Champion pen spinner Peter Davis explains pen spinning in 21 levels of difficulty, from easy to complex. Peter goes over some simple techniques like charging and wipers before moving onto more complicated moves like threading and charge removal.
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UndercoverFerret
April 27, 2023 at 4:04 pm
Marginally cooler than yoyo-tricks.
HYPERION
April 27, 2023 at 4:07 pm
Random girl on a date: Show me what you can do with those fingers.😚
Me: This is the BACK 1.5 🤓
She: 😦
Ya boi Tombuto
April 27, 2023 at 4:49 pm
Incredible video ! !
It’s always a little stressful seeing a hobby you know a lot about be de-constructed like this for people outside of it to understand because it’s really hard to properly convey the uniqueness of it all a lot of the times, but Padrace did a great job, as well as you guys up at WIRED!
I’m really happy that I’m able to see this at such a great production value! 😍
Crowsu!
April 27, 2023 at 5:16 pm
I agree
GMinh
April 27, 2023 at 5:25 pm
love it so much
Scrummy_B
April 27, 2023 at 9:22 pm
padrace is amazing
Ryeverse
April 27, 2023 at 5:02 pm
Yo I love
deadfr0g
April 27, 2023 at 5:02 pm
I really want to jot down some notes while I’m watching him explain all of this, but I just can’t seem to find anything to write with…
Dimitri Dias Moreira
April 27, 2023 at 5:10 pm
I have so many questions…
quentinlynch
April 27, 2023 at 5:13 pm
Yeah, I can’t even do lvl 1. 😂
REMNITY TV
April 27, 2023 at 5:20 pm
Padraceeee💪
no body
April 27, 2023 at 5:45 pm
Good job making a good color contrast between hand and shirt, but the pen should be also in contrast with both the shirt and the hand. Black pen on black shirt is a huge rookie mistake for an explanatory video.
Mr. Cat Guy
April 27, 2023 at 5:46 pm
There is pen spinning Olympics??!
Elara PS
April 27, 2023 at 5:48 pm
Pen spinning is finally getting the recognition it deserves
Velk
April 27, 2023 at 5:52 pm
I was just watching the yo-yo video and thinking they should make one for ps
82ps
April 27, 2023 at 6:00 pm
nice to see this getting more attention
USMC13
April 27, 2023 at 6:17 pm
Level 1 is what drummers use to look awesome! 🤘
TWPS Joey
April 27, 2023 at 6:25 pm
My hero !
あ
April 27, 2023 at 6:53 pm
Padrace！！！
Vanilla
April 27, 2023 at 7:05 pm
Padrace GOAT!
sirtron
April 27, 2023 at 7:49 pm
her: i promise its my first time
also her:
Scrummy_B
April 27, 2023 at 7:55 pm
good job Padrace!
Amica Aranearum
April 27, 2023 at 8:13 pm
Next week on House Hunters:
HUSBAND: I’m a champion pen spinner.
WIFE: I’m a professional domino toppler.
HUSBAND: Our budget is $875K.
tilt_ps
April 27, 2023 at 9:10 pm
Amazing!
Great that PD was able to have this opportunity with Wired
This is the kind of pen-spinning content we need!
Sweg PS
April 27, 2023 at 9:14 pm
Peter “Padrace” Davis, you make us proud champ!
Birdie
April 27, 2023 at 9:16 pm
This is so cool. My brain can’t comprehend any of it though 😂
ps tetora
April 27, 2023 at 9:19 pm
パドや！！
EffecT
April 27, 2023 at 9:23 pm
wonderful representation
iSuKps
April 28, 2023 at 9:44 am
Great promotion of our artform and amazing explanation! Mad props.
