21 Levels of Pen Spinning: Easy to Complex | WIRED

[@jopo7996]

This guy's dexterity with pens is inkredible.

[@johnlucas6683]

That's what she said.

[@Homer_Noobson]

Is that a Mortal Kombat reference or just an ink pun?

[@mac23806]

Dad jokes of the year goes to

[@A.K.A_A9aV]

He is very famous in world of penspinning.he is organizer of ps olympics and world cups ans pso winnet

[@frankwest510]

Finger Dex lvl 99

[@yanniesays]

There's a pen spinning competition!???? I've been unknowingly learning level 6 for more than 10 years! 🤣

[@jamesbungert3155]

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]

Ur pen spinning is out of this 🌎

[@EggMemer]

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]

There are ps olympics,world cups and world tournaments

[@kadriell]

​@@A.K.A_A9aV also national tournaments

[@chickennuggies906]

no matter how specific your interests are you are never alone with them. that fact makes me really happy.

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]

Same. We used to see if we could do more than 100 in a row. I think 114 was my best. 😂

[@DragxonYt]

😲 pretty awesome me I’m just that kid trying to do that in bust now a days all by my self 😂

[@iONLYbetWHENiWIN]

it's how I got good at it, I dropped , my pen was taken away...lol

[@DragxonYt]

@@iONLYbetWHENiWIN I know right😂 I back my chair up so it doesn’t hit a table 👉🧠

[@TravisBickle0312]

Hahaha I do that

[@iSuKps]

Great promotion of our artform and amazing explanation! Mad props.

[@yiuyiu6729]

The GOAT of pen spinning ey yoooo

[@anfloo4781]

Yooo didn't expect you to see there

[@faqihrahdika]

@@yiuyiu6729 the goat of pen spinning is menowa

[@nytmaupsb10]

feels like 2013

[@RxNo_Edits]

Yeah this video may lead to rise of pen spinning

[@pujaballer]

I’ve never been so excited for something I never knew I was excited for in my life!

[@MyLolle]

i swear, i KNOW what you mean. i felt the same. 🤛✌

[@LittleBlueGrape]

That is a paradoxical statement

[@OlegBuslaev]

As a penspinner myself, I'm really glad that such a big channel speaks about it! Thank you!

[@mrlucas004]

Same here buddy

[@nrreno]

Whats up Oleg? Youre videos on pen mods are amazing because people can find out how to build unknown pen mods

[@scrummybSGPSC]

@@nrreno unknown

[@dukezilla3471]

Ghost here, me too 🤙

[@vg8840]

Love your videos

[@supawit127]

As a pen spinner, I am very happy to see this. Hopefully, this hobby gets more and more popular in the future. ❤❤

[@ivabra]

hopefully we get more Supawits in the future :p

[@supawit127]

@@fristmer ขอบคุณค้าบ

[@supawit127]

@@ivabra Definitely my bro!

[@yugimoto2976]

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]

Heck yeah

[@DarkTendoux]

Pad making it into the big leagues!!! Congrats buddy!

[@SepelaThons]

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]

wsp sep

[@wisdomking8305]

Level 22 of pen spinning: you actually become one with the pen and transcend into a higher state of being.

[@leevancliffneridacampo7769]

Level 23 the pen autonomously moves with just your thoughts!?🤔🧐

[@onkelpappkov2666]

Level 24: You draw a spinning pen while spinning.

[@freerun4370]

No its actually you become the pen and the Pen spins you.

[@elroge]

level 25 : become the god of pen spinning and spend the rest of the eternity spinning one 🗿

[@fel2fram]

This looks so pro. I can't believe you mentioned powerpass variations!

[@anfloo4781]

The king of powerpass variations right there

[@obscure_ps833]

oh the founder of pwp variations is here :DD

[@hiidontknowyou7749]

The king of power pass it's pen spinning central❤

[@scrummybSGPSC]

@@anfloo4781hes the one who came up with the pp variations

[@PadracePS]

I think it would have been incomplete without them!

[@YaboiTombuto]

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]

I agree

[@gminh_ps]

love it so much

[@scrummybSGPSC]

padrace is amazing

[@ItsKevin183]

Agreed, I thoroughly enjoyed watching it.

[@Sweg_PS]

Peter "Padrace" Davis, you make us proud champ!

[@82ps]

nice to see this getting more attention

[@annmarie3769]

I love how he explains it and the details, like I think I could listen to him all day.

