21 Levels of Pen Spinning: Easy to Complex | WIRED

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  • Опубліковано 31 лип 2024
  • 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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  • @yanniesays
    @yanniesays Рік тому +3627

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

    • @jamesbungert3155
      @jamesbungert3155 Рік тому +94

      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
      @patrickmcevoy3257 Рік тому +7

      Ur pen spinning is out of this 🌎

    • @EggMemer
      @EggMemer Рік тому +15

      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
      @A.K.A_A9aV Рік тому +3

      There are ps olympics,world cups and world tournaments

    • @kadriell
      @kadriell Рік тому +1

      ​@@A.K.A_A9aV also national tournaments

  • @jopo7996
    @jopo7996 Рік тому +2853

    This guy's dexterity with pens is inkredible.

    • @johnlucas6683
      @johnlucas6683 Рік тому +49

      That's what she said.

    • @Homer_Noobson
      @Homer_Noobson Рік тому +13

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

    • @mac23806
      @mac23806 Рік тому +19

      Dad jokes of the year goes to

    • @A.K.A_A9aV
      @A.K.A_A9aV Рік тому +7

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

    • @frankwest510
      @frankwest510 Рік тому +2

      Finger Dex lvl 99

  •  Рік тому +1178

    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
      @bigfil1981 Рік тому +23

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

    • @DragxonYt
      @DragxonYt Рік тому +3

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

    • @iONLYbetWHENiWIN
      @iONLYbetWHENiWIN Рік тому +2

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

    • @DragxonYt
      @DragxonYt Рік тому +3

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

    • @TravisBickle0312
      @TravisBickle0312 Рік тому +2

      Hahaha I do that

  • @chickennuggies906
    @chickennuggies906 Рік тому +41

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

  • @pujaballer
    @pujaballer Рік тому +88

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

    • @MyLolle
      @MyLolle Місяць тому +1

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

  • @supawit127
    @supawit127 Рік тому +407

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

    • @ivabra
      @ivabra Рік тому +9

      hopefully we get more Supawits in the future :p

    • @supawit127
      @supawit127 Рік тому +1

      @@fffffff131 ขอบคุณค้าบ

    • @supawit127
      @supawit127 Рік тому +1

      @@ivabra Definitely my bro!

    • @yugimoto2976
      @yugimoto2976 Рік тому +10

      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
      @flibbertyjibbitz593 Рік тому +1

      Heck yeah

  • @OlegBuslaev
    @OlegBuslaev Рік тому +250

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

    • @mrpnerd3267
      @mrpnerd3267 Рік тому +3

      Same here buddy

    • @nrreno
      @nrreno Рік тому +5

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

    • @scrummybSGPSC
      @scrummybSGPSC Рік тому +3

      @@nrreno unknown

    • @dukezilla3471
      @dukezilla3471 4 місяці тому +1

      Ghost here, me too 🤙

    • @vg8840
      @vg8840 3 місяці тому

      Love your videos

  • @iSuKps
    @iSuKps Рік тому +530

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

    • @yiuyiu6729
      @yiuyiu6729 Рік тому +13

      The GOAT of pen spinning ey yoooo

    • @anfloo4781
      @anfloo4781 Рік тому +3

      Yooo didn't expect you to see there

    • @faqihrahdika
      @faqihrahdika Рік тому

      @@yiuyiu6729 the goat of pen spinning is menowa

    • @nytmaupsb10
      @nytmaupsb10 Рік тому +1

      feels like 2013

    • @RxNo_Edits
      @RxNo_Edits Рік тому +2

      Yeah this video may lead to rise of pen spinning

  • @wisdomking8305
    @wisdomking8305 Рік тому +188

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

    • @leevancliffneridacampo7769
      @leevancliffneridacampo7769 Рік тому +9

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

    • @onkelpappkov2666
      @onkelpappkov2666 Рік тому +4

      Level 24: You draw a spinning pen while spinning.

    • @freerun4370
      @freerun4370 6 місяців тому +6

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

    • @elroge
      @elroge Місяць тому

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

  • @82ps
    @82ps Рік тому +16

    nice to see this getting more attention

  • @DarkTendoux
    @DarkTendoux Рік тому +41

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

  • @YaboiTombuto
    @YaboiTombuto Рік тому +264

    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! 😍

  • @fel2fram
    @fel2fram Рік тому +82

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

    • @anfloo4781
      @anfloo4781 Рік тому +9

      The king of powerpass variations right there

    • @obscure_ps833
      @obscure_ps833 Рік тому +5

      oh the founder of pwp variations is here :DD

    • @hiidontknowyou7749
      @hiidontknowyou7749 Рік тому +2

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

    • @scrummybSGPSC
      @scrummybSGPSC Рік тому +1

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

    • @PadracePS
      @PadracePS Рік тому +2

      I think it would have been incomplete without them!

