Yall seen this recent spate of lost Tom Penny footage, no doubt sending the original VHS-dubber of the semi-legendary “Penny Files” tape to check his watertight plastic tub for scratch marks, sleeve rips or other signs of six-foot-under rotations. It is conventional wisdom that Tom Penny in 2012 is not what he once was, the tolls of life as Tom Penny having set in with time, but the above Vimeo clip is a good footnote to the “Sorry” revival period as he transitioned from the mid-90s apex to the XXL solid-color tee era and all the matching sneakers and doo-rags that came with it.
However, for a dude famed for languid movements and lackadaisical attitude towards life in general though this clip boasts one of the most illusory optics ever captured on DV cassette since Satva Leung’s switch frontside flip — I pose to you the question, does Tom Penny or does he not shove-it out of the backside 5-0 at 2:08 above? After about a dozen passes I’m fairly sure that he does, but hard to be 100% without one of Spike Jonze’s massive slow-mo cameras.
Tags: 1-Up, 200 points, archival footage, drugs, Euro gap, Flip, French Fred, illusion flip, Luigi, Mario, Princess Toadstool, Satva Leung, shove-its out, Sorry, Tom Penny, Vimeo
boil the ocean 
September 27, 2012 at 12:12 am |
Yep. totally shoved.
September 27, 2012 at 3:05 am |
The way his shoulders move says he shoved it. But looking closely, frame by frame, no actual spinning of the board is taking place.
September 27, 2012 at 3:21 am |
At 02:11 you can see he is in back tail and from there it’s a quick shove it down. So bs 5-0 to bs tail shove out.
September 27, 2012 at 4:02 am |
Totally shoves – if he didn’t, the 90° repositioning of the board back to forward would be really noticeable. Also, keep your eye on his back foot, it does a pretty clear little hop / shift as it catches the nose.
September 27, 2012 at 4:35 am |
Where the technological fails, the corporeal guides.
September 27, 2012 at 5:44 am |
Hold down space bar for slow-mo. Most definitely shoves out of it.
September 27, 2012 at 7:06 pm |
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September 27, 2012 at 7:07 pm |
Dahhh, copy/paste the address ^^^, i think its fairly conclusive evidence of a shove.
September 27, 2012 at 10:42 pm |
does.
September 28, 2012 at 9:23 am |
September 29, 2012 at 2:38 pm |
its all fake
September 29, 2012 at 6:42 pm |
wow!!! the spacebar thing works. complete shove. Boils…. holy fuck. amazing.
September 29, 2012 at 7:08 pm |
Satva Leung is the greatest!
October 4, 2012 at 8:32 pm |
satva tag was kool. adrian lopez woulda been good too.
October 6, 2012 at 7:13 am |
at about 0:01, nobody cares. the well documented beginning of the end for mr. penny starts with the first head wrap, is complete by the elmer fudd cap.
October 30, 2013 at 11:56 pm |