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Keniffg
FBHQ Beginner
Posts : 129
Join date : 2014-03-11
Age : 42
Location : San Diego
Setup : Deck: WOOB COZY is the main one I am using now! !
Grip:Tuck Tape
Truck:White Blackriver Trucks w/ witchcraft bushings
Wheels: Oak wheels always!!!
 | | Subject: I ollie and start my tricks with 3 fingers because of an injury !! Is this an issue?? Thu Apr 03, 2014 2:50 am | |
| I want your feedback because I have a long time hand and metacarpal injury that prevents me from ollieing with 2 fingers, but I can land into grinds with 2 and land my tricks with 2. I have been fingerboarding like this since I started when tech decks came out. Is this an issue in a contest or if I notify judges would it be acceptable? I have so much fun fingerboarding and am actually pretty good. What are your thoughts??? If I try to Ollie with 2 fingers my hand literally shakes so am I not able to compete now or what???!!?!?! |
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TaylorT
Part of the Furniture
Posts : 2568
Join date : 2010-03-21
Age : 27
Location : Seattle Washington
Companies : Designer @ ¿Maybe? Skateboards, Live Video Director @ Westgate Chapel, Friend of Ollie @ Compiny Fingerboards
Setup : Until further notice:
Homewood New Mold (Red smokestack graphic)
Ytrucks X4 Tex Black
Flatface G6e's (or Oaks)
New Foamy Greatness
| | Subject: Re: I ollie and start my tricks with 3 fingers because of an injury !! Is this an issue?? Thu Apr 03, 2014 2:55 am | |
| Do whatever you require to have fun. That is the biggest thing. Yes, riding with three fingers is considered a style issue by every fingerboarder, but no, I don't think it interferes with trick technicality and difficulty. In a competition environment, you can notify the judges, but whether or not they judge you differently is up to them. Injuries suck, just do what you've gotta do to make the best of it.
There was this kid that had no fingers, just a stub. He posted a bunch of videos, and he was REALLY good. I think he has since deleted his videos, but I'm sure you could find them somewhere. |
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Keniffg
FBHQ Beginner
Posts : 129
Join date : 2014-03-11
Age : 42
Location : San Diego
Setup : Deck: WOOB COZY is the main one I am using now! !
Grip:Tuck Tape
Truck:White Blackriver Trucks w/ witchcraft bushings
Wheels: Oak wheels always!!!
| | Subject: Re: I ollie and start my tricks with 3 fingers because of an injury !! Is this an issue?? Thu Apr 03, 2014 3:03 am | |
| Thanks for your input Taylor and I guess I am going to be a permanent style issue!! I just started a YouTube channel for fingerboarding and I have one video so far my name is Kgfingerflip. I just hope peeps aren't too harsh on me for my style!! |
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Turnt
Part of the Furniture
Posts : 3168
Join date : 2013-06-07
Age : 33
Location : comin out da fax machine
| | Subject: Re: I ollie and start my tricks with 3 fingers because of an injury !! Is this an issue?? Thu Apr 03, 2014 3:38 am | |
| fuck what they think just have fun and be yourself.  |
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j peterson
Every Day FBHQer
Posts : 865
Join date : 2012-03-27
Age : 76
Setup : @indextheory
| | Subject: Re: I ollie and start my tricks with 3 fingers because of an injury !! Is this an issue?? Thu Apr 03, 2014 3:41 am | |
| yeah man its allod, and i think i met you at the bp event, you were really good |
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kingsalami
Every Day FBHQer
Posts : 825
Join date : 2013-10-27
Age : 77
Location : canada
Companies : sloth boardrails (rip)
Setup : woob
brutal
wc
| | Subject: Re: I ollie and start my tricks with 3 fingers because of an injury !! Is this an issue?? Thu Apr 03, 2014 3:54 am | |
| - Trent Witcher wrote:
- fuck what they think just have fun and be yourself.
What Trent said, just be yourself, anybody that judges you for having a different "style" is a prick. |
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Keniffg
FBHQ Beginner
Posts : 129
Join date : 2014-03-11
Age : 42
Location : San Diego
Setup : Deck: WOOB COZY is the main one I am using now! !
Grip:Tuck Tape
Truck:White Blackriver Trucks w/ witchcraft bushings
Wheels: Oak wheels always!!!
| | Subject: Re: I ollie and start my tricks with 3 fingers because of an injury !! Is this an issue?? Thu Apr 03, 2014 4:37 am | |
| Thanks a lot yall and J Peterson, thanks for the comment, and yes we did meet at Battle of the Beast that was such a sick event!! Are you going to The Emanant Event on the 12th of this month in Riverside? Check the events thread it is posted in there!!! |
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j peterson
Every Day FBHQer
Posts : 865
Join date : 2012-03-27
Age : 76
Setup : @indextheory
| | Subject: Re: I ollie and start my tricks with 3 fingers because of an injury !! Is this an issue?? Thu Apr 03, 2014 5:15 am | |
| Um no I am not going to it. |
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K-A12
Blossoming FBHQer
Posts : 258
Join date : 2013-05-12
Location : California
Companies : 1-UP Fingerboards
Setup : 1-UP 33.5mm
Brts wide silver
Flatface clear blem z wheels with one brr edition gold
Wc bushings teal
| | Subject: Re: I ollie and start my tricks with 3 fingers because of an injury !! Is this an issue?? Thu Apr 03, 2014 5:45 am | |
| Whoever could judge someone for something they cant stop has serious problems. Just have fun with it |
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TaylorT
Part of the Furniture
Posts : 2568
Join date : 2010-03-21
Age : 27
Location : Seattle Washington
Companies : Designer @ ¿Maybe? Skateboards, Live Video Director @ Westgate Chapel, Friend of Ollie @ Compiny Fingerboards
Setup : Until further notice:
Homewood New Mold (Red smokestack graphic)
Ytrucks X4 Tex Black
Flatface G6e's (or Oaks)
New Foamy Greatness
| | Subject: Re: I ollie and start my tricks with 3 fingers because of an injury !! Is this an issue?? Thu Apr 03, 2014 6:51 am | |
| - Keniffg wrote:
- I just hope peeps aren't too harsh on me for my style!!
If they don't have the back story then they will be. But it's not a big deal, just keep swimmin. |
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Jayden H.
Part of the Furniture
Posts : 2649
Join date : 2012-05-07
Age : 30
Location : Sandy Eggo, California
Setup : FF G15 Zeph Engraved
FBS(duh?)
Wide Brts w/green witchcraft bushings
FF BRR edition Turquoise
| | Subject: Re: I ollie and start my tricks with 3 fingers because of an injury !! Is this an issue?? Sat Apr 12, 2014 6:45 pm | |
| Yeee fun is the main objective of fingerboarding, just do you! |
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