[@Beckps]

I'm so glad of this video, finally a good introduction of our art! Ty Padrace!

[@MrVoreTex]

Awesome promotion for our hobby. Congratz Padrace ❤️

[@manny_k2988]

When I first got into this 8 years ago there was such little tutorials on how to do complex tricks in pen spinning just your odd thumb around and stuff. I had to teach myself and make my own mods. I’m glad to see WIRED is bringing attention to this. If any kid is reading this, I recommend you get into pen spinning!

[@lilytea3]

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

[@seshadhri_s]

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!

[@ConsiderItHealth]

I did pen spinning over 10 years ago. Its amazing to see how many new and complicated tricks there are now! Impressive.

[@popteps]

love this! what a beautiful presentation of penspinning

[@joshisposh2706]

Finally as a fellow spinner I’m glad it’s finally getting more attention

[@elaraaaaaa]

Pen spinning is finally getting the recognition it deserves

[@marccasinsinan8023]

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

[@tilt_ps]

Amazing! Great that PD was able to have this opportunity with Wired This is the kind of pen-spinning content we need!

[@nathanielholmes79]

woatho

[@rhysdoes3dprinting]

Yooo

[@FaaarPS]

Mah man, Padrace. Massive milestone, man! Super proud of you!

[@ivabra]

Sup man

[@raizupsb6185]

Padrace, you taught the concepts so well, you are also well spoken. Thank you and wired so much for the presentation!

[@geraldcumbersome]

The fact that WIRED made a video about pen spinning means there's a chance that it will get more popular :D

[@ellusion67]

Happy to see Pen Spinning popular again

[@gollumsk8]

Very nice video ! Thank you Padrace & wired =)

[@zefia7872]

there's no better person to be interviewed for pen spinning than my boy padrace

[@100percentofu]

I haven't actively "practiced" my pen-spinning for quite the while but seeing a video like this is awesome :)

[@hiidontknowyou7749]

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.

[@TheOnlyToblin]

Fascinating how much this correlates to devil-/flowerstick juggling. I did that for many, many years and the tricks are incredibly similar.

[@benshaminflips]

Super cool to see all these tricks broken down so clearly. The combos look so fluid and complex!

[@allwarsspsc9229]

Amazing explanation and video!!

[@angelzps544]

Padrace fits the Role so good. Love it!

[@martinaoxley5188]

The ultimate way to procrastinate. This is awesome!

[@whereeveritgoes]

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.

[@davidtydeman1434]

It’s truly amazing what people have devoted their lives to

[@r1t223]

Thanks bro finally someone explained the thumb around properly

[@Stratocaster42]

I'm remember learning some basic pen spinning stuff in high school in the 2000s before KZbin 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]

Did you?

[@alfreeman2]

@padraceps great job on explaining all that so well!

[@PadracePS]

Thank you! I’m so glad you enjoyed it ❤

[@VanillaNSB]

Padrace GOAT!

[@roxytana717]

happy to finally see this skill having the attention it deserves

[@noobiechessjxwyspl]

Wired really got videos for everything I love. Best channel ever

[@scrummybSGPSC]

good job Padrace!

[@Shubham_-_]

He is padrace ? Anyways I am PenStuff lol Hows server going anyways

[@scrummybSGPSC]

@@Shubham_-_ yup, thats padrace, servers going fine, u shld definity come back tho we miss u

[@fienzo_spins]

​​@@Shubham_-_ face reveal done

[@Confused__GG]

​Not that shubham looks like an ai genreated handsome boy I wish he does 😬​@@fienzo_spins

[@donnymcjonny6531]

Good teacher and clearly excels at his craft

[@1nsomniazzzzz]

padrace did a really good job :D

[@jordanweber5351]

“First half year of pen spinning” is such a funny phrase to me

[@BenGrimm977]

this is very useful information

[@GgGg-cq9ce]

s777 and bonkura, man who else remember them, the best of the bests

[@Medsas]

RIP

[@ivabra]

many of us remember them :)

[@dukezilla3471]

RIP to Bonkura 🙏

[@offtopiccc]

penspinning and fingerboarding r soo underrated istg

[@latsouckmbodj4785]

The crazy skill is he does it with the left hand 😲

[@elreysardinaoffical]

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.

[@erinmutchler3612]

Yo this is my best friend! We spent pretty much every day growing up hanging out and building legos!

[@chesscat444]

POV: When you decide to try pen spinning and give up at level 1

[@RandomNewb]

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.

