21 Levels of Pen Spinning: Easy to Complex | WIRED
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Champion pen spinner Peter Davis explains pen spinning in 21 levels of difficulty, from easy to complex. Peter goes over some simple techniques like charging and wipers before moving onto more complicated moves like threading and charge removal.
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There's a pen spinning competition!???? I've been unknowingly learning level 6 for more than 10 years! 🤣
@jamesbungert3155
Жыл бұрын
Same. I can thumbaround almost any pen, marker, or pencil without looking. I was a teacher for several years and I'd ask a question and just thumbaround the dry erase marker and stare at the students... haha. And I'm working on doing it with my other hand. I saw this, not having heard of anything official, and I'm like, "Fancy weighted 'pens?' Not fair! Do it all with a Bic!"
@patrickmcevoy3257
Жыл бұрын
Ur pen spinning is out of this 🌎
@EggMemer
Жыл бұрын
This person is known as padrace in pen spinning tournaments. He has participated in world tournaments before but never won one. He won for standup for pen spinning olympics. Standup is basically performing pen spinning standing up lol.
@A.K.A_A9aV
Жыл бұрын
There are ps olympics,world cups and world tournaments
@kadriell
Жыл бұрын
@@A.K.A_A9aV also national tournaments
This guy's dexterity with pens is inkredible.
@johnlucas6683
Жыл бұрын
That's what she said.
@Homer_Noobson
Жыл бұрын
Is that a Mortal Kombat reference or just an ink pun?
@mac23806
Жыл бұрын
Dad jokes of the year goes to
@A.K.A_A9aV
Жыл бұрын
He is very famous in world of penspinning.he is organizer of ps olympics and world cups ans pso winnet
@frankwest510
11 ай бұрын
Finger Dex lvl 99
Back in the mid 90s there was quite a pen spinning craze at our high school. People were doing the thumbaround nonstop during classes. It was driving the teachers crazy when the pens would drop on the table.
@bigfil1981
Жыл бұрын
Same. We used to see if we could do more than 100 in a row. I think 114 was my best. 😂
@DragxonYt
Жыл бұрын
😲 pretty awesome me I’m just that kid trying to do that in bust now a days all by my self 😂
@iONLYbetWHENiWIN
Жыл бұрын
it's how I got good at it, I dropped , my pen was taken away...lol
@DragxonYt
Жыл бұрын
@@iONLYbetWHENiWIN I know right😂 I back my chair up so it doesn’t hit a table 👉🧠
@TravisBickle0312
Жыл бұрын
Hahaha I do that
no matter how specific your interests are you are never alone with them. that fact makes me really happy.
I’ve never been so excited for something I never knew I was excited for in my life!
Level 22 of pen spinning: you actually become one with the pen and transcend into a higher state of being.
@leevancliffneridacampo7769
Жыл бұрын
Level 23 the pen autonomously moves with just your thoughts!?🤔🧐
@onkelpappkov2666
Жыл бұрын
Level 24: You draw a spinning pen while spinning.
@freerun4370
3 ай бұрын
No its actually you become the pen and the Pen spins you.
As a pen spinner, I am very happy to see this. Hopefully, this hobby gets more and more popular in the future. ❤❤
@ivabra
Жыл бұрын
hopefully we get more Supawits in the future :p
@supawit127
Жыл бұрын
@@fffffff131 ขอบคุณค้าบ
@supawit127
Жыл бұрын
@@ivabra Definitely my bro!
@yugimoto2976
Жыл бұрын
seeing your name just makes me feel nostalgic, used to download all of your vids and peem's in my phone back in the day, great times...
@flibbertyjibbitz593
Жыл бұрын
Heck yeah
As a penspinner myself, I'm really glad that such a big channel speaks about it! Thank you!
@mrpnerd3267
Жыл бұрын
Same here buddy
@nrreno
Жыл бұрын
Whats up Oleg? Youre videos on pen mods are amazing because people can find out how to build unknown pen mods
@scrummybSGPSC
11 ай бұрын
@@nrreno unknown
@dukezilla3471
2 ай бұрын
Ghost here, me too 🤙
@vg8840
Ай бұрын
Love your videos
This looks so pro. I can't believe you mentioned powerpass variations!
@anfloo4781
Жыл бұрын
The king of powerpass variations right there
@obscure_ps833
Жыл бұрын
oh the founder of pwp variations is here :DD
@hiidontknowyou7749
Жыл бұрын
The king of power pass it's pen spinning central❤
@scrummybSGPSC
11 ай бұрын
@@anfloo4781hes the one who came up with the pp variations
@PadracePS
10 ай бұрын
I think it would have been incomplete without them!
