Heres something I've been working on.

its basically an expansion of the shadow's family, and i'm just wondering if it is new.

To avoid confusion, let me clarify my terminology on shadows first.

I would name a shadow still done inbetween the fingers index and middle finger to be a shadow still 12.

So shadow still T (x) would be a shadow that is inbetween the thumb and (x) which is a variable of any finger. (The reason why I would classify them this way is because thumbs are opposable, and the line of tricks seem to have the same "feel").

Anyways, to do a shadow still T2 for example, one would pinch their pen (with thumb and middle finger) near the bottom, just about a finger widths distance from the COP. In this position one would begin to do a charge (charge t2). It is preferred for this trick to be mastered before attempting this trick. (similar to how charge 12 is to shadow still 12).

one may repeat the t2 charge for a little bit to build up speed (and power) and eventually release the pen (pinched by middle finger and thumb) and the pen should spin like a scissor spin along the fleshy part of your thumb/index.

Once mastered, the pre-charge (extra charges before the actual trick is completed) may be eliminated to a single charge. Why only to a single charge, and not eliminating the charge altogether? It is because the trick (when done in a combo) will simply be a fingerless scissor spin, and does not have the same appeal.

This trick is very easily linked, and adds the extra 0.5 spin that the normal t(x) charge does not have. It may also expand into a T(x) shadow rise, from t4-t1 (or vice versa) as each shadow may be linked into the next one.

I am just posting this because I wonder if it is new, and checking if i have gotten the terminology correct. If somebody needs clarification, i will try to make a video, but I can't right now since my cam is not working.

enjoy..

i appreciate your efforts on doing some more in depth research. but my advice if you want this to be pushed to an article, use it in the new notation. What you're doing is trying to make another trick.

reverse shadow still t1 would just be a fingerless reverse half tap, and i suppose shadow still t1 could be considered a fingerless half tap, although i'm pretty sure it doesn't have the same starting position :/

Well it is not really a new trick, and do you mean notation as the way I have written the topic? Or the way i note my tricks?

both really. if you look in the research threads here, there's a new type of notation used for describing tricks. that and to the statement above, It does the same movement but it's really just changing a starting place

sorta like having a TAharmonic but instead of pushing with 2, you push with 3. Same trick just a variation.

so your talking about t(x) shadows huh...
well i can telll you we have this: t1 shadow

Well i never once denied that my trick is in fact just a well known trick done in different fingers.

It's just how easy this trick could be linked, and how it is so infrequently used. just wanted to throw it out there, let people have something to spice up their thumb charges.

@elements Ah, i guess i missed that.