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'''PSUK''' stands for '''Pen Spinning United Kingdom'''. It was a British nationality based, English-speaking [[Pen Spinning Community]] that | '''PSUK''' stands for '''Pen Spinning United Kingdom'''. It was a British and Irish nationality based, English-speaking [[Pen Spinning Community]] that was active from late 2007 to early 2011. | ||
Despite being defunct, a few UK spinners have used the board name since, notably [[Juminuwo]] in popular CVs and [[Ceru]] entering under the community's name in [[Pen Spinning World Tournament 2015|WT15]]. There has also been controversy over spinners entering competitions under the community's name despite not being from the UK, using it to gain extra spaces in competitions. | |||
==History== | |||
The PSUK community was initially formed in October 2007 by [[asakawa]]<ref>[https://upsb-v3.spin-archive.org/topic/3679 PSUK 1st Thread on UPSB V3 Archive]</ref>, with their first collaboration video, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haAIwTYreLQ PSUK 1st] being released four months later on January 31st, 2008. The domain [http://www.penspin.co.uk www.penspin.co.uk] was registered and a forum was hosted there since late 2007 using Freeforums.org as a platform. On August 8th 2008 the forum was updated to phpBB3 that brought across multiple features including a shoutbox and simplified youtube video posting. | |||
==References== | |||
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[[Category: Pen Spinning Communities]] | [[Category: Pen Spinning Communities]] | ||
[[Category: Defunct Communities]] | [[Category: Defunct Communities]] | ||
Revision as of 11:48, 17 February 2021
PSUK stands for Pen Spinning United Kingdom. It was a British and Irish nationality based, English-speaking Pen Spinning Community that was active from late 2007 to early 2011.
Despite being defunct, a few UK spinners have used the board name since, notably Juminuwo in popular CVs and Ceru entering under the community's name in WT15. There has also been controversy over spinners entering competitions under the community's name despite not being from the UK, using it to gain extra spaces in competitions.
History
The PSUK community was initially formed in October 2007 by asakawa[1], with their first collaboration video, PSUK 1st being released four months later on January 31st, 2008. The domain www.penspin.co.uk was registered and a forum was hosted there since late 2007 using Freeforums.org as a platform. On August 8th 2008 the forum was updated to phpBB3 that brought across multiple features including a shoutbox and simplified youtube video posting.