Rick McCrank Explores the Fingerboarding Scene | POST RADICAL
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- "Fingerboarding is not a child's thing."
Just because your skateboard is tiny, doesn't mean you can't dream big. In 2018, legendary pro skater Rick McCrank explored the world of fingerboarding.
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Rick McCrank is 1 of the best OG bowl riders of all time.
I’ve been doing this kind of fingerboarding since I was 12, I’m 24 now. It’s so heartwarming watching this hobby go from something bullied to people finally understanding what the hobby is really about and why it’s so amazing.
I started 6 years ago and I'm now 38 and will never stop!!same with skateboarding, only that's just bit more for my body, because age makes falling hurt more...😂
I love fingerboarding, it’s what I do when I get injured
in algebra two today at school, i was practicing switch nollie kickflips, and the teacher told me to sop playing, to put the *TOY* away. bruh this aint no toy, this was more than ur weekly pay lol
Im from mindanao located in the Philippines, the first time I tried fingerboarding was on 2003 I was 13 years old, it was only for 40 pesos or 0.74 cents in $ since it was fake, and I liked so much and never stop thinking to continue fingerboard since then. But when it got broke, I had to stop fingerboarding since we cant afford to buy a new fingerboard even for a fake one (growing upnpoor) . I stopped since 2004 and got back at it again on 2013 since I received a gift for a $5 complete fingerboard set up I was already 23 years old and I was happy even though its not a premium brand. But that also it didn't last long since some parts of it was falling apart. I stopped again in the middle of the year 2013.
I just got back in fingerboarding just this year 2023 just two weeks ago and now Im using a $18 complete fingerboard set up though its not a premium brand that I always wanted but still Im happy that I have returned again in fingerboarding. Now Im already 32 years old, and had a 9 months old baby.
@@twisted_fb1280roasted that teacher 😂😂😂😂. dork
I love skateboarding with the homies, but recently had a heart problem and had to limit the amount of physical activity I can do. Let's just say I'm a full fingerboard addict now haha
Sorry to hear this buddy. Do you know if it’s another vax statistic, like thousands upon thousands of others?
@@Odd_Combo lol get outta here
That's cool dude
@@chompers11 lots of young people had heart problems before COVID.... Right?
@@chompers11 Because I’m asking a legitimate question? Maybe you should read the VAERS info (through the CDC) for yourself and seek out some of the other facts that aren’t told to you on tv. People are so ridiculous. Ignorance is forgivable, but, much harder when it’s driven by arrogance.
Fingerboarding expanded my imagination immensely as a child. I had a decent amount of the Tech Deck plastic ramps but the full on parks that I built were 60% homemade ramps. Using cardboard for frames/bases and layering over that with manilla folders to imitate masonite. Used a variety of materials to build things over the years, even built a little quarterpipe out of a brick and finishing cement. Fingerbikes were cool too, even used to build dirt jumps for those.
What do you do now?
Right!? I remember hanging with the boys making giant skateparks on the living room floor
Fingerboarding is a great hobby that stems off my love for skateboarding. Its really fun to film as well and make parts when you can't skate for whatever reason.
facts when i’m not skating i’m fingerboarding or somthing
That’s why I picked up fingerboarding living in mn and being a skater/snowboarder there’s to many days we’re it’s to wet to skate to dry to snowboard so u find other hobbies
Tech Decks were huge when my brother was in middle school and then they boomed again when I was in middle school.
My school banned them cause me and my buddies would tech deck in class
Used to love Tech Decks as a kid
Yeah same it got popular again all a sudden
still got a pile of tech decks. Love em
would finger board with a broken pencil in spanish class. doing tale slide shove its on my text book all class. the ultra popular chick who sat next to me eventually said, "dude wtf are you doing over there"
"oh me? i gave up on learning spanish an im just skating the book with my pencil. ya its lame"
her: dude give me your skatepencil iwant to try that.
short story she ended up getting into my lame "pencil boarding" then we hung out an dated all summer before she went away to a D1 school for swimming. cause she was good at that. i woulda gone with her if they had scholarship for pencil boarders..
Man I had such a big fingerboarding phase in middle school.
Berlin Wood decks, backriver ramps and flatface stickers COVERED my room.
