#7 Throwback

I was originally going to post a clip of my card manipulation act that I did yesterday, but when I got the footage I realized that it was over exposed and you couldn't really see anything there. I was forced to come up with something else. Luckily I had had this one fun idea in mind for some time now, so I decided to film it this week.

Basically there are two moves here. The first one was shown and taught to me by Dan or Dave Buck when they were visiting Finland - I have no idea which one it was. The second one is the Throwback move (hence the title), which is a move I came up with some time ago.

#6: The Fixx

This one is an idea by Sami Lahtinen (the one on the right). It also utilizes an original move by Pete Purho. The shady person on the left is Pasi Hyvärinen. The beautiful camera work is done by Pekka Hartikainen. Wow, that's a lot of credit. Oh, and let's also mention Dani DaOrtiz for inspiration.


Here's The Fixx:

#5 Card to Pocket

Had a really busy week so I ended up shooting this in the train when I was coming home. It's a simple card to pocket handling that I really like. All credits go to Juan Tamariz.

#4 Beta

This week's idea was to give a little kicker to a flourishy way to find the four aces. The climax is kinda magical and based on some field testing I can say that it is very surprising to the audience. With some work this could become something worthwhile, but now it's kinda in "beta-stage". It's quick and simple, so I might go for something a little bit more complex next week. Until then, here's this weeks entry: Beta.

#3 Double Tunnel

So here it is, I know a couple days later than the last two have been. But still during this week! This time we can enjoy (or just look, if you prefer) my handling of the Double Tunnel Change, which can be found in Jon Racherbaumer's fantastic book Card Finesse volume 1. There are only a few minor changes in the handling so I'm not claiming any credit here. It's an interesting idea however, so I thought I'd share it.

#2 Everywhere and Nowhere

This is the second video and I still have 50 to do. Geez. This is my impromptu version of Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser's original "Everywhere and Nowhere" plot. This handling is a little bit busy and the performance is nowhere flawless as I spent most of the week working out the choreography of the whole sequence. I'm not entirely happy with this trick, but it is still kind of fun. Here it is:

#1: Daley's Switch

I literally put this together in 30 minutes and shot it right away. The quality isn't too great but you can still see what's going on. I will try to improve to quality in the next video. Anyway, here is the first video of the 52.