Pen spinning gets competitive in Hong Kong

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They fight with felt tips, and do battle with ball points. They... are Hong Kong's competitive pen spinners. 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. My pals at CNN Go recently attended a pen spinning rumble, put together to determine the Hong Kong representative for the Pen Spinning World Tournament. About 100 contestants were judged on the style, difficulty, creativity, and fluidity of their pen spinning... and they twirled their way though a mind-boggling range of pen tricks with names...