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Title: Hand Envy
Description: Ever had it?


RippDrive - July 8, 2007 02:19 AM (GMT)
Have you ever had hand envy? You will see a manipulator or just a normal person who just have amazing hands. You know the ones, the large hands with the long slender fingers and whatnot.

I personally I have small hands and stubby fingers. My pinky finger on my left hand is crooked and doesn't bend properly. Sometimes I will see someone with really large and delicate hands and I wish I had hands like that.

Does anyone else have this happen?

Kaze - July 8, 2007 02:22 AM (GMT)
Yeah, my hands are sort of messed up so I can't do certain things properly. When I began to learn how to play piano, I was sort of struggling because I was double jointed. My teacher said that it's harder playing like that but I was like w/e. Anyways, back on topic, yeah it's happened alot to me, I especially want that hand from the hand modeler he pushes the easy button in commercials. He was interviewed as a "hand" model. Lawls.

Look Into the Sun - July 8, 2007 02:31 AM (GMT)
I have long slender hands.

Tenku069 - July 8, 2007 02:33 AM (GMT)
Ditto Look Into The Sun.

Floating Duck - July 8, 2007 02:33 AM (GMT)
yeah i envy hands alot, ive broken some of my fingers and now they are crooked and my pink joint is fused so it doesnt bend and it hurts all the time

im going to look for some spinners hands that i like now and i might post them here.

Mats - July 8, 2007 02:38 AM (GMT)
Meh, not really, my hands are fairly skilled at a lot of things, and when I see people immensly better, at say, piano, I know my hands will soon be up to that, so no, not really.

strat1227 - July 8, 2007 02:53 AM (GMT)
not really, it doenst have alot to do with the hands, its mostly practice ... having different hands doesnt make you any better or worse

Toast - July 8, 2007 03:03 AM (GMT)
actually, yes it does

My hands are fucked up. When I do a sonic clip 23, my pinky finger sticks out randomly, and if i try to bend it back to the normal position, my hand hurts like hell and i drop the pen. This means i cant do any sonic clip 23 hybrids. sucks >_>''

Nighteye90 - July 8, 2007 03:05 AM (GMT)
I don't. My hands are good enough. Here's a pic of them for no damn reason.

http://img464.imageshack.us/my.php?image=0707200142vh5.png

My ugly duckling MX is there for size comparison

zblader - July 8, 2007 03:09 AM (GMT)
i think my hands are fine. I have a liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitle bit chubby fingers, but they are alright. can play guitar well. xD. My brother has some freaking long fingers, almost like a woman's D:. XD. sometimes scary. XD.

RippDrive - July 8, 2007 03:25 AM (GMT)
I suppose maybe one of the reasons it bother me now more that before is because when I was younger I could say 'oh, i will have bigger hands when I'm older'.

It's sort of weird after being a kid and growing so long knowing that for the rest of your life you will be the same size you are now.

ShoeMan - July 8, 2007 03:25 AM (GMT)
my thumb cant really bend without having all my other fingers bend too,, and I know this guy who has no such limitations in his hands and he has great natural flexibility, but I think that I have more strength in individual fingers, from all the xcm..so i'd rather stick to my own hand.. and we werent talking about skill right? I think that skill is something in your mind rather then your hand :P but if so,, yea, i'd take kam's right hand and de'vo's left hand :P

platypusvictim9 - July 8, 2007 04:00 AM (GMT)
Now that you mention it, I kinda do wish my fingers were longer. they're about the same length as my palm. One time in church I sat next this really hot chick with like flawless hands, and I was so f-in jealous. And my dad smoked around me ever since I was born, so my vains are really visible, especially when I'm stressed or mad. damnit, now I want new hands :banghead: . Nah, not really, I'm fine with my own hands, as I've never broken them or anything, and they're pretty flexible since I've been working on that. Not to mention they're slender, since I'm a skinny fucker. Actually, in health class, we saw pictures of this one baby with 2 thumbs on each hand, now that would be sweet B)

Zombo - July 8, 2007 04:06 AM (GMT)
yes but more for piano.

when I look at partitions written by Liszt and Chopin, just wants to make me tell them "screw you for putting this chord in"

Cybrax2 - July 8, 2007 04:28 AM (GMT)
Not really.

