Ok, this is just insane. <Video>

[Indignant]

http://www.thatvideosite.com/view/70.html

That's Criss Angel. He's a street magician, and he has a show coming to TLC I think. He does some crazy stuff, in this one he is levitating. High.

[fcpchop]

how the hell did he do that? It doesn't even seem real.

[Glickman]

well i know blaine uses a fishing line that goes from the top of a boom mike, down his shirt to his heels, but thats... just weird

[quik]

well i know blaine uses a fishing line that goes from the top of a boom mike, down his shirt to his heels, but thats... just weird

Wrong?

He uses a 45* Angle trick, and so does this guy.

They also probably butcher it in editing.

[RazorMonkey]

Eh? 45* angle trick? Elaborate?

[fire1811]

Eh? 45* angle trick? Elaborate?

come on you dont know the 45* angle trick

[CKY_Alliance]

Ok i yahoo'd the 45* angle trick and what i read it said that it can only accomplish a few inches of "levitation" so this guy has to use string/wire or something...to bad it isnt real.

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=28391

this has some good info to.

http://www.ebtx.com/theory/blaine.htm

[Indignant]

There's no way he's using the 45* trick, quik. Look how high he is going. He makes David Blaine look like a 9 year old with a magic set as far as levitating goes.

[bam wannabe]

until i see this in real life, and i can swipe a pole above and below him, i will just assume its all wires, and fancy editing

[quik]

There's no way he's using the 45* trick, quik. Look how high he is going. He makes David Blaine look like a 9 year old with a magic set as far as levitating goes.

Who cares, they are both fake.

[Indignant]

Yeah, but Criss Angel's fake is way cooler.

[AGDlover]

Ya doesnt seem too real him going up and stopping is too "jerky" pritty cool though

[RingOfScale]

some of those were like in the middle of a street with nothing above him ... if there was a crane above him it woulda been to obvious, and the pople around wouldnt have had the reaction they did ... how did u think he did them? a wire would seem to easy to catch ...

-rIng

[MadPSIence]

It's fake. I found it. He is using some sort of lines.

Before he levitates... you can see a sort of tension in his legs. When he goes up.. his legs stay rigid but they rotate at his hips the same direction every time. There's something pulling him up, from the back of his foot / his heel.

Everytime he goes up his legs rotate back a bit and then wobble because he's trying to compensate and already is working hard not to bend his knees.

[MadPSIence]

also notice how he is so steady when he descends... he's like 2-3 feet high. Why is he being so cautious descending. Because - the wires/string are descending and they must do so slowly so he can retain balance. If he were actually levitating he could just stop and freefall... who can't fall 3 feet and land? Someone balancing his weight on strings.