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Minor Collaborations / ThaiSpinner featured on german website

neXus
Date: Sun, Sep 9 2007 17:05:02

ThaiSpinner featured on a german website in their video article section.
Spiegel is one of the biggest magazines in german, having several TV shows and a big website with news and articles.

Translation:

Spoiler:

Speaker: "Students in Thailand seem to be pretty bored because in class the writing stuff does not fly over the paper but through the fingers.

Chatchai Sompong: "When i had nothing to do in school and started dreaming i began spinning my pen."

Speaker: "By now there is an internet community with around 10.000 Members for the so called Pen-Spinning. The students with the fast fingers meet eachother every 2 month to show them new tricks"

Ukrit Tanasanti: "The NeoBak Combo is hard and the pen drops easily but if you do it that way it's easier, other way it falls easy. I need to practice more but also in school i have to work harder."

Speaker: "There are over 100 variations of Pen-Spinning. For some tricks the simple writing pen isn't enough, you need to use a tuned one. The students modify the pens with weigth and grips. If that doesn't affect the concentration in school ...

I think it's a pretty cool coverage, it's only a minute so it doesn't go that much in detail but i like it.

It was found by the sister of McDudelsaeck!
tohlz
Date: Sun, Sep 9 2007 17:11:51

QUOTE (neXus @ Sep 9 2007, 12:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

ThaiSpinner featured on a german website in their video article section.
Spiegel is one of the biggest magazines in german, having several TV shows and a big website with news and articles.

Translation:

Spoiler:

Speaker: "Students in Thailand seem to be pretty bored because in class the writing stuff does not fly over the paper but through the fingers.

Chatchai Sompong: "When i had nothing to do in school and started dreaming i began spinning my pen."

Speaker: "By now there is an internet community with around 10.000 Members for the so called Pen-Spinning. The students with the fast fingers meet eachother every 2 month to show them new tricks"

Ukrit Tanasanti: "The NeoBak Combo is hard and the pen drops easily but if you do it that way it's easier, other way it falls easy. I need to practice more but also in school i have to work harder."

Speaker: "There are over 100 variations of Pen-Spinning. For some tricks the simple writing pen isn't enough, you need to use a tuned one. The students modify the pens with weigth and grips. If that doesn't affect the concentration in school ...

I think it's a pretty cool coverage, it's only a minute so it doesn't go that much in detail but i like it.

It was found by the sister of McDudelsaeck!

Just to let Sathomig and the Thai community who has asked for the source: This is exactly what it was shown on Singapore's news.
przemo
Date: Sun, Sep 9 2007 18:29:00

Thais are also on one of the biggest polish TV site

http://www.tvn24.pl/26086,1520661,wiadomosc.html

but that's weird translation, they translated all penspinning words
UnEmploymentDude
Date: Sun, Sep 9 2007 18:34:04

QUOTE
Speaker: "Students in Thailand seem to be pretty bored because in class the writing stuff does not fly over the paper but through the fingers.

Thats giving spinners a bad name. I LOVE SCHOOL!
McDudelsaeck
Date: Sun, Sep 9 2007 18:34:18

We got it three timea in germany... one in the internet, spiegel.de and two on TV...everyone was a bit diffrent (except the film material).
I don't like the spiegel.de version, it sounds like penspinning is something for nerds, for freaky, stupid children who don't know what to do.
przemo
Date: Sun, Sep 9 2007 19:12:50

"Small Thais are "specialized" in penspinning. This "extreme" hand sport is very popular in Thailand. Hundreds of boys are training few hours a day increasing their technique ^^ "

and this is cool
"Parents of spinners are happy that their children spin. What a pity that polish parents can't devide Thais parents joy"

sorry for bad english
Kirbynator
Date: Sun, Sep 9 2007 19:40:57

xD the sentense is so great: Die neoback xdXD combo is sos leichter als .. (translation the neoback [he women spele dit like bakkkk] is this way easier then..) Lol yeah its great to see it on TV but the women you talk all that stuff is the highlight in this clip xD
sathonmig
Date: Mon, Sep 10 2007 02:10:33

Ahh this is nice.

Here's a Reuter article
http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMo...P17096620070907

The Thai version which is 5 min long
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po0dTFEGgUE

The guy talking and doing bakfall is bluehawk, btw.
Zombo
Date: Mon, Sep 10 2007 03:13:51

that's funny tho because thaispinner is a fairly young community... how did they stumble upon the thai community anyway?
big619
Date: Mon, Sep 10 2007 05:13:28

We also see Thaispiners on TV in China this week.
UnEmploymentDude
Date: Mon, Sep 10 2007 05:53:24

Ok, this is what is wrong with america, we need coverage!
Cybrax
Date: Tue, Sep 11 2007 05:00:24

Seeing this makes me feel like a lowlife....

Omg...crazy...just look at them sitting down spinning pens together as it was a big deal.

Im'a quit now.
ibd
Date: Tue, Sep 11 2007 14:08:05

Ohh.. i didn't know that Spiegel.Tv made a report about Penspinning. Nice. But why not about german penspinning?? xD
WhiteFang
Date: Tue, Sep 11 2007 14:14:08

i wish someone in australia went on tv for ps..
slitherzpin
Date: Wed, Sep 12 2007 00:03:57

thats pretty kool how they have a pen spinning classs i wish i was in one of them
nateiskewl
Date: Wed, Sep 12 2007 01:57:52

It's a gathering...
Rekkuuzan
Date: Sat, Sep 15 2007 06:42:49

Holy sheez, Syn-NexTexs are everywhere in that video.

North America won't be getting anything like this anytime soon. :(
ellusion
Date: Sat, Sep 15 2007 08:03:50

did sathon and Dongza in that video..
Dongza5047
Date: Sat, Sep 15 2007 11:54:08

I'm a boy in UCPSB t-shirt.
Webo Splash
Date: Sat, Sep 15 2007 17:26:42

Haha he looks chubby!
wtE
Date: Sun, Sep 16 2007 00:40:02

lol when an american(non pen spinning) looks at this video they must be like NERDS
Nova
Date: Sun, Sep 16 2007 09:58:02

the way they report this is as though they don't really believe penspinning has a proper future.

i just hope penspinning goes into the entertainment industry in the future and proves all these arrogant idiots wrong.

seriously. they portray this art as a way of channeling excess energy into something useless and done due to boredom.