My View on Style and Sponsors in Fingerboarding 

Mike. You are the best. Not just at finger boarding you are an amazing role model. Keep making videos you're awesome! :)

I just got back into fingerboarding after 10 years and actually started making my own boards as well. I make massive 36mm fingerboards because I wanted the most comfort coming back in and have actually sold a few. It's nice to know that it doesn't really matter what kind of deck you ride as much as it's about preference.

I really like it when you're talking in your videos :)

Thanks that really changed my mind about a couple of things .although I wasn't thinking about sponsors now I am.

Lol the cat in the background

Thank you, this video was really inspiring. I have been working since about 9:00 PMish and it is currently past 12:45AM and this video has helped me calm down a little bit. This has also given me a bit of confidence I need to fingerboard at school. For most fingerboarders this seems to be an easy task but some of my closest friends make fun of me for it so it can get pretty hard to fingerboard. I am also afraid to mess up for that very reason and I think that this video can help plenty of other people with confidence issues and, to dome extent, even stress. So thank you and please keep making videos like this where you talk to the camera because I think you have a lot of awesome things to say in addition to your fingerboarding skills. So again, keep up the great work and please make more videos like this.

that's what I've been doing for more than ten years! it's cool to listen to someone reasuring that.

Can you upload more videos like this...honestly like this style of video.

He should do a video on all the kids that try and be "trendy" and ad earrape rap music

Hi Mike I am a huge fan for you and you are the best fingerboarder ever

Mike Schneider you have changed my life and that everything is not all about winning it's all about being out there and having fun and hopefully in the future I'm going to get myself a fingerboard to shred on just because of you and you really changed my p.o.v in life,work, and fingerboarding of course keep up the good work Mike and many more years to come for FlatFace!! Instantly subscribed!! :)

Can I use a tech deck and tech deck ramps cause I'm really good but that's all I got

I actually think it's easier to fingerboard with loose trucks it makes kickflips easier

You helped me so much mike you are the best

mike you are so insperational (sorry that i spelled that wrong), but you are the reason i started fingerboarding, i have been going at it for 1 year now, and i recently learned switch nollie, and kickflip, and just as i type this i learned switch verial flip. you are the reason i started, i love your videos, thank if you read that!

thank you mike you always give us the best advice

Yes for fun thank you and how can u go out and skateboard in the rain snow fingerboarding is a great past time and it is such a good family thanks Mike

I like this type of videos i never hear you (your opinions are wise)

you are a awesome role model to all of us I used to fingerboard back in the days I always had fun and started out with tech decks I came first in a compition won a bunch of tech deck stuff and prize money in new Zealand Palmerston north but I had never thought it would grow this big but now its 2018 and I'm starting to get back into it I only can afford to buy tech decks as that's what I can afford on a budget thank you so much mike for all your encouraging words and inspiration on us all I love to have fun finger boarding and hopefully I can afford a real finger board some day thank you so much Mike for getting me back into it

Great video Mike.. and nice to see one of the most known fingerboarders being honest about fingerboarding, sponsorships and also RU-vid. You don´t have to have the most expensive decks, wheels or trucks or ramps, rails and ledges to have fun.. kinda why i make videos showing how to make boards, molds and some obstacles and people seems to like it.. Again, i really enjoyed this video and your honesty... :)

I wish I could just meet you and fingerboard together 😩

Hey Mike, I really like finger boarding but I can't make a finger board myself or have enough money for a Bollie or FlateFace or Berlin. I'm stuck with teck decks. Any help?

this video is absolutely not boring, more people should give advice just as you do to the kids, is more helpful than every video with thousands of tricks, thanks Mike.

no one should hate on mike, this is just as fun as normal fingerboarding, he loves what he does soo... respect that. believe me, i do both

Mike how are u so good

I only want to get sponsored for free decks since I don't have the money to buy one. My tech decks keep breaking and I jut need a better one.

I just wanted to say thank you for your advice about the sponsorship advice but your right, I don't want to get in competitions all of the time I want to have fun and show people how my ways of fingerboarding works and it caught my eye because I know you have a lot of people that watch your videos but for you to take your time out and say that made me happy thanks man and I know you are going to see this message feel better man hope to see more videos!

Dude, you're my inspiration every day of fingerboard of my life!!

fingerboarding shouldnt be used to impress someone? let me tell you i am pretty damn good at fingerboarding. and embarassed of it. most people dont know i do it. i cant belive people make vids doing it.

Thank you. 3 years ago I walk in fingerboard and not well at all thank you very much and the number one of the best skating in fingerboard

Awesome vid! Words of wisdom. This should have many more views.

Thanks mike for the advise you inspired me and i fingerboard for fun i will never stop

I'm 25, and I've been fingerboarding since tech deck was coming up. I used to watch fingerboard videos (fingers of fury) & mods (moshmellows). Then I found you on youtube years later and i did it for the same reason, I just wanted to watch what other people could do on a fingerboard, ok I borrowed tricks and combos here and there, but it still was something i did when i was bored and i could easily take along on a trip or to school. And becasue it was FUN. I hope you read this. Great video mike!

Awesome Mike! Thanks for putting that out there.

So sick dude i love ya cat and vids !!

This helped me alot!!! Thank you so much Mike!

Words of wisdom right here. Plus your cat's chillin in the background.

That was good man, you speak the truth! Also that last trick was off the chain!!!