Yiu Yiu
April 28, 2023 at 3:13 pm
The GOAT of pen spinning ey yoooo
firstfast__ps
April 28, 2023 at 9:50 am
Hi wired
Supawit127
April 28, 2023 at 10:14 am
As a pen spinner, I am very happy to see this. Hopefully, this hobby gets more and more popular in the future. ❤❤
firstfast__ps
April 28, 2023 at 11:55 am
ไอดอลค้าบบ
ivabra
April 28, 2023 at 2:07 pm
hopefully we get more Supawits in the future :p
gollumsk8
April 28, 2023 at 10:26 am
Very nice video ! Thank you Padrace & wired =)
Melvin Lourdes
April 28, 2023 at 10:32 am
He look like a young Willem Defoe 😅
Gg Gg
April 28, 2023 at 10:35 am
s777 and bonkura, man who else remember them, the best of the bests
Medsas
April 28, 2023 at 11:34 am
RIP
ivabra
April 28, 2023 at 2:12 pm
many of us remember them 🙂
mm
April 28, 2023 at 10:43 am
Can you blieave i can not do the lvl1?
Rob
April 28, 2023 at 10:46 am
This dude takes this way too seriously.
Buła
April 28, 2023 at 10:55 am
❤❤❤
High Branch Boys
April 28, 2023 at 11:07 am
Petition To Do A Q And A With IShowSpeed.
👇
Le Thanh An
April 28, 2023 at 11:34 am
Padrace!
MrPearl
April 28, 2023 at 1:25 pm
Yoooo It Padrace!
Allwars SPSC
April 28, 2023 at 1:33 pm
Amazing explanation and video!!
tacheFR
April 28, 2023 at 1:54 pm
coool
ivabra
April 28, 2023 at 2:07 pm
Pen spinners uniting once again !
KeyTech
April 28, 2023 at 2:15 pm
Oh wow discount Tom Holland
Kusi
April 28, 2023 at 2:48 pm
This guy fingered a girl once, she’s dead now
Beam _uh
April 28, 2023 at 3:22 pm
Am i the only one here who’s been doing level 6 and 1 and can’t for the life of me get the hang of everything else lol
DNF
April 28, 2023 at 4:14 pm
balisong, and now pen spinning? a few hobbies i love to do. WWW
Offull
April 28, 2023 at 4:31 pm
Reminds me a lot of balisong flipping just with only one handle instead of two. I wonder how he would do with a balisong
ALEXANDER
April 28, 2023 at 6:21 pm
Misread the title and thought I was gonna see some classic helicopter-ing, maybe even pick up a few tricks I wasn’t aware of.
Fel IIFram
April 28, 2023 at 7:34 pm
This looks so pro. I can’t believe you mentioned powerpass variations!
Melchor Sapotalo
April 28, 2023 at 7:39 pm
Level 2? I quit
Lucas Grisanti
April 28, 2023 at 8:06 pm
0 women
MAVICSHOW
April 28, 2023 at 8:56 pm
Wow 손 가락에 묶인 모습 드론 날개의 모습. 대단해요.
Phylonite
April 28, 2023 at 11:12 pm
Finally
spinner_donut
April 28, 2023 at 11:29 pm
wow, way better than i expected. really went over most of the tricks and their complexity. hope this will make more people decide to come to our odd hobby.
Tuanz 245
April 29, 2023 at 12:10 am
Freefire🔥
Oleg Buslayev
April 29, 2023 at 12:24 am
As a penspinner myself, I’m really glad that such a big channel speaks about it! Thank you!
Beyond Reality [CD10]
April 29, 2023 at 12:42 am
Fascinating how much this correlates to devil-/flowerstick juggling. I did that for many, many years and the tricks are incredibly similar.
