Remember the cool kids in school who knew how to twirl their pens five or six different ways? This guy knows more than 1000. Maomao is a pro pen spinner in China who decided to pursue his passion after beating leukemia. The 25-year-old has more than 3 million followers on social media and started his own pen-spinning business in 2019.
0:00 What is pen spinning?
1:40 Going pro
2:25 The pen spinning community
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[email protected]Producer: Jingyi Liu
Videographer: Canrong Zhang
Editor: Mario Chui
Narration: Victor Peña
Mastering: Victor Peña
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