maybe i´m just a bit envious....have fun with them.

my alltime favorites (in no particular order):
aladin 1001 smooth finish
tally ho
smoke & mirrors v4
wynn ( casino logo) they are crap for fans but great for cuts and awesome for sculptures.

at the moment i only have artifice emrald and the blue ones v2 but usually like to have a variety and switch decks for practicing because i get bored when i look at the same backdesign.

for magic regular bikes are imho the best ones.
because they handle well and don´t look suspicious.

when i was a kid i performed my own version of misled
(afair the same idea timothy wenk had in the first place)
to an old man in a bar.
well....when the pencil penetrated the bill the old man slapped me in the face.
i went on and restored the billl...the old man then broke out in laughter
and was glad that his bill was fine.

a few years ago i sat next to a guy and without even telling him
"look what i can do"
i let just casually float a cigarette in my hand.
and he went f****n bonkers and accused me of being with the dark side and stuff.
very weird.

i recommed lennart greens green magic dvd´s.

here is an awesome performance from the master on tedtalk:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_oa8m5Oq00&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PL6B3151F41A004DFC

Welcome!! You got started young! haha


Hope you enjoy it here

yes...but i had many breaks inbetween. some lasting years. but i always come back to it.
and for the last few years i was way more on the cardistry side.

if you don´t do it already this way, i suggest putting the thumb on the top right corner (if you´r left handed).

and it may help if the deck is away from the thumb base.
when your hand is open the deck should be near to the finger tips.
and then push it up (to the thumb) from underneath with your ringfinger,grab the lower portion with your middle finger and the upper portion with your thumb on the top right corner.

i hope that doesn´t sound too confusing.

and keep practicing.
when i started with flourishing i thought i´ll never be able to do a thumb cut because of my smallish hands. but gladly i was wrong.

i´m still not a pro at the thumb cut but i´m satisfied.