[@richardandrade9418]

This is surprisingly way more interesting inciuld have imagined

[@S1su]

Finally about this topic!❤

[@ibrahimatiq5068]

we need more of these

[@inam_-zh5zh]

I need to submit my final project for the semester tomorrow and I'm watching this. Great, I guess.

[@sonansu5427]

Shout out to Padrace and the team for making such a good video❤️

[@veselinjokanovic3032]

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 😂

[@nategraham1487]

Yeah I do the thumb thing constantly. This is rly cool

[@manavmnair6975]

14:37, the coolest way to show the middle finger.

[@usmc1379]

Level 1 is what drummers use to look awesome! 🤘

[@israalqamar5658]

wish every man dedicated this much time to their hand talents

[@huntermomberger8199]

i used to be professional with yoyos. im thrilled to start doing this as a common object skill toy that's casual instead of performative.

[@dv5466]

so this is what my entertainment come to, pen spinning videos

[@TrueInvisible]

this is an incredible style of art! amazing!

[@Longbajubi]

Thanks Wired, now I know what will I do on our test tomorrow.

[@jamisonc7500]

The quality content we deserve

[@EffecTPs]

wonderful representation

[@hapyharyhard0n581]

as a drummer, i feel you overlooked the Hard Stop. you maintain basic flow through almost everything shown here save for only 1 or 2 hard stops to change direction. ill take my drumstick and run through a couple tricks in one direction and then hard stop and bring it back reverse in the opposite. additionally i use them a lot for rests and "stall" the swing on the sticks with momentum killed by gravity and then bring it back the other way.

[@GetMoGaming]

@1:05 I've been doing that since I was a kid, but the pen always hesitates at a certain point, and I noticed it happens to you too. It must be a physical limitation.

[@jlaux7]

Mastered the thumbaround my senior year of high school, still doing it 19 years later.

[@birdie_.]

This is so cool. My brain can’t comprehend any of it though 😂

[@Wired4Life2]

Envied my junior high classmates who could pen spin SO much back in the late ‘00s.

[@rajyadav10139]

I know every pen spin til' the 6th level and a little bit cardioid too and twisted sonic bust too

[@DanielGirardBolduc]

Really awesome to see those "Multi Level of Complexity" video. I'm a penspinning hobbyist myself and it really help me understand what more advanced artist/Hobbyist are focusing on. (@Wired, I personally think it would be more accurate to use the wording "Simple to Complex" when refering to skill needed to learn a techniques). Thanks and have an awesome day. Dan

[@x4dam]

This guy knows all the moves

[@TWPSJoey]

My hero !

[@Medsas]

padrace the goat!!

[@ElTestok]

14:05 This is the most *Elegant* way I've ever been flipped off Lmao.

[@narrowbeatle1176]

Honestly, this applies relativity well with drumsticks as well.

[@1Hydraulic1]

He speaks really well

[@ChimFilms]

I have no idea what’s going on and I love it 🤣

[@nazirkatabaro6347]

I've been doing level 2 since when I was in school... It's so cool to see how some of things considered informal can be turned around to become serious engagements by some talented people... I'm glad I found this video today...

[@KalibHuffines]

Cool to learn this is a thing unknowingly been at level 21 for 11 years or so

[@EhNothing]

This has the same energy as Hal race walking in a suit and aerodynamic helmet

[@blacklily250]

I tought myself to do thumb around on the bed cause dropping it on table is annoying me too much lol

[@hijodelsoldeoriente]

Been trying to do this since I was a kid. I'm still at level 1.

[@claire3459]

Sameeeee

[@terrorazeing]

The only trick I can do out of all of em is Level 6, the thumbaround and the finger passes. Despite being a level 6 difficulty for him, I think it's the most common and the easiest to learn, especially if you started to figure out the kinks/details on how to properly execute it. Finger passes on the other hand are just like those coin passes trick that I always see in movies. Easy to execute too.

[@JEsterCW]

This is so cool

[@Xavierr-i]

I do pen spinng too, it is amazing!

[@ebehdzikraa3855]

Im currently at level 6.5 (thumb around both direction, so no need to reposition) Considering level 7 is not using pen anymore, therefore I can confidently claim that im currently already at max level of pen spinning

[@ndownman]

I remember learning the thumbaround in 8th grade lol. My science teacher taught me it

[@amicaaranearum]

Next week on House Hunters: HUSBAND: I’m a champion pen spinner. WIFE: I’m a professional domino toppler. HUSBAND: Our budget is $875K.