My hand/finger isn't too fat or too skinny, just right.

But my hand/finger is kind of short.

It's okay though.

rodi - July 8, 2007 04:43 AM (GMT)
I know a guy who has two thumbs on his right hand, no joke he was born like that, he can do charge, sonic, and fingerpass with it too, the only thing that sucks is that he cant do TA, but he's trying to learn backaround fall with it so he can do it with more fingers than anyone ever before!!

WannaPSBetter - July 8, 2007 04:45 AM (GMT)
OK ok i do wish i had better hands...i think my hands would be alright only if i didnt screw my ring and little fingers on BOTH hands..

when i was like seven i broke my ring finger on my right hand twice, little finger once, ring finger on my left three times and my little one five

So overall i guess if it wasnt for breaking my fingers my hands would be aright

just to let everyone know my little fingers are retarded as they cannot bend by themselves (when i try to bend them my ring finger bends with it as well)

Webo Splash - July 8, 2007 05:56 AM (GMT)
I have small hands so I dunno. Envy, I dunno. Lets say Im happy where Im at.

DaThroat - July 8, 2007 06:25 AM (GMT)
my hands are OKAY to me.

what is not fine is the fact that my fingers do not move nicely when im doing the trick. this is probably something to do with style. my dream is to emulate bonkura's style and im rather sure my hands look slightly like his(longer fingers, smaller palm).

Wongton Spin - July 8, 2007 06:30 AM (GMT)
i am happy wit my hands aswell

platypusvictim9 - July 8, 2007 06:42 AM (GMT)
QUOTE (rodi @ Jul 8 2007, 04:43 AM)
I know a guy who has two thumbs on his right hand, no joke he was born like that, he can do charge, sonic, and fingerpass with it too, the only thing that sucks is that he cant do TA, but he's trying to learn backaround fall with it so he can do it with more fingers than anyone ever before!!

holy crap dude. does he know about the boards? that would be so sick if he became pro. I mean, just think of the 2p1h stuff he could, or just all the sweet new transitions. Wait, you mean it's like physically impossible for him to TA, or he hasn't learned it?

Edit: Maybe there's some confusion, :dunno: in the pic I saw, there was an extra thumb near the kid's pinky.

Ivan the Terrible - July 8, 2007 08:00 AM (GMT)
not really, even though my pinky finger is crooked


ShoeMan - July 8, 2007 12:22 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (rodi @ Jul 8 2007, 04:43 AM)
I know a guy who has two thumbs on his right hand, no joke he was born like that, he can do charge, sonic, and fingerpass with it too, the only thing that sucks is that he cant do TA, but he's trying to learn backaround fall with it so he can do it with more fingers than anyone ever before!!

picture? :S

KenIchirou - July 8, 2007 05:23 PM (GMT)
Whoa two thumbs at the same hand. Whoa, yeah I've seen one guys had the same hand like him. LOL I envy alot of people with amazing hands.

Rekkuuzan - July 8, 2007 06:22 PM (GMT)
Never really had an envy for another's hands, just a wishing thought. But it was never for pen spinning, but for piano.

Tainted Elements - July 8, 2007 06:25 PM (GMT)
i have some screwed up hands.
my middle finger is extra long
my pinky is my shortest finger
and my thumb is even shorter.
pretty screwed up hands..

Crzyazn - July 8, 2007 06:52 PM (GMT)
I want bonkura's hands...

good god who wouldn't want them? :lol:

Lunchboxx - July 9, 2007 01:34 AM (GMT)
Nah, See if you look at cloud Travler I have like the same kind of hands he does so im happy ^_<

Crzyazn - July 10, 2007 02:59 AM (GMT)
QUOTE (Lunchboxx @ Jul 8 2007, 05:34 PM)
Nah, See if you look at cloud Travler I have like the same kind of hands he does so im happy ^_<

his hand looks like 5 little sausages stuck on to a piece of ham :lol:

but his talents= :jawdrop:

Howard123 - July 10, 2007 03:06 AM (GMT)
QUOTE (Crzyazn @ Jul 8 2007, 06:52 PM)
I want bonkura's hands...

good god who wouldn't want them? :lol:

His fingers have little to do with his style
look closely at his vid in WT 07
He emphasized a lot on hand/wrist movement, bending his fingers a bit every now and then.




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