Im almost half tempted to get back into it now XD
just bought one for the first time in 10 years…I’m 28 lmfao
Back in the day I had a Berlinwood and LowPro deck and some BR trucks and Oak wheels... but all my obstacles were handmade since money was tight. Now as a grown man rediscovering the scene I can finally afford all the things I wanted as a kid, so I just ordered some Blackriver and Flatface stuff to get back into it! The scene is very much alive still on IG
I was the same way. I got back into it a month ago and am here to stay forever. I missed it so much.
Do it.
go for it! you will enjoy🙏🏼
Fingerboarding is so hard.. I can do more on a regular skateboard haha
Shred on
@@goatmansasquatch1485 Will do brother!
If you fidget around with your fingerboard while sitting down just relaxing, its pretty fun and you can get pretty good at it.
Its just the same as skateboarding.. you also need to learn and practice the basics not like trying the flip tricks already
@@spotlight.effect Its super easy to treflip on fingerboard lol, even easier than kickflip or even ollie
That tre flip crook was INSANE!!!!! Looked like an actual human body
I think who landed that was Nico Frank, guy is insane.
@@TheKillerBeeBR def was, you could tell by the style and how he always rides prete decks
been fingerboarding since 2012. been in love ever since I got my first tech deck
Blue and brown baker deck was my first now I’m rocking a chems on Illpils
I had a Rick McCrank Girl Tech Deck when I was in highschool this is like coming full circle lol
Shame it's kinda short. I would've liked to see them go into more detail about the first boards and design desicions, as well as into tricks or starting out with FB. The scene is hardly explained here with 2 people and nothing about competitions (competitive or firendly)
Search up vice fingerboard. And there’s a video about long boarding. This is where this is from. About half way In that video there’s a long part about fingerboarding
Check out WIRED mini doc on How this guy mastered fingerboarding and YTuber cdplaya has two nice vids on history of fingerboarding.
Do what makes you happy, as long as it doesn't hurt anyone.
well said!
As an avid smoker, and once avid skater, I use my lighter to portray tricks.
As someone who smokes a lotta weed.. I too do this. lol
I thought I was the only one… I do it with the tv remote…
I do it with my phone and I believe I’m the best in the world.
TV remote and lighters for sure
It's the tv remote for me. Tre flips for days.
im 32 and just ordered a blackriver big mama to play with my fingerboard, its so fun but people cant handle being free free minded and just playing so call it silly or whatever, im good at skating but even some skater friends have laughed about fingerboarding but their both just fun things to do, no better or worse than eachother
You'll love it
@@CastleBrookKrew should be here today, I’m hyped haha
It combines every creative outlet I love. Just like skateboarding. Most of us do both because of that creative freedom .
Its all about the fun, tech decking since 98* Skateboarding since 86* I have also introduced my kids to skateboarding and fingerboarding, they love it just as much as I do. Keep up the good work. E's Menikimati Rick McCrank ✌
Good to hear you were able to ignite the passion in your kids. Good job, man, that’s the way to do it 🙂
I broke my knee a year and a half ago doing a nollie big on a quarter. Fingerboarding had been a great way for me to keep my passion for skateboarding since.
I remember making boards using cardboard from shoeboxes and tape. Then used broken pencils for the wheels. Also made half pipes out of sneakers boxes. This was era 90
I used tech decks as a kid, as well as skated through high school and a little in college. I love skateboarding but I would get hurt too much, and as an adult I can't afford to get hurt. I stumbled upon some tech decks not too long ago and fingerboard often now. Got really hooked and bought a wood one, then my DIY side came out and just started making some of my own. I feel so happy that my love of making things met my love of skateboarding in a weird way. My fingerboards aren't perfect, but they're fun and I love giving them to my friends who appreciate them. Plus I love doing tricks at my desk at work during zoom meetings!
I remember back in the day Rick McCrack blew my mind in Birdhouse - The End. One of the first skate videos I ever watched and still one of the best
Used to mess with these so much . Definitely some pre fidget spinners vibes.
The way he said “frontside 5-0’s” filled me with joy
This is wild. Seeing previous fads come back every 10 years, but seriously is kind of cool. Crocs have notoriously passed the test of times.