Pad making it into the big leagues!!! Congrats buddy!
Great promotion of our artform and amazing explanation! Mad props.
@yiuyiu6729
Жыл бұрын
The GOAT of pen spinning ey yoooo
@anfloo4781
Жыл бұрын
Yooo didn't expect you to see there
@accelerator100
Жыл бұрын
@@yiuyiu6729 the goat of pen spinning is menowa
@nytmaupsb10
Жыл бұрын
feels like 2013
@RxNo_Edits
Жыл бұрын
Yeah this video may lead to rise of pen spinning
Peter "Padrace" Davis, you make us proud champ!
Cool to see Padrace featured, really nice dude in the community! Shoutout to Saltient on Threading too, it shows that many tricks are still to be done and explored in Pen Spinning
@samh1411
11 ай бұрын
wsp sep
Incredible video ! ! It's always a little stressful seeing a hobby you know a lot about be de-constructed like this for people outside of it to understand because it's really hard to properly convey the uniqueness of it all a lot of the times, but Padrace did a great job, as well as you guys up at WIRED! I'm really happy that I'm able to see this at such a great production value! 😍
@Crowsu
Жыл бұрын
I agree
@gminh_ps
Жыл бұрын
love it so much
@scrummybSGPSC
Жыл бұрын
padrace is amazing
@ItsKevin183
10 ай бұрын
Agreed, I thoroughly enjoyed watching it.
Pen spinning is finally getting the recognition it deserves
nice to see this getting more attention
Awesome promotion for our hobby. Congratz Padrace ❤️
I'm so glad of this video, finally a good introduction of our art! Ty Padrace!
Mah man, Padrace. Massive milestone, man! Super proud of you!
@ivabra
Жыл бұрын
Sup man
there's no better person to be interviewed for pen spinning than my boy padrace
I love how he explains it and the details, like I think I could listen to him all day.
good job Padrace!
@Shubham_-_
Жыл бұрын
He is padrace ? Anyways I am PenStuff lol Hows server going anyways
@scrummybSGPSC
Жыл бұрын
@@Shubham_-_ yup, thats padrace, servers going fine, u shld definity come back tho we miss u
@fienzo_spins
3 ай бұрын
@@Shubham_-_ face reveal done
@Confused__GG
3 ай бұрын
Not that shubham looks like an ai genreated handsome boy I wish he does 😬@@fienzo_spins
Padrace, you taught the concepts so well, you are also well spoken. Thank you and wired so much for the presentation!
love this! what a beautiful presentation of penspinning
I did pen spinning over 10 years ago. Its amazing to see how many new and complicated tricks there are now! Impressive.
Padrace GOAT!
The fact that WIRED made a video about pen spinning means there's a chance that it will get more popular :D
Very nice video ! Thank you Padrace & wired =)
@padraceps great job on explaining all that so well!
@PadracePS
10 ай бұрын
Thank you! I’m so glad you enjoyed it ❤
Happy to see Pen Spinning popular again
0:00: 🖊 Peter Davis breaks down pen spinning into 21 levels of increasing complexity. 3:16: 💡 The thumbaround trick involves spinning a pen around the thumb and catching it with the index finger. 6:15: 💫 A summary of pen spinning techniques including arounds, back 1.5s, and cardiods. 9:41: 💡 This tutorial explains finger crosses and using two hands in pen spinning. 12:23: 🖊 The trick involves maintaining a conical rotation while moving the hands precisely between finger slots. Recap by Tammy AI
Amazing explanation and video!!
I remember i started learning penspinning back in 2008 to 2012. I got pretty good but i lost my pen mod and back then there were only limited pen spinning fundamentals known such as charge thumbarounds wipers and sonics. The penspinning scene revolved mostly around those tricks, including busts and aerial motions. Now it has evolved a lot and there are some tricks i didnt even know existed! I think i should i get back to penspinning again
Finally as a fellow spinner I’m glad it’s finally getting more attention
Literally did not know this was an actual thing till 15 mins ago but the YT algorithm got this one spot on. To a complete outsider like me, this was such a good video. Might have to rewatch the tougher levels (once the mods kick in) to fully understand it but this is so cool!
POV: When you decide to try pen spinning and give up at level 1
Fascinating how much this correlates to devil-/flowerstick juggling. I did that for many, many years and the tricks are incredibly similar.
Super cool to see all these tricks broken down so clearly. The combos look so fluid and complex!
I haven't actively "practiced" my pen-spinning for quite the while but seeing a video like this is awesome :)
@hiidontknowyou7749
Жыл бұрын
Yeah same bro, i can power pass, inferse power pass, mirrored power pass, and power pass reverse. But power pass reverse it's hard for me.
