KENT, Wash. — You've seen them on local street corners, spinning their messages. But did you know that these sign spinners are part of an elite crew that undergoes training at a little-known facility ...
“We hate it when you call it sign twirlers,” says Caleb Jordan, who has worked in the industry six years and is the general manager for AArrow Advertising. Come blistering heat or pouring rain, the ...
ATLANTA — We’re less than 200 days away from the Summer Olympics where some of the best athletes in the world will compete for gold. But middle-January brings a lesser-known world competition for sign ...
Away from the crowd’s roar and the spectacle of men and women spinning and tossing arrow-shaped advertising signs, Elijah Scholz practiced and listened for his name. The 18-year-old Californian from ...
DENVER – No one was injured during a sign spinning competition near a busy Denver intersection Tuesday afternoon – and yes, that actually is sort of an accomplishment. Sign spinner K.C. Garrison said ...
HOUSTON -- You've seen them rain or shine on your neighborhood streets. Sign Spinning has grown so much that it's now considered a sport. "To be a sign spinner, it takes practice, skill, a good smile, ...
AUSTIN (KXAN) — There are multiple ways to spin this story. “No two spinners spin the same,” said Laramie Rosenfeld, general manager of The AArrow Sign Spinners in Austin. “You’re gonna see some ...
They're a familiar site at many a busy intersection: the helicopter, the kick-flip, the Bruce Lee - all manner of swirling, twirling and spinning "tricks" to draw drivers' attention to a new ...
There a great deal of concern about automation eliminating human jobs. Spinning a sign seems to boost the attention that people give to signs by about 80%. Sign spinners are paid about $50 to 150 per ...