Charge

From UPSB

Charge is a fundamental. The pen is held between two fingers and spins in a conic motion. Charge variations performed as in the Sonic Clip (Charge 13, Charge 24), along with Charge T1, were invented by Tohlz.

Normal: The pen rotates in a clockwise motion (when your palm is facing you, right-handed performance) for any number of rotations.
Reverse: The pen rotates in a counter-clockwise motion (when you palm is facing you, right-handed performance) for any number of rotations.

1 Written naming convention
2 Videos
3 Tipped Charge
- 3.1 Tipped Charge videos
4 History
- 4.1 Trick naming
5 Related articles

Written naming convention

Charge (Direction) (number of rotations) (finger slot)

When writing a Charge in breakdown form, the above convention will detail what happens throughout the entire trick.

The name of the trick, Charge.
The direction can be omitted. When direction is omitted, the trick is assumed to be a Charge Normal.
The number of spins can be omitted. When the number of spins is omitted, the trick is assumed to have 1 rotation.
The finger slot where the Charge is performed can be omitted. When the finger slot is omitted, the trick is assumed to be performed between the middle and ring fingers.

Videos

Charge Normal tutorial by Eso:

Charge Reverse tutorial by Eso:

Tipped Charge

Normal: the pen is held in the center between two fingers and slightly rocked in a see-saw motion. The pen does not change finger slots.
Reverse: since the pen already rotates in two directions for this trick, there is currently no Reverse variation.

Tipped Charge videos

Mutiple Tipped trick videos by grsbmd:

Tipped Charge T1
Tipped Sonic Reverse T1-T2 > Tipped Sonic Reverse T2-T3 > Tipped Sonic Reverse T3-T4
Tipped Sonic Normal T4-T3 > Tipped Sonic Normal T3-T2 > Tipped Sonic Normal T2-T1 (walk-through performance)
Inverse Tipped Sonic Reverse T1-T2 > Inverse Tipped Sonic Reverse T2-T3 > Inverse Tipped Sonic Reverse T3-T4 (walk-through performance)
Inverse Tipped Sonic Normal T4-T3 > Inverse Tipped Sonic Normal T3-T2 > Inverse Tipped Sonic Normal T2-T1

History

Trick naming

Before settling on the name Charge, this Fundamental was named variously: Fake Sonic (by Hideaki Kondoh, Gyrating Twirl (by Patrick Szeto) and Pen Twirl. Kam's name of "Charge" eventually caught on as the official name for the trick.