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Fingerboard World Championship

Fast Fingers 17 (2014): Petr Ptáček Repeats

Petr Ptáček defends his title at FF17 — the year's edition number confirmed by the official riders list.

Kingpin Editorial6 min read

Champion

Czech RepublicPetr PtáčekCzech Republic

2014 is the title-defense year, and the official FF17 riders list lets us pin the edition number precisely. Ptáček's consistency turns a strong run into a championship era.

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
2014
Edition
FF17
Format
Live event
Location
Germany

The contest

What happened

Petr Ptáček won again in 2014 (Fast Fingers 17, confirmed by the official riders list and a community event video of FF17). A full 2014 podium is not published on the accessible results page.1, 2, 3, 4

Fast Fingers / Blackriver (Instagram)

The gear

Gear & setup trends

Repeatable, refined pro setups defined the year; contest parks read more like designed objects than improvised tables.

The scene

Brands & scene

The maker-rider model was now established, with Ptáček's Finga among the brands run by competing riders themselves.

The mood

The zeitgeist

Fast Fingers / Blackriver (Instagram)

More polished media and the rise of repeat champions becoming community legends.

Today

Reading this year’s setups today

As pro standards settle, deck shape, ply, and wheel material become the meaningful comparison points in listings.

Watch

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

  • The full 2014 podium (2nd/3rd) is not published on the accessible official pages.
  • 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.Fast Fingers 17 (2014) — Riders list— Fast FingersOfficial↩

    Official FF17 (2014) riders entry — confirms FF17 = 2014, and lists Valentin Leiber's sponsors (Flaked, nordischBrett, toben&wühlen).

  3. 3.Fast Fingers 17 — fingerboard event (YouTube)— YouTube (MikeSchneider)Community↩

    Community event video of Fast Fingers 17; corroborates the FF17 = 2014 edition mapping alongside the official riders list.

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

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

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

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

  6. 6.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.)

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

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

Independence & sources

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