“First half year of pen spinning” is such a funny phrase to me
happy to finally see this skill having the attention it deserves
we need more of these
padrace did a really good job :D
Amazing! Great that PD was able to have this opportunity with Wired This is the kind of pen-spinning content we need!
@nathanielholmes79
Жыл бұрын
woatho
@rhysdoes3dprinting
6 ай бұрын
Yooo
Good teacher and clearly excels at his craft
What's even amazing is that -- this is going to be counter-intuitive -- if you're putting all the tricks together and do it slowly and smoothly, it looks MUCH MORE amazing than if it were to be done fast (every trick looks the same when it's very fast!). Same with cardistry.
The ultimate way to procrastinate. This is awesome!
What am I doing with my life
It’s truly amazing what people have devoted their lives to
Wired really got videos for everything I love. Best channel ever
Thanks bro finally someone explained the thumb around properly
The crazy skill is he does it with the left hand 😲
Padrace fits the Role so good. Love it!
this is very useful information
Finally about this topic!❤
I know every pen spin til' the 6th level and a little bit cardioid too and twisted sonic bust too
s777 and bonkura, man who else remember them, the best of the bests
@Medsas
Жыл бұрын
RIP
@ivabra
Жыл бұрын
many of us remember them :)
@dukezilla3471
2 ай бұрын
RIP to Bonkura 🙏
bro has a very good relationship with his partner
@lucasbyeon7932
Жыл бұрын
LMAO nice one
@OhMaiGuy
Жыл бұрын
Came looking for this response
@OhMaiGuy
Жыл бұрын
Also came looking fo... Nvm
@trademark9562
Жыл бұрын
I just came
this is an incredible style of art! amazing!
penspinning and fingerboarding r soo underrated istg
I'm remember learning some basic pen spinning stuff in high school in the 2000s before KZread existed and learned the wiper and thumb around and a couple of others (the tricks didnt really have names back then), and it's wild to see how much it has evolved over the years! Such a cool video and now I'm tempted to nerd out on pen spinning again in my 30s lol
@markusmaksimov7091
9 ай бұрын
Did you?
Yo this is my best friend! We spent pretty much every day growing up hanging out and building legos!
Yeah I do the thumb thing constantly. This is rly cool
14:05 This is the most *Elegant* way I've ever been flipped off Lmao.
wonderful representation
Mastered the thumbaround my senior year of high school, still doing it 19 years later.
This is surprisingly way more interesting inciuld have imagined
My hero !
This is so cool
Envied my junior high classmates who could pen spin SO much back in the late ‘00s.
This is very cool, I’ve always wanted to cool pen spin
Thanks Wired, now I know what will I do on our test tomorrow.
This is too good!
Hats off 🎉❤
The quality content we deserve
well detailed and informative. i would have liked more history, but it was definitely the wild west back then and might be hard to have documentation. anyone miss Kam? Zombo? Eriror? etc.
Omg the video I needed
Shout out to Padrace and the team for making such a good video❤️
I need to submit my final project for the semester tomorrow and I'm watching this. Great, I guess.
Cool to learn this is a thing unknowingly been at level 21 for 11 years or so
wish every man dedicated this much time to their hand talents
padrace the goat!!
time goes fly man!, been pen spinning since 2008 and wasn't good enough to compete, indonesia, thai, and malaysia also koreans killed this competition back then.
He speaks really well
That was surprisingly interesting
This is so cool. My brain can’t comprehend any of it though 😂
Padrace!
Omg pd 💛
Awesome👌👌
Been trying to do this since I was a kid. I'm still at level 1.
@claire3459
7 ай бұрын
Sameeeee
impressive! 🤯
Level 1 is what drummers use to look awesome! 🤘
Learned some of the basic tricks years ago. I've probably done 10s of thousands of thumbarounds, charges and wipers. Actually I've discovered some advanced variants of charge on my own and I've only found out about it now 😂 It's like second nature to me to just spin pen whenever I have it in my hands 😂
good content fr
Been doing level 2 my whole life. Time to level up
PEN SPINNING!!!!!
@Kanamiphps
Жыл бұрын
RPD!!
@PadracePS
Жыл бұрын
unironically you are level 22, if we're being honest
I always thought that the thumbaround was the easiest trick cuz dexterity isn’t really that important This just gave me a good reason to try some of the less complex tricks on the list
my toxic trait is watching this series and immediately thinking that i am an expert at something i have never tried before;;; still, very addicting !
14:37, the coolest way to show the middle finger.
NICE ONE 🎉🎉🎉