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A group photo of fingerboarders at the the L.A. River Fingerboard Skatepark.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u200aThe whole purpose of it is for you to get out and to use your brain and to discover the world, it just makes things fun,\u201d said Ryan Diaz<\/a>, who manages social<\/a> media<\/a> accounts dedicated to the fingerboard skatepark.<\/p>\n No one knows who built it or when it was built, but videos of people doing tricks on miniature ramps and rails started showing up on social media in March<\/a>.<\/p>\n Diaz instantly recognized the location and decided to check it out. At that time, it was six by six feet \u2014 that\u2019s before he started to add to it.<\/p>\n Others joined in and Diaz began documenting the expansion.<\/p>\n The park is about 90 feet long.<\/p>\n \u201cEveryone does say if it wasn’t for me, none of this would be happening,\u201d Diaz said. \u201cI was just happy to motivate people, bring out their creativity.\u201d<\/p>\n Skate therapy<\/p>\n Levi Hernandez and his fingerboard.<\/p>\n Levi Hernandez performs a trick with his fingerboard.<\/p>\n (<\/p>\n Da\u00f1iel Martinez<\/p>\n \/<\/p>\n LAist<\/p>\n )<\/p>\n Levi Hernandez shows off his fingerboard.<\/p>\n (<\/p>\n Da\u00f1iel Martinez<\/p>\n \/<\/p>\n LAist<\/p>\n )<\/p>\n Levi Hernandez is from El Monte. It was his fourth time visiting on a recent Wednesday in July, but he\u2019s been fingerboarding for nearly a decade, including at local events like ShredderMania<\/a>.<\/p>\n He said he\u2019s learning something new at the park.<\/p>\n \u201c\u200aIt actually almost feels like real skateboarding in a way,” Hernandez said. “Where your fingers end up sliding and where you’re popping, it’s just a lot of practice.\u201d<\/p>\n Jimmy Tran of Chinatown is a regular that stops by the park on his way home from work every day. He used to skateboard \u2013 the real kind \u2013 regularly but had to stop after a bad injury.<\/p>\n Jimmy Tran performs a trick with his fingerboard.<\/p>\n (<\/p>\n Da\u00f1iel Martinez<\/p>\n \/<\/p>\n LAist<\/p>\n )<\/p>\n \u201c\u200aI could do the same tricks as skateboarding, but I don’t have to get hurt at all, honestly. And I still have the satisfaction of landing a really clean trick,\u201d Tran said.<\/p>\n Tran says it\u2019s a place he can relax, be himself, and feel like a kid again.<\/p>\n Saturdays are for building<\/p>\n Gilbert Medrano (left) and Ryan Diaz (right) co-manages the park.<\/p>\n Build days to expand the park are on Saturdays.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have kids that come from the neighborhood, and we teach them how to pour concrete and stuff like that, kind of like a big brother role,\u201d Diaz said.<\/p>\n Los Angeles River Fingerboard Skatepark<\/p>\n![\"Jimmy](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786804332_156_.jpeg\")
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