I remember being in class playing my fellow classmates skate and winning there tech decks 💪😁 these definitely bring me back!
I've been fingerboard for around2 years now, and the scene around fingerboarding is so talented and interesting. Definitely one of the most interesting things I've ever done
its unbelievable how many people hate on fingerboarding. its just fun. were just emulating skating with our fingers. its also really difficult which makes learning tricks extremely satisfying. i wish i could go to berlin and sesh with these guys :(
Glad to see fingerboarding getting more coverage, anyone saying it's lame just takes life too seriously! Fun and challenging 🤘🏻
I had Rick's pro model Es' shoe, and they were the greatest skating shoes I've ever worn.
I had no idea this was actually a thing. That you could actually do real tricks. I thought the mini boards and parts were just novelty. Like pop figures. Just for looks.
Super cool.
I’ve been finger boarding for 18 years and still do almost every day. Love it
If this doesn’t seem like the beginning of an SNL sketch I don’t know what does 😌
😆😂😂😂😂😅
Yes!
On rainy days for skaters in the years before indoor parks were common place everywhere we had Tony Hawk or our Tech Decks. I’ve never heard a skateboarder in my city mock it. The people who are truly good at this are fun to watch. I couldn’t control those things the way they do.
A friend of mine used to skate with Rick Macrank in Ottawa, the only pro skater I've heard of from that city lol.
Was using tech decks since elementary school and after high school was when I started buying more professional grade products. Fast forward to 2022 and I'm all decked out with my Flatface G15, G8 wheels and gold Blackriver trucks lol. Yeah, I'm a fingerboard enthusiast you can say! 🤣
NO WAY!! Apparently Rick is my cousin in law or something lol.. He's my step mom's cousin and I used to have some of his stuff from when he was younger. Never met him though. Always skated and been super into fingerboarding too, so I'm super stoked to see this.
Just set up a crispy Flint yesterday🔥
This reminds me of an awesome comedy youtube channel that was so criminally underrated and one of their videos was a mockumentary about young men that practiced "card surfing". It was such a masteful video filled with drama, all their videos were so damn cool. Ill go watch that mockumentary again.
adding fignerboard to my wishlist for the holidays excellent shadow commercial as usual VICE.
Love his point comparing it to foosball/table tennis. Was saying that to a friend a few weeks ago
Late 70's? Fingerboards became the rage in the mid 80's. It startd as you said when we began making them from glued layers of cereal boxes. We would shape and griptape them.
We would cut the eraser off pencils, and remove the axle and wheels from hotwheels cars. We would then insert the axle into the eraser, to make trucks, by making a small split in the end of the eraser and gluing the erasers to the deck.
In the late 80's we began fabricating finger boards in shop class from plexiglass and other materials.
It was around this time we began to see the mass produced keychain fingerboards appear.
0:38 that tre flip to crooked grind tho😲🔥
My first fingerboard was a Vision Mark Gonzales. His first model, when it was still current. At that time I was skating a G&S Billy Ruff, my first actual skateboard. I miss them both
picked up the fb again last year so glad i did too much fun
The world of skateboarding, inline skating, BMX'ing, and anything alike, if you aren't doing what the other kid is doing, the other kid will probably make fun of you. It's just how is it for most. At the end of the day, we're all out there to have fun and enjoy one of the ~33,000 days we have on earth.
Is this coming back??
I’ve been waiting for this video for years
That little bowl at the end looked so fun!
1:30 his answer sums it up perfectly
I met Rick at a Taco stand in Ucluelet by chance this summer. Was a surreal experience
Man, i knew when i used my eraser as a tech deck in middle/high school and in college, skateboarding was special to me. It was def my first love
Just spotted Jan Fröhling in the video who sadly passed away. Rest in peace.
Legend. Rip.
I remember in highschool i saw one of my classmates who was a really big, muscular, football player playing with his fingerboard in class. I was like "whaaat?! I fingerboard too!" Then we played with our fingerboards together 🤣
I went to a skate shop specifically to but Tech Decks back in the day. Lots of fun.
I remember having like 300+ tech decks when I was younger… man this brought back memories.
