I made up this new trick today. It's sort of a hybrid of spinning devil stick, which I was passionate about in middle school, and learning to flip my pen in high school. In the early days of the fingerboarding people put a lot of emphasis on mimicking the same tricks foot skateboarders did. Even the grip tape mimicked foot skateboards, and was effectively an emory board. A few years later they realized soft foam actually grips finger pads far better, and what's called "professional grip tape" entered the market. Boards also became proportionally wider than foot skateboards, as that's what fits better with the hand. Similarly, I like tricks unique to the capacities one has with their fingers, their hand, their wrist, and arm. For instance height works differently. One can ollie 20 times the length of the board, do grinds upside down on the bottom edge of cabinets, and ride up walls and table legs. It's a different skatepark. 🎥@gerridavis #slowmo #fingerboarding #differentskatepark (at New York, New York)
