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eSDee
10-09-2003, 12:09 AM
A friend forwarded this link. Basically people with too much time on their hands(not a pun) developed this "sport" where you spin a pen or pen- like object around your fingers. Pretty cool actually. Here is a sample:


A NeoBak Combo

Description: This combo is something that I've worked on for over two years. It consists of a Fake Reverse, followed by a NeoBak, followed by a BackAround-23-12. The difficulty lies in connecting the last BackAround because the pen either falls off easily, or it gets stuck. Not to mention how awkward your hand feels when doing this combo. The view is from the top.

Video (http://www.pentrix.com/videos/video.php?v=rev_to_neobak_to_bak23_to_middletap.swf)(requires Flash)

Check out the rest of them here:

http://www.pentrix.com/
kei2
10-09-2003, 12:31 AM
wow that's pretty sick. then again i can't even do the elementary pen spin that all the kids at my high school used to do.
Leebo
10-09-2003, 02:03 AM
I am a degenerate... I too cannot do the basic thumb spin.
Joshua
10-09-2003, 04:27 AM
Never tried... didn't know there was a sport either!
ski
10-09-2003, 04:30 AM
You'd be surprised how good you can get when there's downtime at work! :D
RoniMan
10-09-2003, 06:46 AM
now...we just wait for the society of pentrix to form...
thatonefilipinoguy
10-09-2003, 09:09 AM
Originally posted by RoniMan
now...we just wait for the society of pentrix to form...

agreed.
Merlin
10-09-2003, 09:31 AM
I remember people doing this in high school back in the da. But as I remember it, it was only the Asian kids who were any good at it. :shrug:
attgig
10-09-2003, 10:12 AM
Originally posted by Merlin
I remember people doing this in high school back in the da. But as I remember it, it was only the Asian kids who were any good at it. :shrug:

that's me! :)

hahahaha

learned it over summer school...that's why i could do it and you whitey's couldn't ;) we had the extra practice during summertime :P
bachviet
10-09-2003, 10:30 AM
I know one or two tricks but it's just for time killing in boring classes. My professors in college always looked at me when I constantly dropped the pen on the floor. ;)
cheapchinese
10-09-2003, 10:32 AM
lolz
it start with taiwanese student in their after school learning, basically they were bored out of their mind, their only entertainment was playing with their pencils. I read it up on a chinese forum before
attgig
10-09-2003, 10:33 AM
Originally posted by cheapchinese
lolz
it start with taiwanese student in their after school learning, basically they were bored out of their mind, their only entertainment was playing with their pencils. I read it up on a chinese forum before


yeah, and if you read about it in a korean forum, they'll tell you a korean invented it ;)