10 out of 10 for this right here
Fingerboarding is cool, man. Now, as a grown adult, I have my little fingerboard in my desk, and when I feel a bit overwhelmed, stressed, I just look at it, or just do a kickflip to remind me of the good ol times with my boys at the skatepark. It's like a time machine.
2:23 when homiee taps his board for the other dudes trick 😂
Wow, so awesome that Vice actually covered this! Fingerboarding is the best!!!
I only watched this to see Mccracnk skateing again!
Started with the remote to the tv in early 90s but my mom would get sooo mad. YOURE GONNA BREAK THE REMOTE! Then fingerboards came out much later. Didn't have any $$$. So let's take as many quarters out of the fountains at the mall. Or just steal them either one worked lol. No fingerboard now a days but I still do tricks with TV remote lol. Damn that story reminded me of "the parallel" in the girl video goldfish. Girl skateboards before Rick McCrank.
I never would've expected this channel to post a fb vid lol
We had tech decks as a kid. I loved to collect them. Also the BMX bikes and Surf boards
These are really fun to use if you just have patience
Fancy seeing you here!
@@andofb hahaha yeah it is fun to see where fingerboarding started and how it has evolved over time
How I wish Abandoned had a second season 😭Rick was so cool to watch on tv.
Haha damn. I used to play with a tech deck on my books in class. The teachers were not impressed. Also had a friend that would play games of skate with me. We would go round after round and would always go back and forth on wins. Damn. I have been pondering getting a new deck and possibley a fingerboard now. :)
Love to see the skate and FB scene come together
I remember how popular this was in the UK back in '99
R.I.P Jan ♥️
Literally used to ask for tech decks every Christmas 😂
Couldn't ask for a better ambassador. I feel like newer skaters get so caught up in what's cool and what isn't, after skating for a while you realize it's just about having fun no matter how it looks. Wear a helmet, use a fingerboard, do whatever you want.
Who remembers when "hand" boards came out?
What happened to those
crazy, when I was a kid I found a piece of half-pipe EXACTLY the same as in 2:27 - even the same colour! I cleaned it up and hand painted some graffiti on it. Those were the days!
Watching Rick skate city hall in Philly during the x games was unreal.
skaters are some of the most close minded people in any sub culture.
I keep a Tech Deck in my office, sometimes i get bored and whip out some tre flips
I don’t like “WOKE” Vice anymore but I love skateboarding and Rick so I click like! 😍🤟🏼
So glad this long time hobby and passion of mine is getting attention :)
I use to use the wheels and axles from toy cars and for the deck, a piece of cardboard and piece of coke can to match. This was the 80’s.
I would use teckdecks in middle school. That mini skate park looked awesome
Best video on Vice.
It’s just cool to me because I grew up with a genetic condition and as a kid I couldn’t even go outside because of the severity of my disease at the time, finger boards saved me as a kid from depression the same way my skateboard and bmx bike do now 🤙🏻
I grew up with classic cars. Passed my test in one and had show cars for many years. I can't afford that now so I restore and customise 1/64 diecast models to fill the gap. It works well. I see fingerboarding with the same respect, and I couldn't do those tricks. Fill your time doing things you enjoy. Thats the point. 👍
RICK MC
ONE OF MY FAVS SKATER EVER
Rick I love that your hosting cool fun topics, that people don’t need to know about. Antisocial all day
that kickflip on the mini ramp was hella buttery lol
so fucken cool. crazy how far we've come in 30 years lmfao. spending the same on a mini skateboard as you would a life size one.
Tech deck is an og but there are nice ones I’ve seen on Instagram. Real wood. Quality grip.
He used my grandmothers rubber thimble as skate shoes. It’s more than a toy, it’s a lifestyle.
Son: "Dad, I want to go pro as a fingerboarder"
Dad: "you're no longer my son"
The fingerboard skate parks where always dope
The old days of middle school and high school man I bet i couldve got sponsored by fingerboards i filmed it lol
need more content like this
I just found one of those damn things in a heating register.
Some of those tricks were so clean lollllll
The old spoon decks are dope
The new wooden ones from tech deck are amazing
That impossible back tail was crazy
Best Video Out right now
I’m sad this wasn’t longer.