June 2026: every story Kingpin Magazine published, newest first.
15 stories
A reference for buyers comparing deck widths, upgraders, and deck hunters evaluating used listings where specs are often missing.
How drop culture works in fingerboarding, how to read limited-graphic claims, and how to verify a listing matches what it claims to be.
Before fingerboarding had a name, it lived as keychain novelties and homemade finger toys swapped between skate friends — no industry, no standards, no marketplace.
Help new buyers understand what parts are included and what specs and photos matter when evaluating a complete fingerboard listing.
What to look for in used listing photos and how sellers should document condition.
Fingerboarding matured into a premium, drop-driven boutique culture with some streetwear-like patterns — limited batches, web drops, and active secondary resale.
CNC machining brought consistent trucks and wheels, urethane replaced plastic for serious riders, and deck widths crept upward toward modern proportions.
While plastic toys filled toy aisles, a parallel scene in Europe built hand-pressed wooden decks, real ramps, and the first organized fingerboard contests.
A practical guide to tuning fingerboard feel with bushings, pivot cups, grip, and small hardware.
A homemade fingerboard in a 1985 skate film is widely cited as an early public showcase — and a generation started building their own from popsicle sticks and cardboard.
A buyer and seller guide to rails, ledges, ramps, boxes, desk setups, and DIY obstacles.
Licensed miniature decks brought fingerboarding into mainstream toy retail and made it a collector fad — while linking it, in the public mind, to plastic construction.
Video sharing took fingerboarding global, bearing wheels and dedicated trucks raised the hardware bar, and wooden decks became the standard for serious riders.
How to choose fingerboard wheels for street, bowls, rough ground or smooth indoor riding — from the durometer, size and bearing specs the makers publish.
Understand truck widths, axle fit, and how to match trucks to your deck.
