So, I've always found one of the funnest things about fingerboarding is how creative you can get with tricks. Insane technical tricks, and, then, put them into grinds, or, just have fun experimenting with tricks. For example, my recent love in the way of fingerboarding tricks is the anti hospital flip. Its a hospital flip, except you use your back finger to flick it round rather than the front. Surprisingly easy I find, but, fun!
Today I just experimented. I wont spam with self promotion, but, this is the video. I cant explain how fun just messing around trying new tricks into a sort of anti hospital, for lack of a better way of explaining it, was.
It seems like, just in skateboarding, theres getting a LOT of people who are really good, and have amazing style, but, all the same tricks. The same 'conventional' (albeit very impressive and extremely good) tricks that get them noticed and hence they ascend the ladder into fame (or, ffi, haha.. Nah, I kid..) and they get sponsors. So far as I am aware, sponsorship is chosen because the persons videos are deemed good enough such that people would be inspired by the videos to buy the products. 'Good', in that sense, is often if not always defined by 'conventional' tricks. But, if I was going to make a video that I wanted to inspire people to do something, buy something, for example, I'd try to push the barrier on conventional tricks. Its getting to the point where you know, person x on *insert word here* wood fingerboards can sw bigflip bs tail flip out. Does that REALLY inspire you to buy their products, or are you just gonna favourite the video on youtube because its an interesting trick and you can watch it with a fair amount of drool on your lips?
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for the amazing standard of whats 'conventional' fingerboarding, these days. But, aren't we missing another side as well? I'm not by any means suggesting my mediocre messing around with anti hospitals, or silly grind combos, are 'inspiring', but, wheres the fingerboarding version of.. rodney mullen, or someone? Someone whos gonna think 'well, I could kickflip this, or, I could do something else?'
Being different just for the sake of being different is wrong. But being the same just for the sake of being the same is also wrong. So go on, have a little creativity! Think a bit before your next video and see what you can come up with, see if you can break the norm on what you usually do. You might find its a whole lot more fun!
