This Guy Has 3 Million Fans Following His Pen Spinning Tricks

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?
1:10 Going pro
3:07 The pen spinning community

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Producer: Jingyi Liu
Videographer: Canrong Zhang
Editor: Mario Chui
Narration: Victor Peña
Mastering: Victor Peña

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