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http://www.axeramps.it/
hell yeah, check .it! out 
i wish them great succes and hope they keep on doing what they love!
At first: HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Now I´m proud to show you these great montage edited by Fabian Epe aka. fahbee. It´s the first video i´ve seen in 2011 and – damn! – let´s fingerboard this way. Don´t seperate in parts, come together and pop the shit out of your little skateboards. Because fingerboarding is a community thing.
Oh, and btw. I´ve seen the Gripskin DVD yesterday for the first time. I just can say, buy it and understand what fingerboarding is all about. 
they have some copies of the gripskin dvd in the store. i’m not yet sure when the next batch will be available.
https://www.blackriver-shop.com/accessories/media/gripskin-dvd.html
if you’re lucky you’ll get a berlin wood included
Jeremy added me on Facebook a few days ago. Soon i realized that he is a true 100% fingerboarder! I’m not talking about a fingerboarder who can do crazy combos, is sponsored by 378 companys but sucks at beeing human. Jeremy is a fingerboarder who knows what it’s all about. So listen and learn! And don’t… forget it…
Jeremy:
So Is it time for the interview?
I’m interested to see what you want to know.
Haha.
But of course, it’s Gripskin! Why not be stoked?
Wag:
Hahaha. Well, let’s get started. Tell us something about you. Who are you and where do you come from?
Jeremy:
I’m Jeremy Forget, Um… I’m from Rhode Island USA. Fingerboarding is a passion for me and… yeah.
Wag:
“Passion” is a fantastic word! For how long are you fingerboarding now? I heard you are one of the “older guys”, haha.
Jeremy:
Yeah haha, I’m 22 almost 23. I’ve been fingerboarding for about 11 years.
Wag:
So fingerboarding is an important part of your life I guess. Would you like to talk about the Up und Downs of 11 years of fingerboarding?
Jeremy:
Hm, ups and downs… Well, I’d say fingerboarding being a part of my life and something I can have for myself is a huge up. As for downs, I guess that more about specifics. Well, I’ve always fingerboarded for me, not for others. Downs probably happened for me when it came to sponsors. I always got picked up by a team as a result of doing something nice for them and they just offered me sponsorship or something. either that or they were really cool companies run by cool people and they just kind of fell of the face of the earth.
Never big companies, maybe that’s why. But I was on Absolutes team for a while, it was fun at first, Mac (owner) was super supportive) but then it got to be odd, because I didn’t seem to mesh with the other riders so I felt left out. I reigned from the team because of it and caught flak about it from others. It sucked but, that’s life. I think the other down is not having people to session with.
But the fact that I ride for my own enjoyment and not to get sponsors or impress people has it’s ups and downs
Wag:
I guess the whole “scene” would be alot cooler if more people could think this way about it.
It’s kinda all about getting sponsored and “beeing the best” right now. What ever happened to the “scene” we used to know and love?
Jeremy:
It will return. It’s alive. We jut have to keep on riding for our own love. I think the “scene” just got to be too much about the product.
Kind of why Anthony and I created ForFingerboarders.com
To sell quality product cheap so people stop thinking so much about the money aspect and just get their crap and ride.
People forgot why they started fingerboarding in the first place.
Wag:
Amen to that! Fingerboarding is high tech now. Dual bearing wheels, high quality trucks and even the shortest video gets filmed with a full HD cam. Is it all good or do you often want to go back to the “good old days”? Where there was nothing better than a tech deck with some fresh griptape and oilded wheels.
Jeremy:
I keep one of those in my setup box. I mean I ride a nice setup, I love the advances in technology, but honestly, ROOTS. It’s a reminder to just keep fingerboarding fun. Seriously, I went a good 4 years without touching a wood deck. I used to build entire cardboard parks for the fun of it just to sesh with a modded Tech Deck. Bend up the kicks and slap some jessup on!
Wag:
Nowadays kids don’t have to think about tuning at all. Board out of the package and you are ready to go. Do you think people get to… well “cosseted” over time?
Jeremy:
Yeah man, crap, did we even have bushings back in 99? Shit, I didn’t. I used to have Tech Deck Mushings and calouses from grip tape. The kids go online and buy a 100 dollar setup right away. Then they wonder why they ever bothered with a Tech Deck other than not knowing about wood and bearings.