Mike, your the best fingerboarder ever and i subscribed

Well spoken my dude, mad respect

You're my idol Mike! I download every video that you upload because you're so cool. :)

THX MIKE! You help me so much ! Thx for your help

This changed my pov on things a lot thx mike! :)

your videos is never been boring at all.....i like all of your videos....=)=)

Great vid and speech too . Thanks for that advice it really does help.

last trick is a banger. that was sick

i gotta say your right about everything exept the part about not coping style ive been fingerboarding for more than 10 years and untill about three years ago i used 3 fingers (it felt right at the time) but it was actually seeing your videos and your style that made me stop and re learn all my tricks with only 2 took a long time but now i enjoy not having that nasty habbit and i can do lots of steezy tricks that are simply not possible with all them fingers in the way so yeah thank you sir

this completely opened up my heart to fingers

Thank you so much Mike, you are absolutely right... I ordered a deck from my buddy Sullivan, but it didn't come for a couple weeks but then one day I got a package in the mail from him even though we live real close. I open it up and there's a note inside. He gave me a pair of wheels, 2 decks, griptape and some stickers... For free. I was touched. I used to be all about getting a sponsor but now it's just sort of a side goal and it's not that important to me... God bless you Mike...

you are my inspiration for fingerboarding

Ur awesome u really helped me progress in fingerboarding

i could listen to you talking for HOURS on end. keep up the good work

YOU ARE AWESOME MIKE!!!!

mike this was not a boring vid.this was a very good vid .your right so many people try to copy styles but they should have there own styles.you are a good example because you have fun when making vids,you are creative with vids and styles,and you dont care what people think of you.you inspire alot of people

I've just had fun fingerboreding and watch almost all of Mike's videos and got really good in the process I'd rather have fun with it than get sponsored honestly

Thanks this really helped me! And actually I'm embarrassed about being good near my friends but I'm moving so me and a couple of buddy's are going to skate the halls of my school on a real skate board then when we go to detention and the teachers take away our boards we are going to finger board! Ha! Its going to be great!

Mike exactly my point i hate it when you see kids fingerboarding but there doing it to impress someone, or when people judge because what type of music u have on your video! thanks Mike Keep these type of videos up!

Nice Vid man. Originality is the best

Best video I've ever seen!

The finger placement was one of my questions and u solved it thank you mike ur such a great person and btw plz post all ur parks because I would love to see them all and get some ideas because I'm 13 and I have 4 parks I built so it would be cool to see yours

really good video mike, i was like you sayed ( tried to get sponsors and all that kind of stuff but after all that i was pretty tired to impress all the time so i started doing it for like fun and i learned alot more. I dont even learn my tricks from trick tip´s they like come in my fingers after some time :) you are my absolutly favourite fingerboarder i hope you don´t gonna quit fingerboarding for a long time. Bye

You only mentioned expensive companies, your sponserships is why I ask! Muchlove fingerboard brotha! ;)

Thanks for that vid! I'm a really big fan of cruiser and that one caught my eye! can you please tell me were you bought it?

so true! you are amazing:)

Pretty good vid. I just fingerboard for fun and love it so much!

Well done!, and my cat liked it too :)

Hey mike, I have a question for you. I'm planning to buy a close up 31mm does 1mm make a difference of anything? If it does i think I'll buy a 32mm

mike do you think its ok because i use to teck deck and i got use to using 3 fingers so is it fine if i still do since i have a fingerboard?

this all so true and the best advice in the world!

Feel like I’m a time machine in the most positive way possible. I wish I could’ve looked up to someone like you 9 years ago

I think you are the best fingerboarder :) .

U CHANGED MY LIFE ON FINGERBOARDING THX

well said, a lot of kids want to get sponsored, but don't realize the responsibility that comes along with it ..and you're so right about style.

real talk! this video just resolved all my problems

that vid is literally not boring thanks Mike Schneider youreally help me a lot thank you I learn a lot about Myself at fingerboarding

Love this vid 🤙🏼

You are the fucking MAN! It's funny how the person who achieves greatness for their passion is the one who ultimately gains the wisdom to tell everybody else just to relax and have fun doing it. Thanks for being real.

A Great video.Good job.

So right keep up the good work Mike

Honestly my favorite video by mike

Probably the most enlightening words I have ever heard in fingerboarding mike job mike :)

Hey Mike its not a boring video it was really eye opening i have just got into fingerboarding and i love it it so fun and i can't land everything but great vid!

I'm new to both RU-vid and FingerBoarding in a way. I've always been a big fan of you Mike. I try my best to land tricks clean and with some style. I sometimes land 3 fingered. Oh well. I can get better if I keep trying. Great video man!

this was amazing.

dude you are a beast at fingerboarding (:

Sooooo good i watched like 5-6 times

Great advice be yourself and have fun that's all that matters

Nice words and experiences, Mike.

It's skateboarding. I have a lot of fun doing both. Keep killin it mike.

this was an amazing video your the best mike this makes me want to just keep fingerboarding the way i do which i was the point

I can't stop looking at that cat! :-D

thanks mike you motivated me to do a sponsor me video and also i am your super fan :)

finally...somone talk abaout this...!!! thats cool mike...

I never think about it that way thanks

Very great points, well said Mike. I'm glad my video was able to inspire you to make this! :-)

That's it!! Fingerboard is more than a simple setup or ramps. Do fingerboard for fun and no matter what others think about you.

U r my fav finger boarder mike ur awsome

Yo man I just wanted to say that What you said was amazing to hear and, in my opinion, so very true haha. Having fun like that applies to many things so I see you've gotten some pretty amazing self values from finger boarding and that's great man. If you don't skateboarding at the moment I think you really should! Haha you can easily apply you're attitude from finger boarding towards skateboarding. Keep Having fun man, great vid~

do you recommend making your own ramp? Because i am doing that right now.

Your videos are awesome