We all dig skateboarding here, but how familiar are you with fingerboarding. You know, those miniature skateboards that you move around with your fingers? Do you have friends who create figurines for games like Warhammer or things of that ilk? One of the pinnacle spots for fingerboarding is Asi Berlin in Germany. We decided to dive headfirst into this idiosyncratic world by talking to Timo, the proprietor of Asi Berlin. Timo talked to us about the origins of fingerboarding, his interest in the hobby, and much more.
Thanks to Timo for taking the time. If you are interested in fingerboarding β an activity that is tailor made for quarantines and winter weather β definitely look into Asi Berlin! Thanks for taking the time Timo, lets start with your store name Berlin was the most common so we stuck with it. That was in Fingerboards have always been around in the skateboard scene as keychains or other fun and collectors items more or less popular in the use as fingerboards as we know it now.
The City of Berlin owns a big and great fingerboard community. One with the longest FBing history since , with public events and meeting points. Fingers and feet couldn't be further apart right?.. I guess we could have everything in common or nothing you know. It must be Martin Winkler and if Matt Hensley ever touched one he as well. Everything is handmade in our basement. The development of the style in FBing comes with years of practicing!
Should be some Punk and Metal involved for sure like Slime or Slayer. But with age this can change into a classic music tune too. Shoutout to all the boys and girls - love you! Let's talk tech Get yourself some of the shop starter completes first! But there are some people out there who are willing to pay much much more on eBay for a single wooden deck. There have been a couple that helped us to survive some bad months here and there at the shop because they were collecting what their son was using.
Unfortunately, he gave up FBing ;. Lets talk Corona! We depended way more on our daily sales at the shop compared to our webshop sales before the pandemic. During the first lockdown we needed to rethink our whole business plan and focus way more on our website and the webshop sales and we gotta say it worked out somehow and that saved us from going out of business last year.