Wag:
Have you ever been at one of those big events like the Rendezvous or are you planing on going?
Jeremy:
I went to rendezvous 4 and 5. I did compete, but I didn’t do well at all. My nerves got the best of me. I even made the mistake of trying to do my runs with a bend new setup I’ve never used. I don’t like the competition part of it, well at least the way it was there. It felt like everyone was expecting you to try to one up someone or try to land some super technical stuff. I just wanted to ride. Besides I like to ride transitions when I get the chance. I’ll shred those all day! Haha.
I like the fact that the event brings people together. I love that.
And I LOVE the fact that more of them are happening. From large to small. I think it’s amazing. Spreading fingerboarding is loving fingerboarding.
I spread it to give back to fingerboarding what it gave to me.
Wag:
Very well said, sir! I guess i had my last contest run at the first Fingaspektakel in Steyr, Austria. I only landed my final trick and got last or something, haha. But it was all about the fun. Thats the important part!
Jeremy:
Yeah man, always. I mean, I could put down a 1 minute run on a great park and have it be all bangers( As If I could ever possibly do that hahaha) but it wouldn’t be as fun as if I just sessioned one spot on that same park and did my own thing.
Wag:
Some people can’t understand that fingerboarding can be so much more than a hobby. It can be a lifestyle! How much did fingerboarding change your life?
Jeremy:
Oh dude, A lot. Haha. It sounds corny, but fingerboarding saved my life.
It kept me out of a lot of trouble. I grew up in an area that wasn’t too bad back in the day, but it was getting worse as I was a kid.
I have some friends I used to hang out with that were trouble makers kind of. And they just mixed with the wrong crowd. I found out a couple years ago that one of them got shot in a fight. I was busy in my room building parks and sessioning. That kept me out of the bad elements.
If I never found fingerboarding, life would not be the same at all.
It shaped me. To this day fingerboarding teaches me about life.
Wag:
That’s kind of a grim story. Most people would propably tell something about the great partys they had with other fingerboarders and all that usual stuff i get tired of. Thank you for the frank words!
Jeremy:
Haha, well, your welcome? I was just being honest. You did want that right? I’m sure I can make something up that’s all happy and go get-em! I love Fingerboarding. I’m not going to tell anything but the truth about it, another way to give back. Be open.
Wag:
That’s it!
Jeremy, i thank you for your time! 
Jeremy:
You’re welcome man, thanks for taking interest! Anytime, You’re a great dude. KEEP IT FUN. KEEP IT REAL.
Wag:
Keep doing all the great stuff you are doing for fingerboarding!
Jeremy:
I will man. Everyday.
(later)
Wag:
Would you like to add a pic or a video of you to the interview?
Jeremy:
sure. brb let me get my son his fingerboard.
Wag:
haha, awesome
Jeremy:
Okay I’m back. Yeah, he went so nuts over seeing me fingerboard that he kept trying to steal mine, so I just gave him one of my setups. He’s only ten months old haha.
He’s my session buddy.
Wag:
That’s sooo awesome!
A video of him:
Ye, the premiere of the GRIPSKIN DVD was last saturday!
Awesome stuff, and your part is, to buy the DVD –
BUY and click:
BUY & CLICK
I got also a interview at FBTV, you can check it right there:
Read the Interview
And also, Manu and me filmed a video last weekend, watch it right there:
thx chris this is how an unboxing should be!
oh and visit: http://fbweekly.squarespace.com/
and two more inspiring vidoes today:
hell yeah!
you should all remember sheryl ann. she was probably one of the first girls who was dedicated to fingerboarding over a long time. a long time we all hadn’t contact with her, meeting her at fastfingers this year was awesome though. like meeting a long lost sister! finally she made a new mini, i like it alot! it has this oldschool touch, not just because it’s not hd
hope to see her soon and then we all gonna party!
YEAH he’s a super nice guy, i met him like 2years ago in san diego and we had great sessions! it was probably one of the first sessions with an american and eropean.
now you need to know that he has a videochanel on youtube, and it’s definately worth to check it out and subscribe! his videos are different to what you normaly see. i like them alot, very personal and creative!
www.youtube.com/user/EDGARone619KING
i hope to see you soon!