  • @Sweg_PS
    @Sweg_PS Рік тому +29

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

  • @SepelaThons
    @SepelaThons Рік тому +40

    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

  • @annmarie3769
    @annmarie3769 Рік тому +26

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

  • @elaraaaaaa
    @elaraaaaaa Рік тому +62

    Pen spinning is finally getting the recognition it deserves

  • @Beckps
    @Beckps Рік тому +20

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

  • @raizupsb6185
    @raizupsb6185 Рік тому +9

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

  • @ConsiderItHealth
    @ConsiderItHealth Рік тому +18

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

  • @MrVoreTex
    @MrVoreTex Рік тому +17

    Awesome promotion for our hobby. Congratz Padrace ❤️

  • @popteps
    @popteps Рік тому +24

    love this! what a beautiful presentation of penspinning

  • @TheOnlyToblin
    @TheOnlyToblin Рік тому +4

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

  • @joshisposh2706
    @joshisposh2706 Рік тому +4

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

  • @seshadhri_s
    @seshadhri_s Рік тому +6

    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!

  • @benshaminflips
    @benshaminflips 8 місяців тому +6

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

  • @VanillaNSB
    @VanillaNSB Рік тому +16

    Padrace GOAT!

  • @roxytana717
    @roxytana717 Рік тому +3

    happy to finally see this skill having the attention it deserves

  • @gollumsk8
    @gollumsk8 Рік тому +18

    Very nice video ! Thank you Padrace & wired =)

  • @martinaoxley5188
    @martinaoxley5188 Рік тому +5

    The ultimate way to procrastinate. This is awesome!

  • @allwarsspsc9229
    @allwarsspsc9229 Рік тому +12

    Amazing explanation and video!!

  • @davidtydeman1434
    @davidtydeman1434 Рік тому +2

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

  • @marccasinsinan8023
    @marccasinsinan8023 Рік тому +33

    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
    @tilt_ps Рік тому +63

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

  • @noobiechessjxwyspl
    @noobiechessjxwyspl Рік тому

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

  • @100percentofu
    @100percentofu Рік тому +9

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

    • @hiidontknowyou7749
      @hiidontknowyou7749 Рік тому

      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.

  • @ibrahimatiq5068
    @ibrahimatiq5068 Рік тому +1

    we need more of these

  • @donnymcjonny6531
    @donnymcjonny6531 10 місяців тому +1

    Good teacher and clearly excels at his craft

  • @r1t223
    @r1t223 Рік тому +1

    Thanks bro finally someone explained the thumb around properly

  • @zefia7872
    @zefia7872 Рік тому +13

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

  • @S1su
    @S1su Рік тому +5

    Finally about this topic!❤

  • @TrueInvisible
    @TrueInvisible Рік тому +6

    this is an incredible style of art! amazing!

  • @alfreeman2
    @alfreeman2 Рік тому +5

    @padraceps great job on explaining all that so well!

    • @PadracePS
      @PadracePS Рік тому +1

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

  • @FaaarPS
    @FaaarPS Рік тому +33

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

  • @BenGrimm977
    @BenGrimm977 Рік тому +14

    this is very useful information

  • @ellusion67
    @ellusion67 Рік тому +8

    Happy to see Pen Spinning popular again

  • @geraldcumbersome
    @geraldcumbersome Рік тому +5

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

  • @angelzps544
    @angelzps544 Рік тому +8

    Padrace fits the Role so good. Love it!

  • @jlaux7
    @jlaux7 11 місяців тому

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

  • @Stratocaster42
    @Stratocaster42 Рік тому +24

    I'm remember learning some basic pen spinning stuff in high school in the 2000s before UA-cam 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

  • @latsouckmbodj4785
    @latsouckmbodj4785 Рік тому +5

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

  • @Wired4Life2
    @Wired4Life2 Рік тому +1

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

  • @inam_-zh5zh
    @inam_-zh5zh Рік тому +1

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

  • @1nsomniazzzzz
    @1nsomniazzzzz Рік тому +7

    padrace did a really good job :D

  • @scrummybSGPSC
    @scrummybSGPSC Рік тому +13

    good job Padrace!

