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Firebird (eng. finger — finger, board — Board) — reduced copy of a skateboard for riding on the fingers





However, not having opportunities because of the rain ride on your favorite Board, a guy from California Steven Asher invented entertainment called fingerbording. Making mini-boards with pendants, Steven began to try to repeat tricks that make skateboarding. Came home from work, his father noticed a new hobby son, and decided that this idea should not be wasted. So fingerbording was put on the conveyor under the flag of company "Tech Deck". Now the firm, which is the number of filings will surpass any bookmaker, is the largest manufacturer of mini-boards. Although at the moment the firm appeared the German competitor – the company "Berlin Wood" that every fingerskate to do manually. But the price is 20 dollars for one unit of product.







Later, the International Magazine on skateboarding, the article was published, which described how to make a mini skate with their hands. The initial Board created by Steven have been collected based on the 7 plastic baseball cards that were cut and glued together like the bends of a skateboard. There were halves of the pencil and the eraser became a kind of shock absorber. This model was presented at the "Powell Peraltas". There he took the omen stars such as Tony hawk, Mike McGill and others. Seeing this miracle, the famous extreme athletes, like children, chasing fingerskate at the kitchen table. Subsequently, there was a firm "blackriver", which is engaged in the production of special parks for riding on miniature models of boards. Now parks submitted by the firm, used in international competitions.



To us this kind of mini-sport came not so long ago, namely in 2001. Then about fingerboard knew a very small circle of people – about 50 people, well, turn...

And most importantly, the level of domestic fingerskate is growing steadily.

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