Wideboyzuk
Age (in years): 46
Country: Switzerland

Although I've always been interested in magic, I only got seriously into it about 18 months ago. My main passion is developing new tricks and ideas, I love the simple but effective close up tricks most. Once you get into the logic of magic it is never ending, if I see a video on the Internet sometimes I cant sleep until I have figured out how it works.
I always dreamed to make a trick so well that people would think it was real magic. Last Christmas I was at a party showing a few card tricks and all people where relaxed and happy. Then I did a fun trick I was working on where I made a plastic cup raise up and levitate across the table. The people at he party where totally freaked, Nobody would talk to me for over an hour and I thought they would take me in the garden and burn me at the stake. Maybe I took it a bit far that time, but it was fun LOL.
I think the main secret to good magic is "practice practice", take the chance to show your magic every opportunity you get. Sure you will make a few mistakes, but just make a joke about then and move on.
Magic can be a lot of things but most of all I think it should be fun, I always try to avoid taking it too seriously. I started doing, my first show's this year, I think presentation and having fun is some times more important then trying to trick people. My main tactic is to monkey around for a while and loosen my audience up a bit and then hit them with a stunner.