Xi wrote:

Actual skate grip is just too abrasive for fingers. Ever heard of the term "griptape thumb"? It's the phenomenon caused by holding skateboards by the nose (usually when mounting the board) which wears away all the skin on your thumb and making it very sore and/or bleed.

Oh god don't remind me, I went skating for 10 hours and my thumbs were so painful and it had gone really pale.

When my new skate deck arrives I'll salvage some leftover grip to try it, I've always meant to try grip on a good setup.

I used to always use skate grip on my fingerboards. Even when one of my friends started making wooden ones we'd use skate grip, back then there was only Riptape and it seemed pretty expensive. The only reason I don't like using it is because it shreds your fingers.

Ever heard of the term "griptape thumb"?

I have the griptape thumb. It's such a strange feeling.

try some fingerdecks skate grip..haha i know fingerdecks..but it's quite nice, it's finer than skate grip and less sharp more rubbery so it doesn't hurt your fingers

Jordan B. wrote:

When my new skate deck arrives I'll salvage some leftover grip to try it, I've always meant to try grip on a good setup.

you definitely should, its actually really fun

Is the tape from http://www.gripurdeck.com/index.html any good? I wanna customize my TD Wood Competition Series board with a white and blue "rising sun" design

^^^ idk... Never used it but they don't talk about functionality at all on the site... Rising sun looks cool though.
But yeah I much prefer skate grip in halfpipes, I'm thinking about getting a rosewells cruiser with glowing roswells tape. Crusers aren't bad in halfpipes ive heard