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Fingerboard World Championship

Fast Fingers 19 (2016): An Italian Champion

Italy's Tommaso Busoni wins FF19 — breaking the German/Austrian/Czech run of champions.

Kingpin Editorial6 min read

Champion

ItalyTommaso BusoniItaly

FF19 (2016) widens the map: Tommaso Busoni of Italy takes the title, the first champion from outside the German/Austrian/Czech core. The official results give us a full top five.

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
2016
Edition
FF19
Format
Live event
Location
Germany

The contest

What happened

The official FF19 (2016) ranking lists Tommaso Busoni first, Sandro Seidel second, and Valentin Leiber third (top five also: Alex Christ, Nico Gummelt). Note the official site's own spelling discrepancy ('Tommasu' vs 'Tommaso').1, 2, 3

Fast Fingers / Blackriver (Instagram)

The gear

Gear & setup trends

Late pre-Instagram-dominant contest culture: refined pro setups across a wider European brand and rider ecosystem.

The scene

Brands & scene

The scene was tightening internationally, with contest footage circulating through YouTube and social channels.

The mood

The zeitgeist

Fast Fingers / Blackriver (Instagram)

A global scene drawing closer together, with international travel and a refined technical standard.

Today

Reading this year’s setups today

By 2016, 32–34mm pro widths and urethane wheels are the norm to look for; describe specs and condition, not hype.

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

  • Fast Fingers spells the champion 'Tommasu Busoni' on its history page and 'Tommaso Busoni' on its results page/Facebook; 'Tommaso' is used here pending fuller verification.
  • Official spelling discrepancy ('Tommasu' on the history page vs 'Tommaso' on the results page/Facebook); 'Tommaso' is used here.
  • No verified social handle or brand affiliation was found (a same-name actor/model is a different person).

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.Fast Fingers 19 (2016) — Results— Fast FingersOfficial↩

    Official FF19 (2016) ranking: 1. Tommaso Busoni, 2. Sandro Seidel, 3. Valentin Leiber.

  3. 3.Fast Fingers — Results— Fast FingersOfficial↩

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

Independence & sources

Kingpin is an independent fingerboard marketplace and is not affiliated with Fast Fingers, Blackriver, ASI Berlin, or the brands, riders, shops, events, or publishers referenced.