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General Discussion / Kam on NPR (National Public Radio)

an interview I did in New York

  1. Kam
    Date: Sun, Feb 24 2008 19:07:44

    So, I was at this year's Toy Fair in New York to do some pen spinning demo for Spinz when I was contacted by Dan Pashman from NPR. He wanted to do an interview about PS for his show: The Bryant Park Project

    Anyways, if you guys are interested, here's the interview

    http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.p...045&sc=emaf

    Couple things...

    1. Don't call me Kam Kuo dry.gif It's just Kam...I don't know why they put my real last name together with my nickname. It sounds so weird.

    2. The interview was pretty impromptu. I knew they were coming to the trade show, but I wasn't expecting to do an interview for another day or so (thankfully, they cut out all my drops smile.gif )

    Oh, and if you send this to anyone, please use the 'email this page' feature if you can. In order to help PS get more exposure, we want that page to be the most emailed page on NPR. Right now I hear it's the top 6th page wink.gif

    Kam

  2. darkeh
    Date: Sun, Feb 24 2008 19:14:07

    Wow, that was pretty cool, that rubber band thing at the end was amazing ohmy.gif

  3. Sfsr
    Date: Sun, Feb 24 2008 19:18:44

    :D

    I didn't know you were involved in Spinz. Did it go well for them at the fair? I thought the interview was nice, really good for people unaware of penspinning. Exactly how big is this "The Bryant Park Project"? I've never heard of it.

    Oh, and "LOLWTFBBQ?!" @ the rubber manipulation trick you did at the end :P

  4. Look Into the Sun
    Date: Sun, Feb 24 2008 19:19:53

    Kam, our pen spinning ambassador. They couldn't have picked anyone better. This is quite exciting.

  5. m3x_spinner
    Date: Sun, Feb 24 2008 19:21:10

    QUOTE (darkeh @ Feb 24 2008, 11:14 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Wow, that was pretty cool, that rubber band thing at the end was amazing ohmy.gif

    Don't teach them how Kam!
    Lol

  6. Katantoon
    Date: Sun, Feb 24 2008 19:27:35

    wow so kam is asian! lol wicked spinning tongue.gif

    hey kamz. is pen in the usa only? im in asia..... thanks

  7. Erirornal K.
    Date: Sun, Feb 24 2008 19:41:55

    QUOTE (Kam @ Feb 24 2008, 08:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    1. Don't call me Kam Kuo dry.gif It's just Kam...I don't know why they put my real last name together with my nickname. It sounds so weird.


    Your MSN name is Kam Kuo...

    Really nice. I guess this will spread penspinning even further in a positive way. At least, I hope so. smile.gif

    PS: I figured out how to do the rubberband trick.

  8. iamk34n3
    Date: Sun, Feb 24 2008 19:46:00

    That was cool. Does that mean spinz are out now?

  9. darkeh
    Date: Sun, Feb 24 2008 19:48:10

    I believe they are released to stores in April

  10. Kam
    Date: Sun, Feb 24 2008 19:48:49

    All Spinz question...please post in the Spinz thread. thx

    QUOTE (Erirornal K. @ Feb 24 2008, 11:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Your MSN name is Kam Kuo...

    Really nice. I guess this will spread penspinning even further in a positive way. At least, I hope so. smile.gif

    PS: I figured out how to do the rubberband trick.


    Errr...that's a mistake in my MSN then tongue.gif

    The Interlace (rubberband trick) is quite easy...possibly one of the easiest tricks ever. Unfortunately, it's a lot about presentation. But I wanted to show that so people get interested in manipulation in general. I plan on making a video teaching that trick, as well as how to do a star and double star with one hand.

  11. pholord
    Date: Sun, Feb 24 2008 20:20:53

    Kam! What are you doing? That pen is double sided! ohmy.gif Very cool interview tho biggrin.gif Finally some good pen spinning coverage in the US

  12. K4S
    Date: Sun, Feb 24 2008 21:20:25

    Heh, always thought Kam promoted single sided mods. Kind of strange to see him spinning a double sided pen.

