Frequently Asked Questions

NBD Finder is a community-powered map of street skate spots. Users find spots, document new tricks, and put real money on Challenges — tricks that haven’t been landed yet at specific obstacles. Land the trick, document it, and you collect the pot.

It’s built for street skaters by street skaters — not a gamified app, not a social network. Just spots, tricks, and the people who land them.

NBD stands for “Never Been Done” — a skate trick that’s never been landed at a specific spot or obstacle. Land one and you’re the first ever to do it there. (The opposite is ABD, “Already Been Done.”)

Full breakdown: What does NBD mean in skateboarding?

Open the map. Spots in your viewport load automatically. Use the filter pills at the top to show only parks, only shops, only legendary spots, etc. Tap any pin to open the spot drawer with photos, obstacles, Challenges, and the landing history.

Long-press anywhere on the map to drop a pin, or tap the "+" FAB. Fill in the name, type (spot / park / shop), obstacles, and add a photo if you have one. Spots go to a moderation queue before they appear publicly — usually within a day. We do this to keep the map clean.

A Challenge is a real-dollar pot placed on a specific trick at a specific obstacle. The amount is held by Stripe until someone lands the trick and submits proof. Anyone — including the placer — can "Boost" an existing Challenge to add money to the pot.

When a claim is submitted with video proof, a reviewer verifies the trick matches the Challenge. Approved claims pay out to the claimer through Stripe, straight to the payout account they connected in Settings. Denied claims keep the Challenge active for the next attempt.

Open the Challenge and tap "I Landed It! (Claim Challenge)." You’ll be asked to either paste a YouTube/Vimeo URL or upload a video file showing the trick from approach to roll-away. Make sure the obstacle and trick clearly match the Challenge. Reviewers will deny claims where the trick doesn’t match, the obstacle isn’t the same one, or the video has cuts/edits that hide bails.

Once a reviewer approves your claim, the Challenge pot is paid out within 7 business days through Stripe to the payout account you connected in Settings → Payouts. Make sure you’ve connected your payout account before claiming — we can’t send winnings without it.

Initial reviews usually happen within a day or two. If your claim has been pending for more than 5 days, email [email protected].

A Boost is a contribution to someone else’s Challenge pot. If you see a Challenge you want to see landed, you can add $5+ to the pot. The claimer gets the full pot, including all Boosts, when they land it. Boosts are non-refundable — same rules as the original Challenge.

Badges recognize what you contribute to the platform. Submit your first spot, get the Spot Scout badge. Land your first Challenge, earn Get that Bag. Land three, get Bounty Hunter. Hit five Challenges placed, get Deep Pockets. They show up on your profile and don’t cost anything.

Common reasons: duplicate of an existing spot, location off by more than a block, no photo or unclear photo, private property with no permission, the spot was already submitted as Deceased, or the description was empty / unhelpful. Resubmit with the issue fixed.

Deceased = the spot is permanently gone. Demolished, walled off, fully bricked over, or a rebuild that destroyed the obstacle. Deceased spots stay on the map as a historical record but can’t have new Challenges, and any active Challenges on a spot that gets marked Deceased are voided without refund.

Use the Report button: on the spot card for bad spots, on the post for forum issues, on the profile for user behavior. We don’t share your identity with the person you reported. See our Community Guidelines for what we consider a violation.

Settings → Account → Delete Account. Deletion is immediate. Your profile (email, bio, city, avatar) is removed. Public content you created — spots, forum posts, ABD entries — is anonymized rather than removed, so the data the community relies on stays intact.

You can also export your data first via Settings → Account → Export My Data.

General questions: [email protected]. Privacy or data requests: [email protected]. Legal, payment disputes, appeals: [email protected]. We aim to respond within 5 business days.