FBS says its Extra Smooth grip has a new formula for the first time since 2008, tuned to feel worn in from the first session. Here is what the listing confirms, and what it leaves out.
Mina Seo3 Minuten LesezeitFBS has changed the recipe on Extra Smooth, the tape a lot of people have had on their decks without thinking about it since 2008. The new version is built to skip the break-in: the brand's pitch is that it feels like a sheet you have already worn in, straight out of the pack.
The product page went up on Fingerboardstore.de on October 14.
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A tape, sold as Extra Smooth (New Formula), listed under FBS's own tape line and stocked at Fingerboardstore.de.
What the brand states:
The copy also refers to "both new FBS Tape materials", so this release is one of two. The second one is not described on this page, and FBS has not said here what it is or when it lands.
What the listing does not give: sheet dimensions, thickness, grit or backing, and any breakdown of the price tiers. The product data runs from 7.95 up to 69 with no variants spelled out, so what sits at the top of that range — bulk sheets, a roll, a multi-pack — is not confirmed in what the shop has published.
Worn-in perfection right out of the pack!
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Break-in is the part of a fresh sheet nobody enjoys. New tape bites: flips feel sticky, the board hangs on the fingers through a late-shuve, and you spend a few sessions sanding the top off it with your own skin before the sheet does what you bought it for. Extra Smooth was already the low-friction end of the FBS range, and a formula aimed squarely at the first hour of use is a sensible place to put a change.
The more interesting design decision is restraint. A brand with an eighteen-year-old product and a loyal user base can either chase a new feel or protect the old one, and FBS has framed this as the second: same character, shorter runway. The reference point in the copy is not "better grip" but worn-in Extra Smooth from the 2008 material — a target defined by the thing it replaces.
The pro-tester line is worth reading for what it is: a brand claim about process, not a published test. FBS says around 100 fingerboarders ran the material; it has not named them, and we have no independent account of how the new sheet behaves over a few weeks of slides and primos.
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The listing includes a short setup routine, which is unusual for a tape that is sold as ready to go:
FBS says to repeat the last step whenever the sheet needs freshening up.
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Sheet size, thickness and the identity of the second new FBS tape material are not confirmed at the time of writing.
Reference links used for this piece. Confidence labels show how firmly each source is established.
Fingerboardstore.deHändler
Brand copy hosted on the shop listing; source of the 2008 date, the ~100 testers claim, the prep steps and the 7.95-69 price range.
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