  13. Outlander
    Date: Sun, Feb 24 2008 21:58:02

    And now we got a nice video of SPINZ in action! They look really nice, double-sided, with ribbed-looking grips on the caps.

    I wonder if the ink is double-sided as well..... huh.gif


    I still can't figure out the rubberband trick. I hope you get to that tutorial sometime laugh.gif

  14. Vall3y
    Date: Sun, Feb 24 2008 22:13:31

    this was awesome
    ohmy.gif

  15. Kam
    Date: Sun, Feb 24 2008 22:18:15

    I do promote using single sided mods because they look more like a pen, and I feel that's important in presentation.

    However, I never said I only spin them. I am a very flexible and open minded person. I spin many different kinds of pens, depending on the occasion. In this particular case, as I said, I was doing a trade show for Spinz, and that pen was the best of them.

  16. sathonmig
    Date: Sun, Feb 24 2008 23:53:10

    Lol good stuff Kam.

    A Pre-made SuperPirat Le0n Mod!

  17. Zombo
    Date: Mon, Feb 25 2008 01:05:02

    cool article kam!
    lol Pashman almost got a TA but his "successful" attempt is not even correct, lol.

    I like the rubberband trick and the spinz mod look alright I guess. it's definitely not built like a toy like some ppl thought it would be.

    nice xtreme digitz as well!

  18. lpenspinnerl
    Date: Mon, Feb 25 2008 04:35:13

    so do they spinz spin well?

  19. Aphsamoth
    Date: Mon, Feb 25 2008 05:50:35

    Nice interview, Kam.

    And, cool was your infinity release. I would just wish I could watch you spinning your RSVP MX as well as that pen, though I know it's a show for Spinz.

  20. WhiteFang
    Date: Mon, Feb 25 2008 06:42:19

    heyy kam kuo smile.gif
    Your famous now. smile.gif

    are you planning to make 'RubbaBandTrix'

    and do you work for Spinz as your full time job?

  21. BananaKetchup
    Date: Mon, Feb 25 2008 11:04:33

    whoa... Kams old laugh.gif

  22. Teatime
    Date: Mon, Feb 25 2008 11:25:46

    And yet he still pwns us all in laif.
    Way to go Kam smile.gif

    Edit: ZOMG I noticed that one the screen behind Kam there's a combo of Eriror! I can recognize that table and waistband from miles.

  23. ultimatsz
    Date: Mon, Feb 25 2008 12:11:44

    behind are also some pen commercials.. but errior is still more distinct from far..

  24. Xero
    Date: Mon, Feb 25 2008 17:39:07

    This is great since it doesn't just talk about the pens or the tricks but all aspects of pen spinning.
    Hopefully, PSing will gain wider respect due to this. tongue.gif

  25. -JC-
    Date: Mon, Feb 25 2008 18:04:06

    wow nice ohmy.gif
    so kam...what's your first name anyways wink.gif

  26. zblader
    Date: Mon, Feb 25 2008 18:32:50

    lol, his name is Fernando. smile.gif.

    Well Kam, it's so wonderful of you to let us know about how the SPINZ thing is going smile.gif. Thanks for all, ALL, you have done for Pen Spinning smile.gif.

  27. en814
    Date: Tue, Feb 26 2008 09:40:04

    Still working hard I see kam. The finger exercises were killer mellow.gif .

  28. AntonWebsters
    Date: Tue, Feb 26 2008 10:17:10

    15 years?? Gee,I've never thought that you've been spinning for such a long time...
    You look handsome! smile.gif
    And nice interview.

  29. Outlander
    Date: Tue, Feb 26 2008 13:17:06

    KAM, since you said that the pen you spun in the video was the best of them, is it also one of the more expensive in the SPINZ line of pens?

  30. Jamie Enns
    Date: Tue, Feb 26 2008 17:44:06

    it would be nice if we could have a copy of the video playing in the background, and also behind him you can see some pokemon merch tongue.gif

    looks sweet tho!!