[Neverlog]

Try it on soft surface, and just do it from headstand form to pencil drop. Practice it until you feel really comfortable with it. Only then,try it on harder surface. Most importantly, don't get yourself hurt. Peace, bro!

Edit : Don't get the wrong idea of 'harder surface'. In other words, don't try pencil drop on the road.
Peace, bro!

[Death Jester]

That vid was messed up. The other guy sonic was up against (rubber leez?) had wack transitions and little to no tops... lol.

[Kip-Up King3:16]

Bboy.org Video: Yay Pencil Drops!

[chopstix7892]

try to spin it. like headspin, but whip it so that your legs are straight and you'll do an automatic pencil drop. i doesn't hurt, unless you land on a bone or something

[StevEFreeze]

T Stunna, that looks like it doesn't hurt.. At all.
Haha, nice pencil drops. I think I'll use those.

[Bboy Phenom]

Lmao... pencil drops are a joke people.

All you need to do is shoot your legs and arms up when you're in a headstand. Its not that difficult. You're supposed to fall onto your back or however you want to fall, Tstunna does em the other way o.O

Your feet should absorb some of the impact, but dont mess your heels up.

P.S. sorry for bringing it back... it just irritated me. xD

[Death Jester]

Originally Posted by chopstix7892

try to spin it. like headspin, but whip it so that your legs are straight and you'll do an automatic pencil drop. i doesn't hurt, unless you land on a bone or something

Spinning it makes it a headdrill. That's different.

I've seen bboys do landings on both front and back... some prefer falling on their fronts to continue footwork, or because they find landing on their back has spinal injury RISKS. Landing on the back seems more logical, though - you've no face/nose to crush, and for both genders, no protruding... ahem... parts to crush either. Plus the back is more evenly distributed, meaning a cleaner, more-fleshy landing to better distribute weight across the impact.

[fishyfishy2k]

darn somone told me this was called rocket. .. to fake the fall but its barely noticeable and if your brave enough u try to tap the ground with ur toe right before you fall. Warning if you fail to tap correctly u will smash a toe maybe breaking it or bruising it very badly thus being unable to bboy for at least a weak. try not to do it if u cant headstand stall for like 3-4 secs (pretty reasonable)

[Death Jester]

Originally Posted by fishyfishy2k

darn somone told me this was called rocket. .. to fake the fall but its barely noticeable and if your brave enough u try to tap the ground with ur toe right before you fall. Warning if you fail to tap correctly u will smash a toe maybe breaking it or bruising it very badly thus being unable to bboy for at least a weak. try not to do it if u cant headstand stall for like 3-4 secs (pretty reasonable)

wtf. Why the -hell- would you want to tap the ground?

[fishyfishy2k]

reduce the momentum so u dont hurt urself. thats only if your gonna fall face first or to the side. falling on ur back doesnt work cause its really obvious. ill post a video if i dare do it today. haha

[Death Jester]

Originally Posted by fishyfishy2k

reduce the momentum so u dont hurt urself. thats only if your gonna fall face first or to the side. falling on ur back doesnt work cause its really obvious. ill post a video if i dare do it today. haha

Did you ever study physics? You do realize all your falling force will be concentrated on your toe, right? And that small amount of force isn't going to reduce momentum by any significant amount. It's injury for no gain.

[Fitwee]

Seriously, don't mess yourself up doing this, nothing makes this drop worth getting crippled for

I can do my pencil drops upside down

[AxelSean]

i pencildrop on my side alot, it doesnt really hurt..

just be stiff and straight.

[Bboy-Seckzy]

when doing a pencil drop just drop yourself on your arm not your back or front cause you gonna end up like a piece of used douche

[BBG]

hey everyone, i looked through this thread and noone really explained how to make it not hurt.. well the fact is, is that a REAL pencil drop drops onto your back from a headstand... if you do it like bboy t-stunna, which i repsect all his guides and contributions and what not... its not a real full on pencil drop.. its a forward pencil drop, and he doesnt stay stiff, his body bends, which looks wack as shit in my opinon. in order to make a pencil drop look good and make it not hurt.. or hurt minimally is to get into a headstand, then put your arms straight and at your side(leaning slightly backwards so that you will lean towards and eventually fall on your back).. now the secret is is to stay as STIFF as possible. if you do so, then the only way you will hurt yourself will be the heels of your shoes. i do pencil drops all the time that way, they look cool as shit(not trying to brag but from what people have told me) and the most ive ever hurt myself is bruising my heels/ akilles tendon, which heal in a day. so there it is, most/ all of the shock from falling is absorbed by staying stiff, and by your heals of your shoes.. just make sure u dont wear flip flops or do it shoeless when u do