Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Magicians - Jeff McBride

Who is he? Criss Angel's fans might remember him from the Mindfreak series, but worldwide magicians know Jeff McBride as one one the world's renowned magicians. He combines magic with mime, dance, Kabuki theater and martial arts to produce a very enterntaining magic show.

He also set the Guiness World Record in 3 categories.
Most coin rolls in a minute – 31 using a single silver dollar. (record is based on the most in a minute, but the coin is not allowed to drop or miss a finger during the set time).

Most consecutive multi-coin rolls – Jeff simultaneously rolled eight silver dollars (four per hand), each completing 18 consecutive coin rolls in a time of 5 min 43 sec. (record is based on the most complete cycles before dropping- one coin in each hand was marked by a pen so that we could count the cycles).

Greatest one handed card scale in a minute – a total of 106 cards cleared a set distance of 12 ft within 60 seconds.


If you would like to learn some flourishes or card throwing techniques I would recommend seeing the Zoom, Bounce, And Fly by Jeff McBride - DVD
All his techniques require some serious practice, but the results are astonishing.

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