Dakota Reid
April 29, 2023 at 1:27 am
Didn’t even know this was a legit thing 😂 I thought it was just something people did to keep their ADD at bay 😂
Jordan Weber
April 29, 2023 at 1:40 am
“First half year of pen spinning” is such a funny phrase to me
JoshIsPosh
April 29, 2023 at 2:04 am
Finally as a fellow spinner I’m glad it’s finally getting more attention
Bizorus
April 29, 2023 at 2:27 am
LFG!
roxytana
April 29, 2023 at 2:30 am
happy to finally see this skill having the attention it deserves
Gia Harton
April 29, 2023 at 2:46 am
the kids in me was WOW.. tats so cool. the Adult in me is.. Dude. u should stop wasting ur time
jaredeandre
April 29, 2023 at 3:29 am
as a pser, who is this guy 😭😭
Random Commenter I Guess
April 29, 2023 at 4:22 am
Padrace
Hossain Ahmmed
April 29, 2023 at 4:44 am
Been doing level 2 my whole life. Time to level up
faceless
April 29, 2023 at 5:04 am
padrace did a really good job 😀
TheMrIndividualist
April 29, 2023 at 6:52 am
I love humans and their little tricks 😂
Ibrahim Atiq
April 29, 2023 at 7:01 am
we need more of these
ellusion67
April 29, 2023 at 7:40 am
Happy to see Pen Spinning popular again
Beck ps
April 29, 2023 at 8:09 am
I’m so glad of this video, finally a good introduction of our art! Ty Padrace!
Green Apple
April 29, 2023 at 10:38 am
That’s enough youtube, time for bed.
S. Wisesa
April 29, 2023 at 11:52 am
the final level is spinning a book in your other hand
Ryan Perron
April 29, 2023 at 12:11 pm
Why did I click on this, this is so dumb lol goodbye everyone
Helen
April 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
I’ve been doing level 6 (thumb around) since I saw my dad do it when I’m like 7 or 8 years old (it’s been more than 6 years now) but then I don’t know how to do level 1-5 😂
Eulogy
April 29, 2023 at 4:51 pm
y’all can’t be fr
100percentofu
April 29, 2023 at 5:59 pm
I haven’t actively “practiced” my pen-spinning for quite the while but seeing a video like this is awesome 🙂
Hanif Nahian
April 29, 2023 at 7:00 pm
Binod 😅
Fronk Lee
April 29, 2023 at 10:11 pm
-Sooo what do you do for a living?
-Let me explain…
Akai pen spin
April 30, 2023 at 1:26 am
❤
editz_fire
April 30, 2023 at 6:16 am
i can’t even “pass” level 2
VORE-TEX
April 30, 2023 at 8:34 am
Awesome promotion for our hobby. Congratz Padrace ❤️
황민호
April 30, 2023 at 9:46 am
‘You might have experienced the pass on a daily basis’
Me who can’t even do conical rotation properly, let alone even figure out how pass works: Uh-huh.
Velocity
April 30, 2023 at 11:24 am
PADRACE
Jay Mayuga
April 30, 2023 at 12:47 pm
I couldn’t even do Level 2 (PASS)!
Style and Steel
April 30, 2023 at 2:31 pm
But can he beat Goku?
Nate Graham
April 30, 2023 at 10:13 pm
Yeah I do the thumb thing constantly. This is rly cool
inam9153_18
April 30, 2023 at 11:59 pm
I need to submit my final project for the semester tomorrow and I’m watching this. Great, I guess.
Longbajubi 火
May 1, 2023 at 6:26 am
Thanks Wired, now I know what will I do on our test tomorrow.
Haikal F.
May 1, 2023 at 7:12 am
Bro, thumbaround should be level 1, not level 6.
unknown
May 1, 2023 at 7:43 am
Wow
Swapna Datta Singh
May 1, 2023 at 8:28 am
He forgot 2 levels fishing and stall
Philip Bacani
May 1, 2023 at 8:41 am
Pls. do Martial Arts Tricking…get Daniel Perez Tejada…he can trick on his left side and right side. AmbiTrixterous as they say.
Evergreen
May 1, 2023 at 11:12 am
I am speechless
RandomNewb
May 1, 2023 at 12:15 pm
well detailed and informative.
i would have liked more history, but it was definitely the wild west back then and might be hard to have documentation.
anyone miss Kam? Zombo? Eriror? etc.
