Inside the Sign Spinning Journey of DMV Sign Spinner Kendric Washington

Kendric Washington was star-struck. The 19-year-old hid behind plastic sunglasses, scoping out where the competition would take place, along a pedestrian mall in downtown Las Vegas called the Fremont Street Experience. It wasn’t the Strip, but it is known as the second-most-famous street in Sin City, set amid older casinos, musty bars and tattoo parlors.…

Mexican Sign Spinning Championship

On Sunday, December 28th, the Mexican Sign Spinning Championship took place in Plaza Galerías del Valle in Mexicali. In a three-round spin-off, AArrow Sign Spinner Alfredo Medina beat his friends for a chance to represent Mexico in the 2015 World Sign Spinning Championship, taking place this February in Las Vegas.    The team   (On the left)…

The Life Of A Los Angeles Sign Spinner

The sign spinner is no longer an obscure urban creature. Drive through any city and you’ll see one toting a pendant advertising a new apartment complex or a low-rate tax preparer: sign spinners are a specific type of person. They’re all over Los Angeles too, from Echo Park to Miracle Mile to Baldwin Hills: you…