The History of Fingerboard Videos

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  • Опубліковано 19 жов 2024
  • Today we are going to cover the History of Fingerboard Videos. This video will highlight all the different ways #fingerboarding was presented on video from the earliest times until 2005. I chose 2005 as the endpoint for a reason. In 2006 we began to see a major shift in the style of videos, with the rise of UA-cam as a platform. I’ll get into that for part 2 of this video.
    Before we dive in, I’d love to hear what is your favorite #fingerboard video of all time. It can be a mini-video (30 seconds to a couple minutes), or even full-length. Let me know in the comments below! And while you are at it hit the like button for me!
    Tina's Vimeo with a ton of old FB videos: vimeo.com/user...
    Kevin Hanrahan's (who is one of the most tech fbers all-time) also has a ton of old videos: vimeo.com/xkhx
    We know fingerboarding has been around since the 70s. Unfortunately, we don’t have footage from back then, but we do have anecdotes from skateboard professionals discussing it. In possibly the oldest surviving footage of fingerboarding, Powell Peralta’s skate video, Future Primitive featured a how they train section showing Lance Mountain fingerboarding inside of a sink. The entire Powell Peralta team surrounded the sink watching, Tony Hawk, Mike Mcgill, etc.
    While it was meant to be a funny intermission, it sparked the passion of fingerboarding in many.
    Martin Winkler was one of those inspired. We have some footage from the late 80s and early 90s of Martin that shows him fingerboarding. His style that he became known for is recognizable then! Martin used a camcorder to film these.
    Prior to diving into more fingerboarding footage, I think it’s important to share the technology used to capture video back in the 80s and 90s. VHS was the standard through the early 2000s. In the 80s, it was uncommon to have a built-in recorder which recorded to full size VHS tapes, and one would need to connect the camera to the portable video camera. These were cumbersome and expensive for your average household. Eventually, we saw compact VHS tapes (VHS C) which were considerably smaller, and could be placed inside of a standard VCR allowing for editing.
    We later saw Compact Super VHS released shortly after, providing more video bandwidth and a higher horizontal resolution. In 1995 we saw the release of DV-ready camcorders, with the VX1000, a 3CCD camera which the skateboard industry quickly adopted. This included recording tapes such as DVCAM and MiniDV which made it so much easier to capture footage. I won’t get into the process of editing, as that is a whole other story. This is when we start to see much more footage of fingerboarding emerge.
    As you can see, video media has been at the core of fingerboarding since the beginning of the hobby. As the ability to film and capture video became easier, we saw VHS tapes of fingerboard released. And once the internet matured, we started to see fingerboard clips begin to be uploaded to the internet. Thanks to a trifecta of an increase in consumer-friendly camcorders, the increase in average bandwidth, and the ease in which to host and share footage, we saw full-length fingerboard videos being shared to fingerboarders around the world.
    Video has and will continue to play a central role in fingerboarding. I look forward to sharing with you part 2 in the near future, where I’ll build upon this video by sharing the evolution of fingerboard videos from 2006 onwards.
    Thank you for checking out this video. If you’ve enjoyed this video, please let me know by tapping that like button and leaving me a comment. If you haven’t done so already, be sure to hit that subscribe button and notification bell to see the latest videos of mine as soon as they are published.
    Hope you all have a great day and go shred!

КОМЕНТАРІ • 72

  • @Toebex
    @Toebex Рік тому +7

    Taylor R’s Germany Tour 2012. I really don’t think there’s anything that captures the skill, friendship, adventure and fun that this hobby can bring to us. Great video Chris, you really are incredibly knowledgable about this.

    • @cdplaya
      @cdplaya  Рік тому

      Epic video! I wish I would have gone on the same trip as him haha

  • @Weeto8166
    @Weeto8166 Рік тому +2

    My fav fb vid was called ‘just a flat bar’ or something like that and the simplistic nature of the obstacle was just hidden by the rider

  • @vicious274
    @vicious274 Рік тому +2

    That internet dial up tone had me laughing for real! Great vid Chris!

  • @lordsesshomaru957
    @lordsesshomaru957 Рік тому +2

    Elias Assmuth at Night is my all time favourite video. i watched that thing 1000 times and still do it just touches on fingerboarding so much and shows the love and fun

    • @lordsesshomaru957
      @lordsesshomaru957 Рік тому

      ua-cam.com/video/C7MMWwcAZfY/v-deo.html&ab_channel=BlackriverTV

    • @romanenotov6202
      @romanenotov6202 19 днів тому

      dude, I've been looking for this exact video for years, remembering only few words from the song "dance me to the end of love" and a fade memory that it was the pinnacle of inspiration in these teenage days.
      Thank you a million, and my biggest respect to grandmaster cdplaya for making the history!

