The History of Fingerboard Stores | ASI Berlin, Slushcult, Dirty Monkeys, Vals and more!
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This video will tell you all about the history of fingerboard storefronts! In my mind, opening a brick-and-mortar store in my opinion is the single most important action a fingerboarder can do for the scene. There’s a lot of risk involved and yet these stores have made massive impressions in fingerboarding.
Note: I am missing a handful of stores (I figured it would happen lol) there is also Radical in Australia, Yellowood Store in Portugal
0:00 Introduction
0:54 Fingaspeak
2:16 Cattapult Broken Bones
3:20 Blackriver Store / ASI Berlin Store
4:19 The PoP Factory
4:49 Th!s
5:09 Yuck
5:32 Axe Ramps
6:00 USA FBL HQ
6:26 Goodvibes
7:10 6skates
7:45 Slushcult
8:46 Vals Fingershop
9:11 Dirty Monkeys
9:45 GuaiGuaiChai Workshop
10:15 Loompa Fingerboards
10:38 Finger Industries
11:08 Conclusion
In the earliest times, fingerboards could be purchased at either A) toy stores B) Large retailers C) Skateboard shops. Now, in this video we will feature stores that were established as fingerboard stores, but you will also see stores that have dual industries. In fact, we’ve seen stores that have been established as skateshops, design studios, and streetwear/fashion that now double as fingerboard stores and event spaces.
In 2004, something monumental occurred. We saw the first dedicated brick-and-mortar storefront open in Steyr, Austria. Fingaspeak hosted many contests, and ran a large, annual contest, Fingaspektakel, which was probably the second most renowned fingerboard competition outside of Fast Fingers at the time.
This highlights the influence that a brick-and-mortar fingerboard store can have on both a local community and at a global level. Unfortunately, the store ended up not working out and closed in 2009.
The first fingerboard store in Germany, Cattapult Broken Bones, opened in 2008 in Fürstenfeldbruck a town located in Bavaria about halfway between Munich and Augsburg. About 30 minutes away from Munchen HBF by train, it was easily accessible for the Munich fingerboard community.
Like the impact Fingaspeak had on the Steyr community, Cattapult changed the fingerboard scene. Nico Frank, Bene Muller, Daniel Zeise, Bene Muller, and Danny Friedrich. Munich locals such as Martin Winkler would hop on the train and head over on occasion. Downstairs was a retail store. Upstairs was an epic fingerboard setup, with multiple blackriver parks including a G5 and G6 Park and even a custom park built by the Cattapult crew.
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The quality of your videos these days is really amazing… Dr. Fingerboard. We must protect Chris Daniel!
@cdplaya
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! 😁😁😁
So glad I found your channel. I was a "sponsored" fingerboardsr when I was 12/13/14 or so with a few of those companies who made home made boards. Haven't thought about it in years, finding your channel brought back memories of back then. Love it!
@cdplaya
9 ай бұрын
Thank you!! Those days were awesome 😎
Cattapult is a memory I forgot I had. These history videos are so good, man.
Thanks for the support!!!
No flatface store!!!!! Come on Chris!!! Awesome video either way!!!
Yooo! I’m the owner of yuck! Honored to have somehow made it to this video! Thank you for making this, great job!! We got so much planned for the scene!! Free to skate parks and full fingerboard store. Minneola Florida!!
Amazing video! You are doing the work the scene needs!
@cdplaya
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! And likewise!!
Th!s in Colorado is the home team 💪
@cdplaya
Жыл бұрын
That's quite the home team! Those sessions look epic!
Such a cool video! I am the owner at TH!S and seeing things like this keep my outlook positive that we are doing well! Thanks so much for including us among these legends of our FB scene! 🤘
loved seeing yuck in this video because I live in Florida and the scene here is growing
@cdplaya
Жыл бұрын
Oh man big things are happening at Yuck!!
Thanks for adding TH!S fb!! Much love. Hopefully see you here one day! Also thanks for using the video where I chug beer ❤️❤️🤣
@cdplaya
Жыл бұрын
Yes! Haha had to capture what fingerboarding meetups are actually like 😁🍻
Cool my vid made this one. That 6skates full edit is on my channel, all filmed on grand opening day 👍🏼
Sick video! Loved it! It is really important to keep supporting all of these shops!
