I LOVE the risk/reward dynamic of spinning! If you do want to get a lot of speed you have to start out far away from a hook, but not too far away because you might not even reach them. Also, you might not even want to get that high speed since it's possible to just miss and fling yourself down.
You can technically go far without even using the speed boost and playing it safe, but boosting up is so much fun to get down right. (My highscore: 2515)
Hamster makes it very serious too. 10/10 no notes.