  • @zack.fb_7734
    @zack.fb_7734 Рік тому +7

    Every video from Sam aronie was my childhood, specially that one: berlinwood new mold review by mike schneider.

    • @cdplaya
      @cdplaya  Рік тому +1

      Sam makes amazing videos, and his style is insane!

    • @corzlyte
      @corzlyte Рік тому

      Your videos are my childhood

    • @cdplaya
      @cdplaya  Рік тому +1

      Oh and just watched your latest UA-cam video and I can see some Sam in your style. That's a very good thing!

  • @ddw7827
    @ddw7827 Рік тому +3

    My favorit video has to be: Elias Assmuth at the Harric's. Absolute masterpiece!

  • @seanleeduncan
    @seanleeduncan Рік тому +4

    My favourite fingerboard video is Fingers of Fury. I still have it on VHS but no VHS player! 😀

    • @cdplaya
      @cdplaya  Рік тому +1

      Haha! I have the tape... but no VHS as well 😅😂

  • @tcgene
    @tcgene Рік тому +5

    Ooooh my goodness!! I remember watching that kickflip over the planter thing at 10:01 so many times when it was on tech decks website!!
    My favorite fingerboard video is called “Enjoy” From Fb120. That one didn’t come out until I was already out of the scene in 2013, but somehow came across it through the UA-cam rabbit hole.

    • @cdplaya
      @cdplaya  Рік тому

      Yes!!! Shoji is amazing! I hope he films more edits in the future.

  • @The_Joe00s
    @The_Joe00s Рік тому +3

    Am Woob Dirge is one of my favs, my favorite video I was in was Flatface rendezvous 32, I'm the one with the orange button up shirt, jeans, and big hair! Another nice video from you!

    • @cdplaya
      @cdplaya  Рік тому +1

      Thank you! I'll watch the Vous 32 vid shortly and keep an eye out for you!

    • @The_Joe00s
      @The_Joe00s Рік тому +1

      @@cdplaya alright! it's kind of easy to find me because there's only about three people with an orange shirt.

    • @denverwalker9078
      @denverwalker9078 Рік тому +1

      Woob dirge is fantastic lol

    • @The_Joe00s
      @The_Joe00s Рік тому +1

      Ya it is! Those two half pipes are so cool.

  • @fradjukay
    @fradjukay Рік тому +1

    Fingers of Fury & Flying Fingers were big inspirations for us when they came out. I guess I'll have to finally watch Finger Freaks to complete "The Great 'FF' Trilogy of '99" lol

    • @cdplaya
      @cdplaya  Рік тому +1

      Yes, those two videos completely shaped my fingerboarding! When Tech Deck first came out, my friends and I would tap the tail with our hand and then control the board to do tricks. Kinda like a karate cop 😂 we all changed our style after seeing how they fingerboarded!

  • @Sorable
    @Sorable Рік тому +3

    Adore this videos! Keep killin it

    • @cdplaya
      @cdplaya  Рік тому

      Thank you - appreciate you taking the time to letting me know 😁

  • @peoplecallmepeechez
    @peoplecallmepeechez 10 місяців тому

    Was trying to find the German fingerboard commercial these past couple weeks. Glad it was mentioned here, thank you

  • @11matt
    @11matt 7 місяців тому +1

    Dimitrie Schlotthauer at the Harric's... and Elias Assmuth at the Harric's. It feels like watching skateboarding ! :D):

    • @cdplaya
      @cdplaya  7 місяців тому

      Yes those videos are epic! Speaking of epic - so is your Opus series!

  • @WilliamAllanRibeiro
    @WilliamAllanRibeiro Рік тому +1

    This skat toy is very good, I already manipulated it, thank you very much for sharing.

  • @mikeschneider
    @mikeschneider Рік тому +3

    This was amazing

    • @cdplaya
      @cdplaya  Рік тому

      Thank you, Mike!!

    • @Tableskater
      @Tableskater Рік тому

      Hmmm I wonder what will happen in part 2 of this video... 🤔🤔

  • @noahmcloughlin7455
    @noahmcloughlin7455 Рік тому +1

    My favorite fingerboards vid is an edit from chubymuffin where every trick is synchronised with the music

  • @Bettydance985
    @Bettydance985 Рік тому

    "2022 street part straps tv" is prolly the best video of displaying fingerboarding

  • @GameboyGuitar
    @GameboyGuitar 3 місяці тому +1

    My fave was a video that I believe was called "history of fingerboarding" or "story of fingerboarding"...something along the lines of that. The song in it was Mongoloid by Devo and the uploader had clips of his homemade decks in the early 90s up until Tech Decks came out in the late 90s/2000s.

