What Is a Tech Deck?

All types of skateboarding tricks can be performed on fingerboards, allowing users of all skill levels to have fun.

Skateboarding has long been and continues to be a popular sport. Today, skaters can practice a difficult trick from the comforts of their living room, thanks to the creation of fingerboards.

History

In 1998, the Tech Deck was born when 12-year-old Steve Asher created the first rideable fingerboard to practice his tricks on a rainy day. A fingerboard is a mini toy version of a skateboard that includes wheels that move and is operated with two fingers.

Types

Tech Deck sells 96 mm or 57 mm fingerboards. There is also a 26 cm handboard available. Mini ramps and accessories to build a fingerboard skatepark are also available.

Features

A Tech Deck has a plastic board, metal trucks, grip tape, custom graphics and graphic wheels. Collectible wood boards are also available.

Benefits

Using a Tech Deck fingerboard, inexperienced skaters can learn the basics of mastering a trick. A Tech Deck fingerboard allows avid skaters to keep on skating even when the weather conditions are less than desirable.

Fun Fact

The first fingerboard was made out of cardboard and a disassembled toy car. Fingerboards later became a novelty keychain. XConcepts manufactured the first Tech Deck rideable fingerboard.

References

• Tech Deck
• XConcepts, LLC