Awesome video, idk if it’s just me but I would love a video on tape, and foam tape on where it originated
@igotbud1175
Жыл бұрын
i would fw that 2
@cdplaya
Жыл бұрын
Yes! Been asking around about foam tape.. it's funny cause no one seems no know for sure when foam tape became a thing! Most likely 2000
@Sleeved_541
Жыл бұрын
This is a great idea for a video 💯
@tophfb
Жыл бұрын
Bro, I initially thought you wanted him to put his videos out on VHS 😂☠️ but fr, totally agree on tape coverage lmao
@cdplaya
Жыл бұрын
@@tophfb Yo I'd be down to drop some VHS tapes 😂📼
No reference to the portuguese spots is criminal! Specially because you did a great job showcasing a lot of shops around the world! Great stuff Chris
@cdplaya
Жыл бұрын
I realized after posting that I left out the Yellowwood Store and while Pateo is technically not a store I definitely should have included it 😭
@PedroOliveiraFB
Жыл бұрын
@@cdplaya ahah it was a great video! Make a Portugal special next time 😂
@cdplaya
Жыл бұрын
@@PedroOliveiraFB a Portugal scene spotlight and history video is already in the works 😁 my friend Andre Coral is assisting!
I really love how he cares for his family! 1 set of wheels for each one he loves! Does your daughter and girlfriend both fingerboard?
The GuaiGuaiChai wooden bench is so good! Awesome shop with a good amount of unique little skate options! I still gotta order from SlushCult as soon as I can ha! Their tie-dyed shirts are awesome and their neon colored shop items are the best!
@cdplaya
Жыл бұрын
I just peeped the bench, it looks so well done! Slushcult is epic - you'll see me rocking a shirt soon! My mom might have copped a shirt too haha
This was great chris! loved it. Shout out vito and dom from 6skates for what they are doing for the toronto scene!!
@cdplaya
Жыл бұрын
Yes! Big ups to them!
great video daniels!! thanks for share 🥰
Another amazing video!!!! 😍😍 thank you once again
@cdplaya
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for the recognition and the risk of putting together a fingerboarding store. Love the content, keep it up! P.S. you forgot SoCal G8 Sessions.
@cdplaya
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Levine! Big props to what you are doing 🍻 and I def need to make a part two, I've missed five fingerboard stores 😅
@levinecunningham
Жыл бұрын
@@cdplaya part two would be amazing. You can take footage from our Tustin stop on the tour from our 2022 stop on the @usafbl channel. They let us host a tour stop there on the tour last year!
I am only disappointed when the videos end 😅 another great one Chris, keep them comin!
@cdplaya
Жыл бұрын
More to come! See you this weekend!!
Got 2 asi decks today and 1 complete. they feel amazing
Lets go! Th!s made it!
@cdplaya
Жыл бұрын
Yes! Th!s is on 🔥
6:11 Thanks for all the love and recognition. We are excited to be launching and announcing the next big projects that we have in store (no pun intended) for 2023! We had to take a step back in season two but taking 2 steps forward in season 3! 2023 is looking like a great year for Fingerboarding! Keep up the great work! Looking forward two part two of this video 🔥🛹❤️💯
Ah the good'ol days!
@cdplaya
Жыл бұрын
Yes sir! Man, I get so much nostalgia seeing Cattapult and the Blackriver store
If all continues to go as planned, I believe I may open a brick and mortar in Spokane this year! I'm currently in skateshops but I want a dedicated shop!
@cdplaya
Жыл бұрын
That would be so amazing! I'd schedule road trips multiple times a year to support haha
randomly watching this & see all the footage at TH!S is stuff I filmed. Caught me off gaurd. Great video dude!
