Obstacles are the objects a fingerboarder slides, grinds, manuals, or rolls over to link tricks. Most setups combine a few core categories.
- Rails: long, thin metal pieces for slides and grinds. Sub-types include round rails, flat (square/rectangular) rails, and angled or kinked rails. Often mounted to a wood or plastic base for stability.
- Ledges and curbs: solid flat-topped surfaces for grinds, slides, manuals, and combos. Common materials are wood, marble/stone, concrete, and plastic. Wax ledges are surfaced or waxed for smoother slides.
- Ramps: transition pieces including quarter pipes, mini ramps, banks, and kickers. Quarter pipes provide a curved vertical transition; banks are straight angled inclines; kickers are small launch ramps.
- Manual pads: low, flat raised platforms used to practice manuals and link tricks between other obstacles.
- Boxes and funboxes: rectangular obstacles, sometimes with ledges or coping on the edges; funboxes combine multiple features (ledge plus rail, or ledge plus kicker) in one piece.
- Stairs and sets: stepped obstacles that change trick timing and are often paired with rails or ledges as a 'hubba'.