Hijo del Sol de Oriente
May 1, 2023 at 12:30 pm
Been trying to do this since I was a kid. I’m still at level 1.
aaaaaaleon
May 1, 2023 at 3:14 pm
It’s all coming in full circle. Pun intended
Veselin Jokanović
May 1, 2023 at 7:00 pm
Learned some of the basic tricks years ago. I’ve probably done 10s of thousands of thumbarounds, charges and wipers. Actually I’ve discovered some advanced variants of charge on my own and I’ve only found out about it now 😂 It’s like second nature to me to just spin pen whenever I have it in my hands 😂
Joshua Daniell
May 2, 2023 at 6:48 am
Bet your popular with the ladies
Obscure_ps
May 2, 2023 at 9:49 am
lvl 22: become i.suk
btw nice vid padrace!
JEsterCW
May 2, 2023 at 2:26 pm
This is so cool
Alan G
May 2, 2023 at 4:48 pm
But why?
corrin com
May 2, 2023 at 5:09 pm
level 6 should be way lower down, it’s probably one of the easiest to learn
Fadhly El-Shirazy
May 2, 2023 at 5:20 pm
I am all the way to Level 4 🤣
tga
May 3, 2023 at 12:31 am
i spend more time trying to find where i drop them than spinning them
Pars DeNicky
May 3, 2023 at 8:10 am
the fact that i can’t even do lv1 …
Eraj nejat
May 3, 2023 at 8:48 am
my level is 100000000%
Lea Mabel Lopez-Maningding
May 4, 2023 at 2:39 am
I CANT DO MULTI BUST IM INTERMEDIATE ☹️
Pahelaj Acharya
May 4, 2023 at 2:39 am
hey guys use your pen for writing…. not spinning 🙄🙄🙄
JF
May 5, 2023 at 2:33 am
you missed one. after the Thumbaround, you spin the pen backwards by push with your index finger then you can do Thumbaround again. it’s a loop
Ramoncito Matias
May 5, 2023 at 3:56 am
i didnt this was a sport now
Cc DZN
May 5, 2023 at 4:53 am
You can tell this guy got some serious practice in school
Eric Peh
May 5, 2023 at 12:50 pm
I wonder what is his day job.
jan mamut
May 6, 2023 at 12:24 am
And where is easy?
Russell Frye
May 6, 2023 at 1:23 am
God is good
Mars Rider One (Official)
May 6, 2023 at 8:09 am
I think the first time I saw a pen spin was in 1987.
Dhruv Khanna
May 6, 2023 at 8:37 am
Me who can only do level 6 💀💀
Kimberella
May 6, 2023 at 9:07 am
And here my fingers commonly have trouble tying my shoes.
Gerald Cumbersome
May 6, 2023 at 11:05 am
The fact that WIRED made a video about pen spinning means there’s a chance that it will get more popular 😀
jorgeeporgee
May 6, 2023 at 3:13 pm
no pen spinning using buttocks? disappointed. 😄
Daniel Beatty
May 6, 2023 at 9:05 pm
– “It’s easy. Level 1, ‘Charge'”
– “I’m out”
Oxified
September 21, 2023 at 1:06 am
i want him so bad
hawjR
September 21, 2023 at 4:55 am
I’ve been doing lvl 6 since high school 😎
CapFlipGaming
September 21, 2023 at 11:17 pm
Weird…. I can do level 6 but none of the other ones lol
Anna Varghese
September 22, 2023 at 2:03 pm
um i have a doubt HOW TF?!
CyberGamez
September 22, 2023 at 6:26 pm
“Its not my first time!”
Her asf:
Scott Ellis
September 22, 2023 at 6:55 pm
What is the black pen he’s spinning?
