21 Levels of Pen Spinning: Easy to Complex

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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Director: Maya Dangerfield
Director of Photography: Florian Pilsl
Editor: Jordan Calig
Talent: Peter Davis
Producer: Katherine Wzorek
Field Producer: Wendi Jonassen
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Samantha Vélez
Production Manager: Eric Martinez
Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila
Casting Producer: Nick Sawyer
Camera Operator: Shreyans Zaveri
Audio: David Smith
Production Assistant: George Anderson
Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds
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@yanniesays Жыл бұрын

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

@jopo7996 Жыл бұрын

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 10 ай бұрын

Finger Dex lvl 99

Жыл бұрын

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

@pujaballer Жыл бұрын

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

@chickennuggies906 Жыл бұрын

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

@wisdomking8305 Жыл бұрын

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 11 ай 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.

@OlegBuslaev Жыл бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

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

@scrummybSGPSC 10 ай бұрын

@@nrreno unknown

@dukezilla3471 2 ай бұрын

Ghost here, me too 🤙

@vg8840 29 күн бұрын

Love your videos

@supawit127 Жыл бұрын

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

@iSuKps Жыл бұрын

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

@Duck_PsIBPS Жыл бұрын

Yeah this video may lead to rise of pen spinning

@Sweg_PS Жыл бұрын

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

@elaraaaaaa Жыл бұрын

Pen spinning is finally getting the recognition it deserves

@DarkTendoux Жыл бұрын

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

@fel2fram Жыл бұрын

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 10 ай бұрын

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

@PadracePS 9 ай бұрын

I think it would have been incomplete without them!

@SepelaThons Жыл бұрын

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 10 ай бұрын

wsp sep

@YaboiTombuto Жыл бұрын

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.

@82ps Жыл бұрын

nice to see this getting more attention

@MrVoreTex Жыл бұрын

Awesome promotion for our hobby. Congratz Padrace ❤️

@raizupsb6185 Жыл бұрын

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

@annmarie3769 Жыл бұрын

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

@popteps Жыл бұрын

love this! what a beautiful presentation of penspinning

@Beckps Жыл бұрын

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

@zefia7872 Жыл бұрын

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

@ConsiderItHealth 10 ай бұрын

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

@TheOnlyToblin Жыл бұрын

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

@chesscat444 4 ай бұрын

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

@marccasinsinan8023 10 ай бұрын

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

@seshadhri_s 10 ай бұрын

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!

@ellusion67 Жыл бұрын

Happy to see Pen Spinning popular again

@alfreeman2 10 ай бұрын

@padraceps great job on explaining all that so well!

@PadracePS 10 ай бұрын

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

@benshaminflips 6 ай бұрын

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

@joshisposh2706 Жыл бұрын

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

@FaaarPS Жыл бұрын

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

@ivabra Жыл бұрын

Sup man

@geraldcumbersome Жыл бұрын

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

@VanillaNSB Жыл бұрын

Padrace GOAT!

@ChrisBeaman 9 ай бұрын

What am I doing with my life

@ibrahimatiq5068 Жыл бұрын

we need more of these

@whereeveritgoes Жыл бұрын

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.

@allwarsspsc9229 Жыл бұрын

Amazing explanation and video!!

@roxytana717 Жыл бұрын

happy to finally see this skill having the attention it deserves

@martinaoxley5188 Жыл бұрын

The ultimate way to procrastinate. This is awesome!

@noobiechessjxwyspl 9 ай бұрын

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

@100percentofu Жыл бұрын

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.

@r1t223 10 ай бұрын

Thanks bro finally someone explained the thumb around properly

@rajyadav10139 11 ай бұрын

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

@scrummybSGPSC Жыл бұрын

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 2 ай бұрын

@@Shubham_-_ face reveal done

@Confused__GG 2 ай бұрын

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

@erinmutchler3612 Жыл бұрын

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

@donnymcjonny6531 7 ай бұрын

Good teacher and clearly excels at his craft

@gollumsk8 Жыл бұрын

Very nice video ! Thank you Padrace & wired =)

@S1su Жыл бұрын

Finally about this topic!❤

@tilt_ps Жыл бұрын

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

@1nsomniazzzzz Жыл бұрын

padrace did a really good job :D

@TrueInvisible Жыл бұрын

this is an incredible style of art! amazing!

@jordanweber5351 Жыл бұрын

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

@davidtydeman1434 10 ай бұрын

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

@GgGg-cq9ce Жыл бұрын

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 🙏

@offtopiccc 7 ай бұрын

penspinning and fingerboarding r soo underrated istg

@jlaux7 8 ай бұрын

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

@Stratocaster42 11 ай бұрын

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

@latsouckmbodj4785 Жыл бұрын

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

@BenGrimm977 Жыл бұрын

this is very useful information

@nategraham1487 Жыл бұрын

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

@lilytea3 8 ай бұрын

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

@Wired4Life2 Жыл бұрын

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

@inam_-zh5zh Жыл бұрын

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

@angelzps544 Жыл бұрын

Padrace fits the Role so good. Love it!

@patrickmcevoy3257 Жыл бұрын

Saw ur channel on u tube about pen spinning I tried it yet not easy takes practice especially the thump around good luck with your channel hope you do more videos thanks 👍

@jamisonc7500 8 ай бұрын

The quality content we deserve

@EffecTPs Жыл бұрын

wonderful representation

@garishanth Жыл бұрын

impressive! 🤯

@TWPSJoey Жыл бұрын

My hero !

@fienzo_spins 2 ай бұрын

This is too good!

@richardandrade9418 11 ай бұрын

This is surprisingly way more interesting inciuld have imagined

@smlc4407 11 ай бұрын

Omg the video I needed

@JEsterCW Жыл бұрын

This is so cool

@Longbajubi Жыл бұрын

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

@hubikps2003 Жыл бұрын

Omg pd 💛

@salfoyer2411 Жыл бұрын

This is very cool, I’ve always wanted to cool pen spin

@KalibHuffines 8 күн бұрын

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

@lethanhan9084 Жыл бұрын

Padrace!

@birdie_. Жыл бұрын

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

@_Sachin_kumar_ 8 ай бұрын

Hats off 🎉❤

@kommentar8114 8 ай бұрын

the one video that teachers hope their students will never click on

@frozenpelt967 11 ай бұрын

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

@Criswea_spsc Жыл бұрын

Padraceeeee

@RandomNewb Жыл бұрын

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.

@learningland6593 Жыл бұрын

NICE ONE 🎉🎉🎉

@usmc1379 Жыл бұрын

Level 1 is what drummers use to look awesome! 🤘

@Medsas Жыл бұрын

padrace the goat!!

@ihatealexander Жыл бұрын

Misread the title and thought I was gonna see some classic helicopter-ing, maybe even pick up a few tricks I wasn't aware of.

@hossainahmmed6434 Жыл бұрын

Been doing level 2 my whole life. Time to level up

@TheLordXanax Жыл бұрын

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

@veselinjokanovic3032 Жыл бұрын

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 😂