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  1. tundraphile

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  2. rollsorferrari?

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    it's a cool trick, i do know how it's done, but i think revealing how a trick works takes most of the fun out of it.
     
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  3. CornersWell

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    Are you accepting guesses?

    CW
     
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    The two holding the paper and the guy that walked inside with him are his assistants. Notice how the two holding the paper are bracing their arms against the window frame and
    not holding the paper tightly to the glass. This video is simple but correct in revealing the trick.

    http://www.metacafe.com/watch/519421/criss_angel_through_glass_revealed/

    Don't forget, if it was really magic he wouldn't need the paper!
     
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  5. GuyIncognito

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    his "assistants" need to take some acting lessons
     
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  6. CornersWell

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    Haven't watched it, but do they slide the pane up in the frame? His "assistants" hide the fact.

    Edit: watched it. No need to answer.

    CW
     
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  7. rollsorferrari?

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    lol, yeah, sure why not?

    yup, that's how it's done.
     
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    His stuff is all fake. Clever, but fake.
     
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    Just to add insult to injury, fire the camera man while his assistants are getting their acting lessons.
     
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    Jack, aren't most magicians tricks faked, or do you believe magic is real! :D
     
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    I'm guessing during the "I need to take off my shoes" shot is when the glass was slid..
     
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  12. Gilles27

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    It's only real when Santa does it!
     
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    Does anyone know how he levitates and walks on water? Those are his 2 tricks that amaze me the most.
     
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  14. SRT Mike

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    AFAIK...

    Levitation... it's a pair of custom pants/shoes... he is actually balancing on the ball of one foot. The way the camera angles, you can't see it... but imagine if you had a pair of black pants and had a slit in the side.... you put your shoes together, then velcro or something holds them together. Your shoe and pants with the slit in the side let you pop your foot out and put it on the ground, where you then rise up on the ball of that foot while your other foot (and your sneaker from your bare foot) both appear to rise together.

    As for walking on water, I heard they put cylinders in the water at selected locations for the guy to talk on... cylinders made of glass or acrylic so they look water-clear.
     
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    I was talking more about this...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlIwcVAxZsU
     
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    roffle
     
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    Interesting reply, though somehow I fail to understand it's meaning?
     
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    ROFL = Rolling on the floor laughing = Roffle
     
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