Dany0n
September 23, 2023 at 3:45 am
Hi padrace
djtomoy
September 23, 2023 at 7:53 am
What does you wife think of this?
The OffTopic Guy
September 23, 2023 at 9:04 am
penspinning and fingerboarding r soo underrated istg
Nate Perena
September 23, 2023 at 10:16 am
I’m sure many of us are at level 6 but cannot do any of the previous levels
timothee hathaway
September 23, 2023 at 10:49 pm
Awesome ❤
Beyona Mortel
September 24, 2023 at 12:40 am
How come I can’t learn lvl 1-5 but i learned thumbaround for like 30mins
SrPuffers
September 24, 2023 at 1:05 am
I can’t even do level1 😅
Alexandra Shvydun
September 24, 2023 at 1:52 am
this is essentially juggling
Jerry Liu
September 24, 2023 at 2:44 am
He speaks really well
veverandompersonlmao
September 24, 2023 at 5:45 am
how is charge easy
Vadim F
September 24, 2023 at 6:55 am
Boromir could handle 10 pens at your age
BL
September 24, 2023 at 8:41 am
ivh frage mich ob seine hose braun ist
BL
September 24, 2023 at 8:42 am
alemannenstr 6 78239
Xuan
September 24, 2023 at 10:05 am
when your bored in class
OHKAR'S WORLD
September 24, 2023 at 12:17 pm
my fav is level 13 Power Trick 7:36
AKG58
September 24, 2023 at 1:23 pm
Advance control is required for fingers here
ExoDeus
September 24, 2023 at 6:36 pm
College money well spent.
Sam Warner
September 24, 2023 at 7:18 pm
This video didn’t need to be made, did it? Like why? Who cares? Hahahha
Xander
September 24, 2023 at 7:40 pm
Any good recommendations for heavier pens? I love this concept, I do the thumb around and wiper during lectures every day, but can’t do many of the others because they’re so light and any movement can just send it flying out of my hand
@patrickmcevoy3257
April 7, 2024 at 8:43 pm
Saw ur channel on YouTube about pen spinning not that easy to learn the thumb around is hard to get any way i will keep trying that one
@owenhui4756
April 11, 2024 at 12:11 am
I can’t do level 1 yet can do level six lol
@renobeatbox1180
May 1, 2024 at 10:27 pm
one of the pen tricks that requires high concentration
@KalibHuffines
May 7, 2024 at 8:54 pm
Cool to learn this is a thing unknowingly been at level 21 for 11 years or so
@ChillDude....
May 10, 2024 at 1:33 pm
The fact that I’m decent at levels 2 to 4 but I can’t do charge 😭
@MudiaOkojie-xt5yy
May 13, 2024 at 5:59 am
Bro after level six you start moving your entire hand
@MudiaOkojie-xt5yy
May 13, 2024 at 6:08 am
After lvl 6 it’s not even a pen
@xXDomiXx
May 21, 2024 at 3:23 pm
What “normal” pen is he using in the beginning?
@HeavyMagic001
May 22, 2024 at 8:50 pm
Also known as…..”too much time on my hands.” 😂 …so did you ever finish the Test?
@ThingsOut
May 27, 2024 at 8:33 am
This man had a great childhood
@JoaoPinela
May 28, 2024 at 8:12 pm
This dude’s wife chose wisely…..
@Dahir-BS
June 2, 2024 at 8:56 am
I dont know lvl 4,5 but i know 6
@HawthorneHillNaturePreserve
June 6, 2024 at 3:50 pm
WOW 😮!
@SizzlingBacon1234
June 9, 2024 at 9:08 am
since when was there a competition
@PYANN02
June 13, 2024 at 1:14 pm
iPad kids could never understand how cool this was in school
@DeathLonelyOfficial
June 16, 2024 at 11:50 pm
I know mostly all the way to level 6 and the most easiest is Charge.. 😅😅
@user-dn6nu2kr1n
June 19, 2024 at 3:43 pm
I still dont understand on how is sonic easier than thumb around. After trying sonic my fingers hurt like crazy. I did learn sonic but still cant do the moonwalk version.
