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Balancing your entire body on the one bone built to protect your thoughts.
means A breakdancing move in which the dancer spins around while balanced upside down on the top of their head, body and legs in the air.
from A transparent compound of "head" + "spin," born in the breakdancing culture of the 1970s and '80s, when b-boys turned the playgrounds and cardboard floors of New York into stages. "Head" traces back to Old English "hēafod" and "spin" to Old English "spinnan," meaning to draw out and twist thread — the same word that gave us spinning wheels and dizzy heads. The dance move simply made the spinning literal.
- origin
- Born in 1970s Bronx breakdance battles
- physics
- Spinning conserves angular momentum like a figure skater
- protection
- Dancers wear padded beanies to spare their scalps
- record
- Thousands of continuous spins have been clocked
- skull cost
- Years of practice can cause a bald spot
thomas flojo — french breakdancer who pioneered the headspin move in 1980s hip-hop culture
ken swift — new york breaker from the rock steady crew credited with perfecting headspin technique in the 1980s
nirvana headspin move — breakdancing competition category at red bull bc one where competitors perform continuous headspins