UPSB v3

General Discussion / Penspinning Tricks with English names.

  1. TRoc
    Date: Tue, Jun 17 2008 03:08:54

    Alright, I'm not actually sure if this is in the right place but...

    I noticed that in videos in other languages, when tricks are mentioned, they are pronounced in english. Thumbaround, Sonic.
    So, were all of the tricks invented by english speaking spinners? Or are there tricks that are named in other languages and we just don't say them.

    Just a thought.

  2. Duckrus
    Date: Tue, Jun 17 2008 03:14:36

    Well I think we just use English as the internaional language, like the rest of the world, and I guess it helps that UPSB was the first board?

  3. Zombo
    Date: Tue, Jun 17 2008 03:19:03

    koreans and japanese have their own naming system.

    chinese usually use english names.

    the rest of the world use english names.

  4. CPM8
    Date: Tue, Jun 17 2008 03:19:31

    Weren't the few first to start using the internet for pen spinning Kam and David Weis? Weren't they the ones who started naming the tricks?

  5. Erirornal Kraione
    Date: Tue, Jun 17 2008 04:18:48

    Actually, I believe Hideaki Kondoh was the first person to use naming with tricks. And that was Japanese... I think.

  6. Stay'n Alive
    Date: Tue, Jun 17 2008 15:06:16

    First I learned on French blogs, at verry first the one of the spowash's. And that was some french names. "Tour de pouce", literally "around the thumb", orbit for charge, "infini" for figure 8 "infini" means "inifinity", as the real inifinity was called "infinity". Anyways, the namig convention was just not respected, but maybe it is beacause there wasn't at this time.

  7. CudOfCow
    Date: Wed, Jun 18 2008 18:11:52

    Penmwashi site has a trick called Gunman

  8. someone
    Date: Wed, Jun 18 2008 18:24:00

    I thought Gunman = Neo Sonic 12-t1

  9. CudOfCow
    Date: Wed, Jun 18 2008 18:30:21

    QUOTE (someone @ Jun 18 2008, 02:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    I thought Gunman = Neo Sonic 12-t1


    looks like a middle around to me...

    And i take it back its not penmwashi its penzgear

    http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/penzgear/

    look under the tricks section

  10. nateiskewl
    Date: Wed, Jun 18 2008 18:40:57

    Gunman is the Japanese naming for around reverse. A while ago, people in the old UPSB and UCPSB thought it was a neosonic, but it's not. To avoid confusion, just don't say gunman at all.