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Fingerboard World Championship

Fast Fingers 2013: Petr Ptáček Begins a Three-Year Run

Czech rider Petr Ptáček wins the first of three straight titles — a rare repeat-champion arc begins.

Kingpin Editorial6 min read

Champion

Czech RepublicPetr PtáčekCzech Republic

2013 starts one of the contest's defining chapters: Petr Ptáček of the Czech Republic wins the first of three consecutive championships. He is also the maker behind Finga Fingerboards.

Part of the Fast Fingers Archive

This is one year in the Fast Fingers Archive — fingerboarding’s longest-running world championship, year by year.
Year
2013
Edition
FF16(inferred)
Format
Live event
Location
Germany

The contest

What happened

Petr Ptáček won the 2013 championship, the first of three straight titles (2013–2015). Runner-up details for 2013 are not published on the accessible results page (which begins at FF18/2015).1, 2, 3, 4

Fast Fingers / Blackriver (Instagram)

The gear

Gear & setup trends

Pro setups were the norm: tuned trucks and wheels, cleaner parks, and increasingly refined deck choices. Ptáček rides his own Finga decks with a signature YTrucks 'Petr Pro' truck.

The scene

Brands & scene

Fast Fingers / Blackriver (Instagram)

Ptáček's Finga Fingerboards (handmade in the Czech Republic since ~2005) is distributed internationally, including via FlatFace in the US.

The mood

The zeitgeist

Pro-rider edits, international prestige, and sharper, more design-led contest parks.

Today

Reading this year’s setups today

Decks from maker-run brands like Finga are best described by shape and spec; treat 'champion-era' framing as context rather than a value guarantee.

Setup-era context

For the wider gear story of this period, read The Pro-Setup Era: Precision Hardware Becomes the Standard from the “Through the Years” series.

Still being verified

  • Edition number FF16 is inferred from the official FF11 (2008) → FF17 (2014) annual sequence and is not independently confirmed.
  • Runners-up for 2013 are not published on the accessible official results page.
  • No personal Instagram is published — the brand account @fingafingerboards is used (a same-name Czech racing driver's account is unrelated).

References

Numbered references to the brand, retailer, and community pages that back this article. The label notes how firmly each source is established.

  1. 1.Fast Fingers — History & World Champions— Fast FingersOfficial↩

    Official event history with the year-by-year world-champion list (2008 onward). Frames the contest as becoming the official Fingerboard World Championship in 2008.

  2. 2.Finga Fingerboards— Finga Fingerboards (Petr Ptáček)Official↩

    Petr Ptáček's handmade Czech deck brand, run since ~2005; owner 'Ing. Petr Ptáček'.

  3. 3.Finga Fingerboards — Instagram (@fingafingerboards)— InstagramCommunity↩

    Brand account; bio: 'Wooden fingerboard decks made by Petr Ptáček since 2005'. (No personal handle published; a same-name racing driver is unrelated.)

  4. 4.YTrucks 'Petr Pro' signature truck— Yellowood / YTrucksOfficial↩

    Petr Ptáček's signature YTrucks X4 colorway (team rider).

  5. 5.Fast Fingers — Results— Fast FingersOfficial↩

    Official per-edition results tables (visible from FF18/2015 onward), including later placements of past champions.

Independence & sources

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