I just found the ff video on dvd a bit ago lol, this vid isn't really old but still so good

A bunch of random stuff:
Eric Smith is god
Eddie Sharples is a fucking ripper
Germans haven't been human... ever
Mitch Badman
Janet Reno
Brandon Heinz
How the fuck did Youssef Tlemsani (sp?) do half the tricks he did?
The Empire cardboard park
Jclant
When basically no one in America had BRR except Josh Toy, Brandon Jones, and a few others
When FFI had chat

I could literally go on forever yeah....

JessM wrote:

A bunch of random stuff:
How the fuck did Youssef Tlemsani (sp?) do half the tricks he did?
The Empire cardboard park

Link of that guy
Pics of park
Plz

Boffey wrote:

My first Rvouz, lol. Meeting everyone for the first time was so surreal

my favourite video of all time

Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude, I remember going to rendezvous 5 way back in 2008, crazy to think it was 6 years ago eh Greg?
Like whoa, I was 12 at that time...
I remember back then, I used to pray to the heavens to land kick flips into boardslides.
Now a days, that's like breathing.
If I told my younger self that, he would have a geek out lol

I'll just leave this video here..




This was the video that got me hooked on fingerboarding. I was already sorta into it, but this was the video that opened my eyes to what was possible.

Woaaah Jclant hahah, arctic was the shit though.

And I remember ordering a Northern from hardy up in canada and it was soooo good.

Edit: I also remember subscribing to Brandon jones channel and watching his "how to make a fingerboard" and just being sad I didn't have all of the supplies for it. That was like early 2008

Thom McInally wrote:

I'll just leave this video here..




This was the video that got me hooked on fingerboarding. I was already sorta into it, but this was the video that opened my eyes to what was possible.

This was the FIRST fingerboard video I ever watched. It has a special place in my heart. Still to this day my favorite video of all time. Anyone know what happened to this guy or if he's still around?

i watched that video in my beginning years too. dudes a beast

This thread should be stickied in FB Discussion....

Anyway, here's the first berlinwood I ever got back in 2006,



26 mm wide
traded it to Mac O'link at Rendezvous 5 or 6 and then got it back at like Rendezvous 8 or 9, lol. I needed it.

first fb video that i saw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwqVysrXvl4

Nollie heavy metal's haha

Edit: damn Greg, id kill to have a bw om wide again

Perhaps the most influential fingerboarding moment is history, at least in my opinion, happened on accident and because of very weird circumstances. Nollie and Wicked Stix steal the BW mold causing them to make a new mold. At that time, no one's decks really had defined dips but until BW was forced to make a new mold, I feel that the shapes of fingerboards were changed forever.

JessM wrote:

Perhaps the most influential fingerboarding moment is history, at least in my opinion, happened on accident and because of very weird circumstances. Nollie and Wicked Stix steel the BW mold causing them to make a new mold. At that time, no one's decks really had defined dips but until BW was forced to make a new mold, I feel that the shapes of fingerboards were changed forever.

Honestly, I wouldn't say so much in terms of dips, but the overall shape of the deck, the quality of them, and eventually the process of applying graphics! I read somewhere that these BWNM decks were based off the shape of their skateboards, may even be to ratio.. might need verifying though.

Thom McInally wrote:

JessM wrote:

Perhaps the most influential fingerboarding moment is history, at least in my opinion, happened on accident and because of very weird circumstances. Nollie and Wicked Stix steel the BW mold causing them to make a new mold. At that time, no one's decks really had defined dips but until BW was forced to make a new mold, I feel that the shapes of fingerboards were changed forever.

Honestly, I wouldn't say so much in terms of dips, but the overall shape of the deck, the quality of them, and eventually the process of applying graphics! I read somewhere that these BWNM decks were based off the shape of their skateboards, may even be to ratio.. might need verifying though.

Yeah that's a more accurate interpretation haha. Dips were just the first thing that came to mind. And I think what you said about the skateboards is right, too.

No one stole the mold, rather, the carpenter decided to work for the other companies instead of Timo. I mean, I guess in a sense that's stealing a mold, but essentially they stole the entire production from them.

Yeah I knew my memory on that was a little fuzzy, thanks for clarifying Jay

I haven't been involved in the scene as much as some of the other guys but I remember the moment I (and anyone else) joined this forum, we got accused of being Holden.

Xi wrote:

I haven't been involved in the scene as much as some of the other guys but I remember the moment I (and anyone else) joined this forum, we got accused of being Holden.

And nothing has changed   

THAT'S CAUSE YOU ARE HOLDEN EH?

Is Holden still around? I always thought it was strange how persistent he was for someone who didn't seem to actually fingerboard much. I did not understand that guy.

I'm honestly not sure. I didn't really pick up a fingerboard from when I stopped in 2010 until 2013 so I wasn't really around for the whole Holden fiasco.