Fingerboard World Championship
Fast Fingers 21 (2024): Ramon Angelow and the Physical Return
Germany's Ramon Angelow wins FF21 — the in-person return and Blackriver's 25th-anniversary celebration.
Champion
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FF21 (2024) is the big physical return, doubling as Blackriver's 25th anniversary. Ramon Angelow takes the title after a Game of Skate that runs more than half an hour, with the whole scene gathered in Schwarzenbach.
Part of the Fast Fingers Archive
- Year
- 2024
- Edition
- FF21
- Format
- Live event
- Location
- Schwarzenbach a.d. Saale, Germany
The contest
What happened
Ramon Angelow won FF21 (2024); Blackriver's recap reports 28 nations, around 1500 visitors, 122 starters, and a Game of Skate lasting over 30 minutes. The official results list Francisco Martins second and Tobias Stoll third.1, 2, 3, 4
The gear
Gear & setup trends
Mature modern boutique setups on polished event parks — the Blackriver / Berlinwood / BRT ecosystem alongside a wider field of global independent brands.
The scene
Brands & scene
Angelow rides for Blackriver and Berlinwood, with a signature Berlinwood 'Angelow Pro Model' deck and Blackriver's first-ever signature truck, the 'RAWmon'.
The mood
The zeitgeist
25th-anniversary emotion, huge group-photo energy, and polished event media — the scene gathered in one place again.
Today
Reading this year’s setups today
This is the era most current listings come from; read specs carefully and treat resale premiums as market commentary, not verified value.
From the event
- FF21 doubled as Blackriver's 25th-anniversary celebration.
Setup-era context
Still being verified
- Angelow's bio lists two world titles; FF21 (2024) is the live title here, and a community retrospective attributes the 2022 first online edition to him as the second — see the 2022 entry. The online title is community/trophy-plaque evidence, not an official results page.
- His IG bio lists two world titles; FF21 (2024) is the confirmed live title, and a community history retrospective attributes the 2022 first online edition to him as the second — the latter is community/trophy-plaque evidence, not an official results page.
- FF21 runners-up (Francisco Martins, Tobias Stoll) are read from the official results page.
References
Numbered references to the brand, retailer, and community pages that back this article. The label notes how firmly each source is established.
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.
Official per-edition results tables (visible from FF18/2015 onward), including later placements of past champions.
Blackriver recap of FF21 (2024): 28 nations, ~1500 visitors, 122 starters, a Game of Skate over 30 minutes, Ramon Angelow champion; held as Blackriver's 25th anniversary.
2022 community retrospective walking the full edition history. Used cross-checked against the engraved event trophy plaques as a secondary source for the early-year (pre-2008) champion names and the online-edition winners; treated as community evidence, not an official results page.
His Instagram (~45k followers); bio lists '2x Fingerboard Worldchampion' and sponsors @blackriver_official, @asi_berlin_shop, @berlinwood.official.
- 6.Blackriver 3.0 'RAWmon' trucks — Ramon Angelow signature— Blackriver (via The Vault Fingerboards)Retailer↩
Blackriver's first signature truck, dedicated to team rider Ramon Angelow ('RAWmon').
Ramon Angelow's signature Berlinwood pro model (5-ply, handmade in Germany, multiple widths).
Independence & sources