    • @cdplaya
      @cdplaya  3 місяці тому

      That video was by Denis Stimac! His UA-cam channel is Skateboard Naked 😁

  • @ichliebeholz
    @ichliebeholz 8 місяців тому

    My Fav Video is the King Of Berlin 23 - Bobinnwoods. Must have to Watch it again 😂

  • @Sleeved_fb
    @Sleeved_fb Рік тому +1

    Absolutely love your videos. just popping back into the game and you my boy make 🔥 content.thank you for all the history and the present.

    • @cdplaya
      @cdplaya  Рік тому

      Appreciate that! Welcome back ✌️😁

  • @catethps
    @catethps Рік тому

    favourite videos are any of Sasha Dotchevs desk edits from back in the day such good style

  • @reinieden2379
    @reinieden2379 Рік тому +2

    My favorite fingerboard videos are The Outdoor Adventure and My Park in Action by Harold Schon (two of the first fingerboard videos I saw) and also that BIG Opus vid by Alexis Milant, and the one he did with Elias. There was another one i really liked don't remember what it was called but the song used in the video was Two Weeks by Grizzly Bear.
    Banger video as always.

    • @cdplaya
      @cdplaya  Рік тому

      Those videos will be in my part 2! The Opus video is the one that I referred to that changed the fingerboard edit game :D

    • @ddw7827
      @ddw7827 Рік тому

      The weeks by grizzly bear was in the Elias Assmuth at the Harric's video.

    • @reinieden2379
      @reinieden2379 Рік тому

      @DDw This is true. That is one of my favorite videos as well, but I'm thinking of a different video.

  • @BigBookoo
    @BigBookoo Рік тому +2

    Not a full length but Eric Smith's Crime In Choir has been a video I frequent when I need some motivation even after all these years

  • @lamontrob9125
    @lamontrob9125 Рік тому +1

    Keep killing it

  • @VersionFB
    @VersionFB Рік тому +1

    sick man love the channel

  • @jap_fb
    @jap_fb Рік тому +1

    Only fingerboard video I go back to over years is "enjoy" video by fb120.
    Such a beautiful part.
    I also do really like videos by Lionel Simon, dbld_fb, and handrew.
    By saying video, I mean a part longer than a minute with editing and music.

    • @cdplaya
      @cdplaya  Рік тому

      Shoji is one of my fave fbers of all time. I wish he was more active!

  • @Breezy560
    @Breezy560 Рік тому +1

    Great video man

  •  6 місяців тому

    Great content🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @montana2806
    @montana2806 9 місяців тому

    Opus 0 alexis milant is the video that got me into fingerboarding

  • @red_insider
    @red_insider Рік тому +1

    my favourite fingerboard video is mike schnider team in christmas 2020

    • @cdplaya
      @cdplaya  Рік тому

      That's a great video!

  • @thedorman3419
    @thedorman3419 Рік тому +1

    my favorite video of fingerboarding is your board collection video or mike schniders 2011 berlinwood review

    • @cdplaya
      @cdplaya  Рік тому

      Glad you liked the collection video!!

  • @R3alWear
    @R3alWear Рік тому +1

    Love the video❤️

  • @thedorman3419
    @thedorman3419 Рік тому +2

    lets go new video

  • @AlexPerience34
    @AlexPerience34 Рік тому +1

    I think that old storm videos are the best! Too much steez per one video

  • @shoeFB
    @shoeFB Рік тому +1

    Im thinking about starting a fingerboard shop if i sent you a board would you test it out??

  • @MotherFingerJones
    @MotherFingerJones 4 місяці тому +1

    Does anybody remember a video form the early days that features the song Cars by Gary Newman? It one of my favorite videos ever and it’s impossible to find

    • @cdplaya
      @cdplaya  4 місяці тому

      About what year if you recall?

    • @MotherFingerJones
      @MotherFingerJones 4 місяці тому

      @@cdplaya early aughts for sure no later than 2009 I think it’s was called ‘Cars’ too if I’m not mistaken

  • @AlexPerience34
    @AlexPerience34 Рік тому +2

    Does anyone know, where I can find wooden 26mm decks?

    • @cdplaya
      @cdplaya  Рік тому

      Hmm, I'm not sure who makes 26/27mm anymore but I would love to cop one too haha

    • @fradjukay
      @fradjukay Рік тому +3

      My first comment disappeared somehow... but d'oh out of ukraine makes 24mm-60mm depending on concave style :-)

    • @adamziotewicz2321
      @adamziotewicz2321 Рік тому

      ​@@cdplaya MITT Fingerboards in Poland. They was making wooden fingerboards from the early 00', and saw them still available in 26-27mm on their site :). Still have one from that time in my collection tho!

  • @kryzboisdead
    @kryzboisdead Рік тому

    kick flip