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General Discussion / Pen spinning mentioned on Good Morning America

  1. TheSpinner 3.5
    Date: Mon, Jan 5 2009 20:45:56

    in alegbra 2 this girl told me that pen spinning was mention on good morning america new years day as one of the new sports of 2009, and she said she couldn't help but think of me(i'm always talking about pen spinning around to her and others)

    did anyone see this? i'll try to find the vid if they have one

    edit- http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6564612

    here it is, funny how they're using the outdated names for the thumbaround and other tricks plus i don't like how they exactly describe pen spinning(sitting at your desk....)
    cool to see Eriror and Chautran and Kam

  2. AwonW
    Date: Tue, Jan 6 2009 00:43:10

    I wish they had put in longer clips of spinning. Also, I wonder what source they used.. so many outdated names o_O

  3. xz64
    Date: Tue, Jan 6 2009 00:43:39

    All of Kam's videos came from pentix, the outdated version of pentrix. The video is interesting but they really need a real PSer to correct themselves.

  4. arthurrhodes
    Date: Tue, Jan 6 2009 00:47:56

    and yet the damn news guy said "twidling your pen" and the fag news guy on the right threw the pen in the air and thought he did a trick.

  5. AwonW
    Date: Tue, Jan 6 2009 00:51:03

    QUOTE (arthurrhodes @ Jan 5 2009, 04:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    and yet the damn news guy said "twidling your pen" and the fag news guy on the right threw the pen in the air and thought he did a trick.

    Yeah I didn't really like the tone of this video. It seemed more like they were poking fun at psing than trying to inform people of it dry.gif

  6. iamk34n3
    Date: Tue, Jan 6 2009 00:54:22

    They were poking fun at it the whole time. dry.gif

  7. sangara
    Date: Tue, Jan 6 2009 01:20:04

    I agree with k43n3 they were really just making fun of it.

  8. Kam
    Date: Tue, Jan 6 2009 01:26:55

    errr...sorry guys...it's my fault sad.gif

    They called me on the 1st, but I forgot to call them back until today xD

    I bet they were looking for someone to be on the show :/

    really sorry...if I were there I would have leigun the first person that made fun of PS tongue.gif

  9. arthurrhodes
    Date: Tue, Jan 6 2009 01:29:48

    that's ok kam.

  10. pholord
    Date: Tue, Jan 6 2009 01:40:01

    QUOTE (Kam @ Jan 5 2009, 05:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    errr...sorry guys...it's my fault sad.gif

    They called me on the 1st, but I forgot to call them back until today xD

    I bet they were looking for someone to be on the show :/

    really sorry...if I were there I would have leigun the first person that made fun of PS tongue.gif

    LOL that was the call u got? Well its ok

  11. Glamouraz
    Date: Tue, Jan 6 2009 04:24:27

    QUOTE (Kam @ Jan 6 2009, 09:26 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    errr...sorry guys...it's my fault sad.gif

    They called me on the 1st, but I forgot to call them back until today xD

    I bet they were looking for someone to be on the show :/

    really sorry...if I were there I would have leigun the first person that made fun of PS tongue.gif


    Do it with a Dr. KT. That'll teach them.

    btw, who's the guy doing that aerial trick by flicking his thumb? The one in the white shirt.

  12. iamk34n3
    Date: Tue, Jan 6 2009 04:44:49

    QUOTE (Kam @ Jan 5 2009, 05:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    errr...sorry guys...it's my fault sad.gif

    They called me on the 1st, but I forgot to call them back until today xD

    I bet they were looking for someone to be on the show :/

    really sorry...if I were there I would have leigun the first person that made fun of PS tongue.gif


    Haha now that is pretty funny. Well they did call you on the 1st, so its reasonable that you didnt pick up. wink.gif

  13. Fall
    Date: Tue, Jan 6 2009 04:54:41

    lol...
    so funny watching the reporters failing at spinning... smile.gif

  14. Eric
    Date: Tue, Jan 6 2009 05:18:55

    QUOTE (Glamouraz @ Jan 5 2009, 08:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    btw, who's the guy doing that aerial trick by flicking his thumb? The one in the white shirt.


    I think that's Kam. xD

  15. Sh4D3
    Date: Tue, Jan 6 2009 08:21:32

    So sitting at your desk is an art? Thats what they claim anyway.

  16. Scandiacus
    Date: Tue, Jan 6 2009 13:34:34

    Pfft I don't really like their attitude dry.gif

  17. watching
    Date: Tue, Jan 6 2009 14:51:32

    My dad told me about this.

  18. Janselmi
    Date: Tue, Jan 6 2009 15:09:01

    These are just people who doesn't understand it.

    If you don't know what you are talking about - then don't. dry.gif

  19. Dimachka
    Date: Tue, Jan 6 2009 15:16:21

    Kam, could you call them back and see if they would do another show with you? This time you could bring some pens to show and also a real penspinning video.

    P.S. That leigun idea sounds pretty effin' sweet.

  20. Tialys
    Date: Wed, Jan 7 2009 02:36:27

    I seem to recall saying somewhere that adults are not that much smarter than teens are... ssst.gif

    Anyway, you can't realistically expect the hosts to portray pen spinning with any accuracy, especially not when they view it as a fad. Whenever adults stumble across perceived fads, I guess they try to feign knowledge of popular trends to refute the characterization of adults as "unhip". Though I'm not sure what audience they're trying to cater to, since their viewership is definitely not composed of teens. They spin casually (of course) but show advanced videos. I would have been more impressed had they done even minimal research on pen spinning. It's the new "in" for 2009 but they're using terminology from 2003. Then perhaps they'll forget about PS, just to have it rediscovered in time for 2010.

  21. Sadistic
    Date: Wed, Jan 7 2009 02:39:53

    I read the washington post article....it wasn't an article, just a list with things that are in or out....

  22. Soulreaper
    Date: Wed, Jan 7 2009 02:45:04

    Man, every adult around me says "Why are you twirling a pen..." lul twirl.