I'd like to see how quick he can get out of it if someone picks up his money tin and runs off with it!!

This is an amazing act. I really love it.

He's pretty much being paid for sitting down

Love how he’s literally not bothered by everyone wandering past like 👁👄👁

Nice trick and metallic costume / mask!

All he has to do is just sit there and wait for the money?

I saw a History Channel documentary on Indian Yogis who would use this trick to earn money and cement the idea that they have mystical powers. The truth is if the trick was not first revealed people would not know how this was done. Just like any other magic trick it is all a matter of misdirection. I'm glad he is doing it on the streets of London for spare change rather than the streets of India for the souls of men.

poor guy, he doesn't have anyone to cover him while he's changing

this trick has been fucking with my brain for years, finally i get to know the truth! thanks for revealing it :3

For those who are still wondering how he is floating. Basically, there is a pole that goes up his sleeve which is attached to the walking stick on one end and a chair on the other end.

I still dont know how he did it... hahaha

to clarify, was it a small seat inside the jacket that he sat on?

Awesome video thumbs up

At 1:02 you can see a wire running through the staff to the glove. This leads to a seat that is hidden under his jacket in the beginning of the video and within his pants while he is "levitating," that is why nothing appears underneath him. You can see the seat at around 1:30 while he is setting up

well this is some solid material..

amazing

Well all this time i thought he was really a magic floaty man next thing we'll find out unicorns don't exist

THE BEST JOB EVER!!

And all this time I thought he was a jedi lol

OMG! It's almost like we watched the same video!!!!

brilliant

Didn't everyone else figure it out the second they saw it?

He needs an assistant to cover him while he sets up.

Nice

out of all the videos out there this the most revealing out there but i love how all of them skip over the best parts of how its done. i don't understand how they kept this off the Internet. oh well. basically i comes down to everyone has there different versions on doing it but there all about the same

I agree with jota one job ONE JOB!

You guys ever seen that levitating man street performer on other videos? There's a metal bar that holds them up that goes underneath the clothes where you can't see it but it holds them up midair. It connects to whatever they're holding onto, in this case the shopping cart that seems to be weighed down with whatever's in the backpack under it and in it

Aaah....those boys were helping him xxx

if you're implying that a wire is holding up the seat i think you've got the wrong explanation, a seat hanging onto a wire would cause the dude to stray like in a swing in all directions uncontrollably (left,right,forward,backward). my explanation is, theres a very heavy strong steel platform under the red rug which is very well welded to the cane, and the cane doesnt end on the glove but continues all the way to the seat. again... very strong steel used in this. and professionally welded.

I want this for my tv lounge

I have seen this in london loads of times

So this is basically the laziest type of street performing.

That is f****** hilarious!!!

ah ok makes sense. its been bugging me everytime i go covent garden and see this man and just wonder how he does that!!

Oh that's the trick wow

Peeves me off how he blatantly doesn't care how many people find out the method for such a great effect. I saw him the other day in Leicester Square, same empty costume.

The days i think my job sucks i watch this video

That is wicked! He's hiding inside of his coat! LOL Yeah, I'm THAT dumb.

Still cool AF.

Recommended 7 years later, nice Algorithm there YT 👌🏽

Niomi and Zoella are in the background taking a picture at like 0:40 lol

That answers all the questions i had with:Okay but why do they all have a stick?

Ohhhh, took me a while I see it

Zoella at 0:44 seconds! that's Awesome!

So he is sat on a seat that is joined to a metal bar that runs inside his sleeve and onto the ground?

I met this guy in Trafalgar Square..

The metal pole in the left hand is connected to a metal base (counter weight) underneath the red carpet

Attached to the pole or cane whatever it is a chair that can hold heavy weight because the cane is bolted into the ground. So the guy just sits in the chair that is covered by his suit.

does anybody know where i can buy the stick and chair hes using?

Zoe and Naomi are there! So random! Haha

I some how came across this video and find Zoella and Niomi Smart in the background at 0:43... lol

but how does he balance on it?

Dat north face jacket tho

I know what to do when I grow up

I would have been sorely tempted to give him a push and video him trying to get back out of the device, lying on the pavement ;)

That fateful day, he ate some chinese food and it was bad. His stomach was hurting and he went for a quick dump and so this was how it was revealed.

There is a chair most likely with mirrors or see thru

Ohh he’s cute though 😍

lol this is in covent garden

holy shit that looks scary to sit on.

Everyone's talking about the trick whereas i'm like.....I SEE A SUGG I REPEAT I SEE A ZOE SUGG

That Chair is fucking physics :D

It's amazing how many are fooled by this simple trick.

how did he do it it is so cool

What is editing and how do we do it.

" i want Santa clause back now "

Zoe!

Nice work if you can get it.

boom I know how this works the thing is inside the clothes he is wearing there is a metal plate sticked to the stick so he is comfortably sitting the only tricky bit is sitting still

I wonder if he enjoys his job

Ya but dont you feel any pity as you recorded this. Guy makes his money showing you a sort of circus. Dont record him when he has to take break. He earns his bread

Most advanced male gymnasts can do the pushup "trick." When I was a gymnast in college, we had to be able to do this as part of a standard floor exercise routine. I could do 40 of these pushups, but two guys on the team could do about 50.

i always find it funny when people get fooled by this trick. its so bloody obvious. even when i explain to them they still don't get it.

i want a chair where can i get one

there is a iron bar all trough the jacket, the it goes low like a sit then he just put his arms on it and "float"

Base?

What's to reveal? It should be obvious to people he just sits on a platform, and since his arm is the only thing in contact with the pole it's clearly just a reinforced support arm.

I've seen this in Madrid.

this in london right?

0.40 is that zoella?

All im thinking is, Dayum he must be boiling in that

Yep

So this is how special head did it

I think there's a folding seat inside the jacket that he sits on

0:42 Zoe and Naomi..?!

Boo on you for exposing these people, always has to be someone to spoil it for everyone else....

got one in liverpool city centre

i knew someone who could do pushups without the feet touching the ground, and was not using a handstand position...there IS a trick, and i know it... but its a strenght trick, not a stick trick, and THIS, can be done with the same trick, only thing to have in mind... you have to be REALLY strong, to hold that long, but it CAN be done in front of everyone on the street, using nothing but your body and a RANDOM stick, instead of a particular stick you have drilled to an iron carpet...

"that looks terrifying!" - hello Zoella (and Niomi Smart), nice to see you two at around 0:40 :)

Infamous 2 street performers. But in real life!

Continuo sem entender como ele fez isso =\

someone helps him button his jacket please ....lol

It's ridiculous to think anyone would be fooled by this silly illusion.

I think I pole went through him like through the jacket and stuff.

Aww I see it

There's a magnet under the rug and he a another one thats makes him like that

1:43, look the trees! huahsuahsuahsuahsuah

Those people must walk everywhere they go, I didn't see any cars anywhere on that street. They live differently over there than here in the states it looks like. I've never been over there so I don't know..

#fatos #desconhecidos

It's a seat I've seen magic seats