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Amazing street performance video with levitation
youtube ^ | Published on Apr 2, 2013 | zalaeg84

Posted on 05/14/2013 5:58:24 AM PDT by dennisw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmmuPusGhM8

How does he levitate the small glass ball? He does it twice


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1 posted on 05/14/2013 5:58:24 AM PDT by dennisw
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To: dennisw
I don't know how he does it but he's very good.

Of course it is always possible that it is CGI.

2 posted on 05/14/2013 6:10:09 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Obama's Chechens are coming home...to roost.)
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To: dennisw

What levitation? I watched about half of the goofy recording and sure didn’t see any levitation.


3 posted on 05/14/2013 6:24:10 AM PDT by count-your-change (you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough)
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To: count-your-change

At exactly 60 seconds in he takes a small glass ball. Gives it a spin then has it levitating. He repeats this near the end of the video.


4 posted on 05/14/2013 6:37:29 AM PDT by dennisw (too much of a good thing is a bad thing - Joe Pine)
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To: count-your-change
I didn't see any levitation, either.

He is one reptillian-looking, dude, however.....yuck.

Leni

5 posted on 05/14/2013 6:38:36 AM PDT by MinuteGal
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To: RoosterRedux

Video is too jittery and unprofessional to be CGI....but who knows. I wish I knew where this took place. Get this guy on the Mike Huckabee show!!!


6 posted on 05/14/2013 6:39:34 AM PDT by dennisw (too much of a good thing is a bad thing - Joe Pine)
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To: MinuteGal

At 60 seconds he has a glass ball levitating...not him personally


7 posted on 05/14/2013 6:40:36 AM PDT by dennisw (too much of a good thing is a bad thing - Joe Pine)
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To: dennisw
I looked at 60 seconds and did not see the ball rise from the ground.

Am I going mad?

Leni

8 posted on 05/14/2013 6:41:51 AM PDT by MinuteGal
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To: dennisw

I thought the jitteriness was sort of suspect...possibly covering for some really slick CGI.


9 posted on 05/14/2013 6:43:11 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Obama's Chechens are coming home...to roost.)
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To: MinuteGal

At 60 seconds he has a smaller glass ball spinning in the air. He moves his hands all around it to show there are no strings supporting it

I would love to get a good explanation how he does this


10 posted on 05/14/2013 6:44:14 AM PDT by dennisw (too much of a good thing is a bad thing - Joe Pine)
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To: RoosterRedux

correct you are...i thought the same but...


11 posted on 05/14/2013 6:44:48 AM PDT by dennisw (too much of a good thing is a bad thing - Joe Pine)
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I caught it this time....thanks.

Leni

12 posted on 05/14/2013 6:47:51 AM PDT by MinuteGal
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At 4:48 he floats (levitates) the glass ball again


13 posted on 05/14/2013 6:52:46 AM PDT by dennisw (too much of a good thing is a bad thing - Joe Pine)
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To: dennisw

It’s dangling from a thread that he drapes over his head and down the front of his face.


14 posted on 05/14/2013 6:59:55 AM PDT by MarineBrat (Better dead than red!)
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To: dennisw

The ball thing was just a trick, but I was impressed with his agility.


15 posted on 05/14/2013 7:42:32 AM PDT by VoiceOfBruck (#include <std.disclaimers>)
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To: dennisw

At 47 - 48 second mark it looks like he pulls something from his waistband with his left hand. Maybe a wire or something?


16 posted on 05/14/2013 8:18:31 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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"It’s dangling from a thread that he drapes over his head and down the front of his face."

I don't think that's how he does this. He spins his fingers around the ball. Couldn't do that if there was a string from his head. Any string would have to be horizontal.

Great performance though. This is called contact juggling and there are some amazing youtube videos out there.

This guy is one of the best I've seen.

17 posted on 05/14/2013 12:31:01 PM PDT by boop ("You don't look so bad, here's another")
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>>I don’t think that’s how he does this. He spins his fingers around the ball.

If you look closely he moves his fingers in a circle, always going UNDER the ball but always just barely missing going ABOVE the ball’s center. You can see him manipulating the thread into position during the 10 seconds or so before the trick.


18 posted on 05/14/2013 1:06:23 PM PDT by MarineBrat (Better dead than red!)
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To: dennisw

Is this guy going to pay his Obamacare premium or take the penalty?


19 posted on 05/14/2013 1:16:10 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by Nature, not Nurture™)
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To: MarineBrat

Hmm...just re-watched the video. I don’t see it, but you could be right. If so, still VERY well done


20 posted on 05/15/2013 5:13:44 PM PDT by boop ("You don't look so bad, here's another")
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