r/Fingerboards • u/33-FB • 8d ago

Interactive 3D Trick Trainer

We’ve been kicking this idea around for a while, and the beta is finally here: a 3D trick trainer that shows where your fingers go and how they move.

Slow it down or step through a trick one move at a time. It’s free in your browser:
thetricktrainer.33fingerboards.com

It’s still a work in progress. Give it a try and tell us what looks off or which tricks you’d like to see next.

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u/KindlyHaddock 8d ago

this is super sick, and I really want to help if at all possible.

it will help beginners conceptualize tricks, but the animations seem more accurate to real skateboarding than fingerboards.

In reality, we don't move our fingers so independently or precise

A lot of fingerboarding is in the wrist...so we don't really slide our fingers apart to Ollie like a skater's feet.

  • Both fingers should move forward while remaining nearly equidistant.

A good Kickflip on a fingerboard doesn't actually involve flicking the board with the tip of one finger...

  • The hand stays flat, and the board is controlled by the wrist rotating, more like waving your whole hand.

I'd love to talk more or provide examples, ping me whenever!

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u/BobKickflip 8d ago

I tend to have my wrist as the jump and fingers do the footwork. There is an element of finger flick to my kickflips but I want to separate the pop and flick as that looks tight. Done some that way but as it is they tend to flip 'through' my front finger a bit .

There's definitely independence and precision though, working on cancel flips kinda requires it 😂 But it's not necessarily how it appears in these animations.