    • @Shubham_-_
      @Shubham_-_ Рік тому

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

    • @scrummybSGPSC
      @scrummybSGPSC Рік тому

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

    • @fienzo_spins
      @fienzo_spins 5 місяців тому

      ​​@@Shubham_-_ face reveal done

    • @Confused__GG
      @Confused__GG 5 місяців тому

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

  • @Longbajubi
    @Longbajubi Рік тому +1

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

  • @nategraham1487
    @nategraham1487 Рік тому +1

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

  • @TWPSJoey
    @TWPSJoey Рік тому +3

    My hero !

  • @JEsterCW
    @JEsterCW Рік тому +2

    This is so cool

  • @whereeveritgoes
    @whereeveritgoes Рік тому +27

    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.

  • @EffecTPs
    @EffecTPs Рік тому +3

    wonderful representation

  • @rajyadav10139
    @rajyadav10139 Рік тому +2

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

  • @jamisonc7500
    @jamisonc7500 10 місяців тому

    The quality content we deserve

  • @sonansu5427
    @sonansu5427 Рік тому +5

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

  • @smlc4407
    @smlc4407 Рік тому

    Omg the video I needed

  • @_Sachin_kumar_
    @_Sachin_kumar_ 10 місяців тому +1

    Hats off 🎉❤

  • @richardandrade9418
    @richardandrade9418 Рік тому +3

    This is surprisingly way more interesting inciuld have imagined

  • @offtopiccc
    @offtopiccc 10 місяців тому +2

    penspinning and fingerboarding r soo underrated istg

  • @dv5466
    @dv5466 Рік тому +1

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

  • @birdie_.
    @birdie_. Рік тому +5

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

  • @lilytea3
    @lilytea3 10 місяців тому +156

    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

  • @salfoyer2411
    @salfoyer2411 Рік тому

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

  • @jordanweber5351
    @jordanweber5351 Рік тому +5

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

  • @ChrisBeaman
    @ChrisBeaman 11 місяців тому +25

    What am I doing with my life

  • @hubikps2003
    @hubikps2003 Рік тому +3

    Omg pd 💛

  • @KalibHuffines
    @KalibHuffines 2 місяці тому

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

  • @fienzo_spins
    @fienzo_spins 5 місяців тому

    This is too good!

  • @DanielGirardBolduc
    @DanielGirardBolduc Рік тому +1

    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

  • @mengkunsi9811
    @mengkunsi9811 11 місяців тому +1

    Awesome👌👌

  • @erinmutchler3612
    @erinmutchler3612 Рік тому +6

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

  • @usmc1379
    @usmc1379 Рік тому +1

    Level 1 is what drummers use to look awesome! 🤘

  • @learningland6593
    @learningland6593 Рік тому +3

    NICE ONE 🎉🎉🎉

  • @patrickmcevoy3257
    @patrickmcevoy3257 Рік тому

    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 👍

  • @israalqamar5658
    @israalqamar5658 Рік тому +1

    wish every man dedicated this much time to their hand talents

  • @chesscat444
    @chesscat444 7 місяців тому +4

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

  • @petergarcia3373
    @petergarcia3373 10 місяців тому

    That was surprisingly interesting

  • @Medsas
    @Medsas Рік тому +4

    padrace the goat!!

  • @RandomNewb
    @RandomNewb Рік тому +5

    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.

  • @x4dam
    @x4dam Рік тому +1

    This guy knows all the moves

  • @garishanth
    @garishanth Рік тому

    impressive! 🤯

  • @meghlauchiha
    @meghlauchiha 7 місяців тому +1

    good content fr

  • @frozenpelt967
    @frozenpelt967 Рік тому

    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

  • @hossainahmmed6434
    @hossainahmmed6434 Рік тому

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

  • @daniyaiqbal1855
    @daniyaiqbal1855 8 місяців тому

    So cool

  • @Criswea_spsc
    @Criswea_spsc Рік тому +5

    Padraceeeee

  • @lethanhan9084
    @lethanhan9084 Рік тому +4

    Padrace!

  • @GgGg-cq9ce
    @GgGg-cq9ce Рік тому +4

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

    • @Medsas
      @Medsas Рік тому +3

      RIP

    • @ivabra
      @ivabra Рік тому +2

      many of us remember them :)

    • @dukezilla3471
      @dukezilla3471 4 місяці тому

      RIP to Bonkura 🙏

  • @ElTestok
    @ElTestok 9 місяців тому +1

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

  • @mrtony3152
    @mrtony3152 11 місяців тому

    This is crazy !

  • @YoutubeAccount-150
    @YoutubeAccount-150 Рік тому +1

    I do pen spinng too, it is amazing!