Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Pen Spinning

So pen spinning is one of those useless skills that just looks cool and is a great way to kill time (and to get through an especially boring class). I've been practicing this stuff for a little over a year after one of my college buddies taught me the basic "thumb around". And while I'm nowhere close to the skill of these guys in the video I hope that one day I will be. I may even make my own video showcasing where a year of practice can get you. Has anyone else heard of this before or started practicing themselves? It's somewhat common on my college campus; I even think I helped spread it with my constant spinning between note taking. I even had a professor who was into it.
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37 comments:

  1. GhostDudeMay 18, 2011 at 12:53 PM

    I remember trying to learn how to do these back when i was a senior in high school.
    Lots of cramps. LoL

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  2. Bob Ross Afro BlogMay 18, 2011 at 1:05 PM

    I write with them. Cool vid, though. followed.

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  3. Benji RadmanMay 18, 2011 at 1:10 PM

    That was an awesome video. Holy shit. I'm never getting any work done in class again.

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  4. DanielMay 18, 2011 at 1:10 PM

    AHAHAH i watch i try time and still laughing...

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  5. UnknownMay 18, 2011 at 1:21 PM

    I would rather write with them.

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  6. CollinBeloinMay 18, 2011 at 1:56 PM

    I can spin it on my thumb thats it, some chinese kid in my class taught me and he would do those tricks just not as well all the time during classes its hard to learn but fun to know

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  7. bentylMay 18, 2011 at 2:02 PM

    Yeah, it's hard getting through the initial hurdle of "I'm gonna drop this pencil 100 times for every one time I do it right" but if you stick with it you get more and more consistent.

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  8. DenisMay 18, 2011 at 2:43 PM

    pen tricks were insanely popular in russia, back when i lived there.. I'm not even sure why haha, but i still find them pretty cool

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  9. Lt NiteMay 18, 2011 at 3:01 PM

    I remember trying to get good at this to kill time in class, never worked so well lol.

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  10. ZealotMay 18, 2011 at 3:04 PM

    Wow that is pretty amazing. I have tried for a while but could never get it down.

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  11. AllenTeschMay 18, 2011 at 3:21 PM

    It would be neat to get it down so well. I'll wager there are even competitions for it.

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  12. slash971May 18, 2011 at 3:21 PM

    lol, I can't do that......yet! no seriously, who does that...

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  13. RaizooMay 18, 2011 at 3:23 PM

    He's better than me, no doubt.

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  14. UnknownMay 18, 2011 at 3:40 PM

    Man, without pencil spinning I probably wouldn't have been able to get through school. Well, until they stopped caring so much and I just listened to music in class all the time.

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  15. AnonymousMay 18, 2011 at 3:40 PM

    Love pen spinning, burns time in class.

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  16. Jay ReidMay 18, 2011 at 3:51 PM

    Oh dear.

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  17. HollyMay 18, 2011 at 4:02 PM

    they make it look so easy... I remember trying to do it for a long time and failing D:

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  18. Noises And ChordsMay 18, 2011 at 4:07 PM

    Haha dude, I wanna do penspinning again now, I stop when I was, like, in 7th grade haha

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  19. Someone632May 18, 2011 at 4:47 PM

    Grr... I had a friend in highschool that could do this. I could never manage to do it no matter how much I practiced, then she'd take the pen from me and show off this insane trick. Good times. :/

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  20. KenanMay 18, 2011 at 5:22 PM

    That's awesommmeeee, i can do a simple version of that :)

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  21. AlexisMay 18, 2011 at 6:50 PM

    Haha that's brilliant, I wish I had the patience to practice that...but I don't!

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  22. HARRY May 18, 2011 at 6:59 PM

    funny how you post this. I used to be really into this. if you look in 2007 WC, I was in it for ucpsb :) you may know me as zblader

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  23. LiuryMay 18, 2011 at 6:59 PM

    I would never do this. Nice post, keep up :)

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  24. SabromindMay 18, 2011 at 7:12 PM

    I totally had a friend doing this is my work study class, it was pretty impressive. He would spin it, have it go airborne bouncing off a wall nearby, then back in his hand, continuing to spin. It was magical. I will be following!

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  25. MikeMay 18, 2011 at 8:07 PM

    thats pretty insane

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  26. DavidC143May 18, 2011 at 8:13 PM

    that was flipping awesome man!

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  27. AOmarMay 18, 2011 at 8:14 PM

    that's so crazy! I wish i could do that.

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  28.  γγ‚γΎγ€May 18, 2011 at 8:25 PM

    I learned something from that video!

    i love pen spinning!

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  29. AnonymousMay 18, 2011 at 8:27 PM

    It's cool I guess, didn't now people could do stuff like that.

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  30. thomau5May 18, 2011 at 8:56 PM

    kid in my class always does that. i get so jelly

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  31. Lawrence CaterMay 18, 2011 at 8:57 PM

    They may be able to pen spin, but put em in a room with a girl and they will curl up into a ball. Nice vid though.

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  32. ZemataMay 18, 2011 at 9:23 PM

    the glowing cards were better

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  33. GegentheseMay 19, 2011 at 1:53 AM

    those guys rock!

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  34. BKKMay 19, 2011 at 2:57 AM

    Already tried it when I still in school and failed. I never can do this spin ;_;

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  35. AnonymousMay 19, 2011 at 9:04 AM

    These guys are talented!

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  36. mindphMay 19, 2011 at 9:35 AM

    Very great skills!

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  37. MarkMay 19, 2011 at 11:44 AM

    this would completly distract me while in class, id tell him to stop ;p

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