Scene, September 2026: every story Kingpin Magazine published in that section, newest first.
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A new video essay from cdplaya argues that Nic Herzog's fingerboarding is a textbook case of sprezzatura — difficulty hidden on purpose — and backs it with frame-by-frame footage and a 2007/2008 Rail Jam.
The Bigspin Fingerboard Podcast puts three makers at wildly different points in the craft in the same conversation. Here is what the episode sets out to cover, and what its description leaves open.
Tanner, the Philadelphia maker behind Sausage Ramps, saws factory-made Blackriver obstacles apart and nails them back together as numbered one-offs. Artists have been doing something like it for a century. His still ride.
Pager-One drove into Jersey with no address and found a handmade street park under bridge pillars. Who built it is still an open question.
A washed-out outdoor meetup in New York ended up indoors at The Tiny Cupboard Comedy Club, with riders carrying their own parks in. Here is what the post says, and what it does not.
A post in r/Fingerboards lays out the scene's wins and its friction points in two columns. Here is what it actually says, what it leaves unconfirmed, and the questions that would settle it.
A new upload from Kalye Decks frames a day-in-the-life around Philippine fingerboarder Ariel Tolentino, and credits a whole crew alongside him. Here's what the video and its description actually say.
The Blackriver crew filmed the convention floor on the weekend's biggest day and posted it as Day 3. Here's what the upload actually confirms — and what the scene is still waiting on.
A short post in r/fingerboarding from u/AudioBaud is the only public account of the 2026 6Skates Toronto Rendezvous so far: a thank-you to the organizers, a nod to the brands who showed, and a YouTube link. Here's what's confirmed and what still isn't.
DOYOU's first episode spends 25 minutes with five people who hold Sydney's fingerboard scene together: the shop that runs the competitions, an 80-page print magazine, a handmade deck brand, and the people filming each other.