@ТоликКитанец
June 19, 2024 at 3:43 pm
I still dont understand on how is sonic easier than thumb around. After trying sonic my fingers hurt like crazy. I did learn sonic but still cant do the moonwalk version.
@nathanjharris
June 20, 2024 at 11:17 am
Who was the genius who decided to film a black pen in front of a person wearing a dark shirt? All you can really see is his hand, no pen, especially on a tiny window on Wired’s website.
@heelarious
July 5, 2024 at 4:54 am
I can do charge, pass and triangle pass (with both hands perfectly despite being right handed but hey I’m still learning ambidexterity) while my friend can do wipers….
@OmalleyDoc
July 10, 2024 at 10:02 pm
I can’t even do level 1…
@KeithezkielLumbres
July 22, 2024 at 7:31 am
The no. 3 is also called “infinity”
@HomoSacer
July 30, 2024 at 11:31 am
Level 22: writing
@JL-sy5iz
August 7, 2024 at 8:53 am
Man’s really have time.. 😅
@lovelllit7433
August 13, 2024 at 2:25 pm
8:20
@kkmixkk-0413
August 14, 2024 at 1:49 am
The thing is my fingers keep moving down the pen they won’t stay in one place
@derek5791
August 29, 2024 at 3:20 am
bruh 6 i can do with ease but 2-5 and 7+ hard as what is this list
@forhadrh
September 3, 2024 at 2:58 pm
Who’s naming these moves tho?
@orangeknight321
September 16, 2024 at 11:09 am
I can’t even do Level 1
@lunchbreakmechanic
September 19, 2024 at 4:24 pm
this gave me arthritis somehow but i can’t look away 😍this guy is a whiz
@EhNothing
September 19, 2024 at 6:45 pm
This has the same energy as Hal race walking in a suit and aerodynamic helmet
@saejan8141
September 27, 2024 at 6:09 am
The yoyo guy had better instructions
@majid-vf4nq
September 30, 2024 at 7:56 pm
bro ive learned thumb around and finger pass but not charge😢
@Hello-u9m
October 16, 2024 at 9:20 am
I have been practicing for 5 months and am now at level 6
@dutbud9049
October 21, 2024 at 5:57 am
8:24 💀💀
@Mr.Pain404
October 26, 2024 at 1:26 am
So cool 😎
@huntermomberger8199
October 30, 2024 at 1:05 am
i used to be professional with yoyos. im thrilled to start doing this as a common object skill toy that’s casual instead of performative.
@Lovelysynthang123
October 31, 2024 at 5:37 pm
14:38 showed us middle finger😂
@LadySeraphineCC
November 2, 2024 at 6:19 pm
I actually do this with a metal straw. Perfect for it. But hella noisy when I drop it.. basically the whole room looks at me 🤣🤣🤣
But it’s my favorite thing to do. It’s my fidget spinner 😅
@freestyle1107
November 9, 2024 at 12:47 am
I am in level 9 but still can do some tricks 11
@stevenator0281
November 10, 2024 at 11:13 pm
I have been spinning pens since I was in college in Korea in the 80’s. I will confess that I was unaware of most of the spins that you can do. I only do four. That said, three of the four that I do you did not cover. Not to disparage your considerable skills at all, but those done with the light pen are more like using a majorette’s baton rather than a writing pen. At any rate, you have provided me with enough material to keep me busy for a while!
@schlopschlopschlopschlop
November 11, 2024 at 5:47 pm
hawk tuah
@loue2972
November 13, 2024 at 5:36 am
thumb around *okay*next level BAK FALL*cries dramatically*
@Pikapikachu006
November 13, 2024 at 11:53 am
Me, who can do charge,wipers,thumbaround but not pass, triangle pass and sonic