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    Johan Lorbeer hanging in mid air

    ok i have seen manny magic but this i cant figure out how he does it what do you think guys how he does this hanging in mid air thing?



    Oh Mr Johan Lorbeer you must be some super human with super human powers, looking at these pictures are mind blowing and yes bloody weird but brilliant. These still life Performance acts are hot and this one is called “Tarzan”, where the hell they got this name from is beyond me because I have never seen Tarzan do this. Check out the video bloody brilliant.


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxgGRzai_j8

    wonder how he does it would love to know the secret

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    Re: hanging in mid air

    He'll either be suspended from a very thin wire attached higher up, or (more likely) .......

    ..... there's a rod coming out of the wall, going through his sleeve, & which is fixed to some sort of harness he's wearing under his clothes!
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    Re: hanging in mid air

    nah check his other videos on youtube you will see there are not wires people have check that there is nothing holding him

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    Re: hanging in mid air

    I've seen this before - the left arm you're seeing is fake. It's attached to the wall, and on the opposite side of the left hand is a harness that's wrapped around the man's body. His real left arm is down to his side out of sight.

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    Re: hanging in mid air

    That's a cool effect that he's done there. I've seen things like this before. When it comes down to it, it's easy to see if it's a very thin wire. What would really get many people is why when there are no wires that he'd be remaining there. Only solution to that is of course a fake arm.

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    Re: hanging in mid air

    Yes. Since I've only seen this video you've shown us here, I don't know what is visible, who the spectators are (they could be in on the trick) etc.

    If you say that there aren't wires, then that leaves the other option I suggested as the most likely method.

    Note: people saying that it has to be a fake arm : this isn't necessarily true. I agree that it is most likely, but it could also be a real arm, with a thin metal rod going up the sleeve as I stated. Either way, the supporting device will need to be attached to his body via a form of harness under his clothes.

    Obviously, people who have seen this trick done elsewhere besides just in this video, have an unfair advantage in working out or knowing how it is done! ;)

    Personally, I've never been that impressed by tricks & illusions because I usually have a good idea of how they could be done (I had a bit of a hobby doing them when I was a kid).

    Now, if you want to see a vid of a guy who can hang off sky-scrapers for real, take a look here ;

    :eek4::eek4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0wmLzS3dt4 :eek4::eek4:

    Check out the sections where he climbs up sky-scrapers unaided. He often had to sneak on & make a quick start at the foot of the buildings, because he didn't have permission & he would get arrested when he got to the top/came back down again.

    That takes a lot of skill, strength, & a whole heap of bravery/foolishness!
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    Re: hanging in mid air

    It's like the Chris Angel/Mindfreak stuff. At some point you begin to wonder if it was all just computer enhanced.
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    Re: hanging in mid air

    I know exactly how he does it (seen some pics of the device). Mark the text under if you want to know (colored white for them who don't want ;)).

    That isn't his arm. It's a stick, and on the stick it's attached a backpack-like thing, which he is attached to.
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    Re: hanging in mid air

    Quote Originally Posted by zen-r View Post
    Now that is amazing! I didn't see that one. That guy sure deserves a lot of credit for doing something like that.

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    Re: hanging in mid air

    Quote Originally Posted by Smith6612 View Post
    Now that is amazing! I didn't see that one. That guy sure deserves a lot of credit for doing something like that.
    I saw a TV program on him a couple of years ago.

    I wonder if he's even still alive, given the dangers of his hobby!

    (Check out some of the other YouTube vids on him <alain robert> while you're there. I wouldn't have believed it unless I saw it with my own eyes!)
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