179. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
  8. ^Perez, Juan Carlos (September 13, 2007). 'US online video popularity keeps climbing'. MacWorld. Retrieved 2007-09-15.
  9. ^Zawadski, Alison (September 13, 2007). 'A Work in Progress'. Le Provocateur. Retrieved 2007-09-15.
  10. ^Halford, Wayne; Eric SodKar Fai; Steven Moran (2000-08-03). 'Roll-up halfpipe for miniature toy skateboard'. Mattel, Inc. Retrieved 2007-12-25. Patent number: 6350174; Filing date: Aug 3, 2000; Issue date: Feb 26, 2002.
  11. ^Labelson, Ross; Timothy J. Klima (19 July 1999). 'Amusement ramp and method for constructing same'. Pillsbury Winthrop LLP. Retrieved 2007-12-25. Patent number: 6623367, Filing date: Jul 17, 1999; Issue date: Sep 23, 2003.
  12. ^Hull, Everett (10 December 2004). 'Reciprocating plaything and method for playing'. Thomas L. Adams. Retrieved 2007-12-25. Patent number: 7261613; Filing date: Dec 10, 2004; Issue date: Aug 28, 2007
  13. ^ abcStouffer, John (17 December 1999). 'Snowtopia 99: Tom Sims Wins World Fingersnowboard Championships'. Transworld Business. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
  14. ^'Snowboarders Finally in Olympics, But Are Conforming Grudgingly', Salt Lake Tribune, February 8, 1998.

Further reading[edit]

  • Finger Skate Board Tricks and Tips Prepack by Susan Buntrock (2000); Scholastic, Incorporated - ISBN0-439-21714-8.
  • Life and Limb: Skateboarders Write from the Deep End by Justin Hocking, Jeff Knutson, Jared Jacang Maher (2004); Soft Skull Press - ISBN1-932360-28-X. (See Whaling chapter by Justin Hocking).

Primitive Tech Deck

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