Fingerboarding is the miniaturized version of skateboarding. Instead of risking life and limb on dangerous skateboard stunts, you can have a lot of the same fun safely and indoors using a finger skateboard. Instead of feet, your fingers do all the riding. Fingerboarders learn all the same tricks as skateboarders. Their boards are only a few inches long, but they take their hobby seriously.
Basic Stance
In skateboarding, you learn a different stance for different tricks. This is because you must adjust your balance for different maneuvers. With finger skateboards, stances do not usually vary. For anyone who is learning fingerboarding for the first time after experience with real skateboards, forget about the different stances associated with real riding. This tip will save your hours. Place your index finger near the middle of the board and your middle finger on its tail. This provides the leverage necessary to easily flip the board into the air using pressure on the tail.
The Ollie
The "ollie" is the most basic skateboard trick and consists of a simple jump in the air. You must learn the ollie before you try many other tricks in skateboarding, and the same is true on a finger skateboard. Here's a quick tip about the ollie. You can control its height by alternating the position of your index finger slightly. Focus on this instead of applying more pressure to the middle finger as you hit down on the board for the jump. The basic stance puts your index finger in the middle of the fingerboard, which is usually right on the board's logo. If you move your finger forward towards the nose of the board, you will have greater control over the board while it jumps. However, you sacrifice height. When learning the ollie, try to vary your index finger position slightly to see where you find the best combination of height and control.
Kick Flips
The "kick flip" in skateboarding is a lengthwise rotation while in the air from an ollie jump. It resembles a barrel roll and is one of the most common tricks in both real skateboarding and also fingerboarding. In real skateboarding, you often initiate a kick flip by placing one foot slightly under the edge of the board's side and pulling up to start the rotation. This is technically possible in fingerboarding, but the light weight of the board itself allows other methods that are more efficient. Most fingerboarders flip the board by simply adding a little top pressure to an edge from the index finger just after the jump. Try this tip on your kick flips and see how much easier it can be.
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