Sunday, February 7, 2010

Spin to Win

On this Super Bowl Sunday, let's take a moment to recognize those other warriors of the sporting world—competitive pen spinners:



Boing Boing guestblogger Kristie Lu Stout sez:
I had no idea this subculture existed beyond the brio-spinning guy who sat in the back of my high school Trig class. But, yup, they're out there.

1 comment:

asdf said...

I myself was aware of this subculture, but unaware of judges wearing tiger print.

Memorable lines/Moments:
~1:34 - "I might wake up and play pen spinning on the bed"

Yeah, I'm juvenile....

~1:50 - Interviewer: "Can you write this pen?" "Uh no..."

~End - Eugene Wong wins one for Eugenes everywhere!!!!

I think we're going to need to talk to the Pen Spinning association, since these pens aren't pens! Let's start the, "Small Metal Rod Spinning Association".