How to Get Better at Fingerboarding? Here are Some Fun & Effective Tricks

Now that you have grasped the fundamental fingerboarding skills, now it is time for you to learn some advanced tricks. It will allow you to improve fingerboarding, learn new skills, and become a pro player. If you are interested in developing your fingerboarding skills, you already know how you need to get started. But before moving ahead, remember that it starts with a fine-quality fingerboard. In addition, you need to own a custom fingerboard in proportion to your hand’s size.

Tricks to Get Better at Fingerboarding

While fingerboarding may appear easy and simple to start with, it will take you some time to start nailing those advanced tricks. After going through this article, you will understand several ways by which you to become a pro fingerboard player:

Trick No. 1: Press Down-Twist

The first fundamental movement is turning, for which your fingerboard trucks need to be strong and effective. You can do the trick of turning effortlessly by pressing down the back part of your board. Then, allow it to go wherever you want it to go. You can do it by twisting your fingers right and left. It’s the first crucial and fundamental move that will be the foundation of other moves. Keep practicing this Press Down-Twist slowly until you get fast enough to try other moves.

Trick No. 2: Manual: Lift-Coast Forward-Twist

Another core move that you should be practicing, again and again, is the manual. For Manual: Lift-Coast Forward-Twist, you need to customize fingerboard as per your hands. While practicing the manual, you must lift the front part of your fingerboard and coast forward. Crucially, you can perform this turn without even twisting your fingers. Please press down the back part of your board and keep moving it forward, and you have performed a manual. Simple! Right? But you need to practice this move again and again at different speeds.

Trick No. 3: Launch Into the Air

We have covered some simple tricks, but they are not all the core ones that all fingerboards should know. For example, high-scoring and highly entertaining moves involve rising in the air. Take the example of Ollie, a simple blasting off your board by applying pressure on the rear part. Here is how you can do it!

Place your index and middle finger on the fingerboard in a starting position as you move back and front, then push down your middle finger to lift the front part of the board. You will have to push down your middle finger hard enough for the lift and use your index finger on the front to stabilize the board. By this, y

Trick No. 4: Kickflip

To add an extra layer to this and carry out a kickflip, repeat the steps to perform an Ollie, then slide off your index finger from the board while it is still in the air. This will subvert your board, allowing it to rotate and descend back on the custom fingerboard ramps. You will need to keep both your fingers ready to place them back on the fingerboard when it starts coming back. It is a bit complicated to understand this trick by simply reading it. So, we encourage you to practice it, again and again to comprehend the movements once and for all.

Practice! Practice! Practice!

Great practice techniques start with form and a custom fingerboard that suits your hand. It would be best if you started practicing by placing your fingers correctly on the board each time. For the correct hand posture, you’ll need to place your index finger in the board’s middle and middle finger at the back part of the board. Remember that your middle finger will allow you to perform tricks, and your index finger will help you to control stability and balance.

Therefore, you must ensure your fingers are comfortable on the board while purchasing it. While playing around with your 2 fingers, flipping their positions between the back and the middle lip will also allow you to see which position suits you the best. Of course, it would be best if you went for a more comfortable position.

Wrapping Up

If you want to perform these unbelievable fingerboarding tricks more complicated, switch them, add extra board rotations, or land the board over a rail for a grind. You can perform a trick on a rail for a grind, then finish the trick by performing an extra trick before landing. Enjoy the practice time, and it will allow you to become a professional fingerboard player.