@cdplaya
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed! I hope you don't mind me grabbing some footy, Th!s looks so rad and the footy you filmed captures it
@flamingo-fb
Жыл бұрын
@@cdplaya no not at all my dude! Stoked it got used! 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
I love videos like this, just information about the fb world, because although I’ve technically been fingerboarding since 2000 or something I never knew about the pro side until just a few years ago
@cdplaya
Жыл бұрын
It's funny because I learn a lot making the videos as well! And I've been in the online scene since 1999!
@heroicsquirrel3195
Жыл бұрын
@@cdplaya that’s sick, fbing seems tiny in my head but it’s huge actually
Great work my friend! Thank you for the nod in this history installment. Fingerboarding needs a historian and curator...I think you officially have that position!
@cdplaya
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it Todd! You've had a huge role in fingerboarding in so many aspects - so thank you for all that you've done and continue to do 🍻
Nice video.I think,I would like the loompa store the most,maybe,but USA fbl store looks also great
@cdplaya
Жыл бұрын
Loompa store looks great!!
Mad Ramps in Madrid is also a very nice shop with a great park :)
@cdplaya
9 ай бұрын
Didn't realize there is a shop in Spain 😲 I want to go!!
Great video!
@cdplaya
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video Chris! Long live Latin American fingerboarding
@cdplaya
Жыл бұрын
Yes indeed! Latin America's scene is thriving!!!
Yuck is an amazing shop!!
great video, been looking at a few store fronts myself to open a store....
@cdplaya
Жыл бұрын
That would be epic John!! The Cowply store would be awesome
Wow there are more shops than I was aware of. Super stoked that 6skates is so close to me. No mention of the Yellowood store in Portugal?
@cdplaya
Жыл бұрын
Yea forgot to include them, Radical in Australia and Flatface store hahaha
shoutout GV !!!!!!!!!!!
Great Video. appreciate you!!
@cdplaya
Жыл бұрын
I appreciate that! Glad you enjoy it😁
Thanks so much for making this!
@cdplaya
11 ай бұрын
Yes! We'll have to make a part two soon 😉
dope video
@cdplaya
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
What about the only brick-and-mortar shop in Australia, Radical Fingerboards?
@cdplaya
Жыл бұрын
Man, I knew I'd miss a few 😭 so I'll have to do a follow-up video on Radical as well as the Yellowwood Store!
Shops are awesome! But my area is just empty of anything that's fingerboard related.
@cdplaya
Жыл бұрын
Same here! Actually we have a couple of skate shops with fingerboard parks about two hours from me.. hoping fingerboarding keeps picking up steam!
fuckyeahhh best one yet my dood
@cdplaya
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!!!
yay vals!!!
After all, still haven't seen a single pack stranding the isles....
AWSOME TO SEE YUCK
@cdplaya
Жыл бұрын
Yes sir!! They doing huge things
i wanna see concreate ramps and parks video wanna show off my liska ledge lmao
@cdplaya
Жыл бұрын
Good call! Definitely going to do separate videos on the history of fingerboard obstacles and history of fingerboard parks
@alrightnow8736
Жыл бұрын
@@cdplaya makes sense on that on would be forever long lmao
That setup in the very beginning is insaneeeee. Anybody know exactly what is being used?
Is it a good idea to like get ytrucks and their dual bearing wheels or just stick to single bearing
@cdplaya
Жыл бұрын
I used the x1 with dual bearings about 15 years ago and it worked well! Only issue would be that if you decided you don't like the trucks, then you also won't be able to use the wheels on other trucks outside of tech decks I believe!
Finger dex and Pamulang fingerboard not in this video 😢
Shout out yuck
@cdplaya
Жыл бұрын
Yuck doing huge things 🔥
ASI isn't pronounced A-S-I ??
@cdplaya
Жыл бұрын
"S" in Eerman is pronounced similar to a "z" in English! So Azi is how TKY and the crew in Berlin pronounce it ☺️
Forgot to do a little shoutout to THENORWOODPROJECT in the uk, really nice guy that hooks it up
@cdplaya
Жыл бұрын
Ah man! I didn't realize they have a storefront.. well there is now four stores I missed so a part two will be made 😁
@heroicsquirrel3195
Жыл бұрын
@@cdplaya haha and skullfingerboards both are online only though I’m sure