Web app · Skateboarding · Live since June 2026
NBD Finder
“Find Spots. Land Tricks. Get Paid.”
NBD Finder is a community-built map of street skate spots, skateparks and skate shops, founded and built by Tyler Edic. Skaters use it to find places to skate, record which tricks have been landed where, and chase the ones that have never been done.
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About the project
What is NBD Finder?
NBD Finder is a web app for street skateboarders. At its centre is an interactive map where every pin is a street spot, a skatepark or a skate shop, each with its own page of photos, obstacles and a record of the tricks that have been landed there.
The name comes from skateboarding slang. NBD stands for “Never Been Done”: a trick nobody has landed yet at a particular spot or obstacle. Its opposite is ABD, “Already Been Done.” NBD Finder keeps track of both, spot by spot, so skaters can see what is already on record and what is still up for grabs.
On top of the map sit NBD Challenges. A Challenge is a real cash prize sponsored on a specific trick at a specific obstacle. NBD Finder awards the prize to the first skater who lands the trick and proves it on video. As Tyler puts it, “instead of sponsoring skaters, we sponsor the trick.”
Around all of that is a community: a forum, profiles, badges for contributing, and a moderation queue that reviews every new spot before it goes on the map.
How it works
How NBD Finder works
- Find a spot. Open the map and search by spot name, city, state or obstacle, or filter to just spots, parks or shops.
- See what's been done. Tap a pin to open the spot: photos, obstacles and its landing history, the ABDs already on record.
- Add what's missing. Know a spot that isn't on the map? Drop a pin, add the details and a photo, and it goes to moderators for review.
- Sponsor a Challenge. Pick a trick nobody has landed at an obstacle and sponsor a cash prize on it. Anyone can Boost a Challenge to grow the prize.
- Land it, prove it, get paid. The first skater to land the trick and submit a clear video claim is awarded the prize once a reviewer verifies it.
Skate terms used on NBD Finder
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| NBD | Never Been Done: a trick nobody has landed yet at that spot |
| ABD | Already Been Done: a trick that is on record at that spot |
| Challenge | A sponsored cash prize on one trick at one obstacle |
| Boost | Adding to the prize on someone else's Challenge |
| Claim | A video submitted as proof of landing a Challenge |
For current details on Challenges and payouts, see the Challenges guide on nbdfinder.com.
What's in it
Features
- An interactive skate map. Colour-coded pins for street spots, skateparks and skate shops, with a pitched 3D view, a flat satellite view and a list view.
- Search that speaks skater. Search by spot name, city, state or obstacle, and filter the map down to what you are looking for.
- A page for every spot. Each spot, park and shop has its own shareable page with photos, obstacles and details.
- Landing history. An archive of the tricks already landed at each spot, so the record of who did what, where, is kept in one place.
- NBD Challenges. Cash prizes sponsored on never-been-done tricks, awarded by NBD Finder to the first skater with verified video proof.
- A real forum. Threads, replies, notifications and direct messages for talking skating away from social media comment sections.
- Badges. Recognition for contributing: submitting spots, landing Challenges, logging history and posting in the forum.
- Moderation built in. New spots are reviewed before they appear, and spots that get demolished stay on the map as a historical record.
Behind the product
How NBD Finder was made
NBD Finder was founded by Tyler Edic, who runs it as its product owner. He set the vision, designed the experience and built it end to end using AI-assisted development. It launched publicly in June 2026 and is a live product with real users, a moderation workflow and payments.
The central idea is simple: instead of sponsoring skaters, sponsor the trick. Everything else in the product exists to make that trustworthy: a map people can rely on, a public record of what has been landed where, video proof, and human review before any prize is awarded.
Most of the work has been product work rather than engineering: defining user personas, writing a design guide and a content style guide, building moderation and reporting tools, and handling privacy properly, with cookie consent, an age gate, and data export and account deletion for every user.
Its companion project, Hubba Hideout, is a 3D tribute to one of the most famous spots on the map.
FAQ
NBD Finder: frequently asked questions
What is NBD Finder?
NBD Finder is a community-built map of street skate spots, skateparks and skate shops, with a forum and cash-prize trick Challenges. Skaters use it to find places to skate, record which tricks have been landed at each spot, and sponsor or chase tricks that have never been done. It was founded and built by Tyler Edic and lives at nbdfinder.com.
What does NBD mean in skateboarding?
NBD stands for “Never Been Done.” It describes a trick that nobody has ever landed at a particular spot or obstacle. The opposite is ABD, “Already Been Done.” Once an NBD is landed and documented, it becomes an ABD. NBD Finder has a full explanation of the term.
Is NBD Finder free?
Yes. Browsing the map, adding spots and using the forum are free. Sponsoring or Boosting a Challenge is optional and is the only part that costs money.
How do NBD Challenges work?
A Challenge is a real cash prize sponsored on a specific trick at a specific obstacle. The sponsor buys the Challenge from NBD Finder, and NBD Finder awards the prize to the first skater who lands the trick and submits video proof that a reviewer verifies. Other people can Boost a Challenge to grow the prize. The person who sponsors a Challenge is never the person who earns it.
How do I add a skate spot to NBD Finder?
Open the map, drop a pin where the spot is, then add its name, type (spot, park or shop), obstacles and a photo. New spots go to a moderation queue and appear publicly once they are approved.
Who made NBD Finder?
NBD Finder was founded, designed and built by Tyler Edic, a PMP-certified project manager based in Savannah, Georgia, who designs and ships his own products. It is operated by NBD Finder, LLC.
How is Hubba Hideout related to NBD Finder?
Hubba Hideout is a companion project to NBD Finder: an interactive 3D recreation of the demolished San Francisco skate spot, with a timeline of famous tricks landed there. It is also listed as a spot on the NBD Finder map.
Go skate
Find a spot. Land something.
NBD Finder is free to use and works in your browser, on your phone or your desk.