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Surfaced

Chad Nelson

Dan & Dave

(Based on 1 review)
Imagine If You Could


  • vanish, produce, or control any card
  • have a card visually travel thorugh the deck
  • a one handed top card cover pass
  • a double color change with one hand
  • find a four of a kind with one hand behind your back
  • and so much more...

What You Will Learn



In addition to the numerous sleights and subtleties Chad has to offer, you will learn the Clip Shift, a move kept underground for nearly a decade and talked about all over the world.



Plus...

  • its variations
  • and 7 highly visual effects


The Clip Shift is a utility move, like a double lift. It can also be used to palm a card, as a color change, a control, a pass and so much more. It's a move with infinite possibilities and on this DVD are some of Chad's favorite applications and tricks, such as:



Freefall

A protruding face-up selection slowly and visually sinks through the entire deck landing in the spectator's awaiting hand. In a blink, the whole process is reversed, bringing the card instantly to the top.



Rum Jungle

Two selections are lost and a random card is removed and held face up. With a quick shake, it visually changes into the first selection. The spectator is then asked to shake the card, which changes into the second selection.



Tricycle

A single selection viewed by three spectators is buried into the pack. After shuffling, three random cards are removed, shown, and handed out to the three spectators who are asked to confirm they are not the selection. With a snap, each spectator is instructed to turn over his or her card, and each card is seen to have changed into the selection. Each card is different.



Clean Hook

After explaining sleight of hand will be used to find the spectator's selection, a one-handed flourish swirls the selection from the center of the deck. The cards are taken behind the back with one hand. A second later, the hand is brought out, showing the selection's three mates all protruding from the edges of the deck.




Criterion

The four Kings are produced in mid-air. Three selections are shuffled back into the pack. One at a time the Kings slowly and visually vanish only to re-appear with the three selections sandwiched between them.



Fourplay

A puzzling effect where a selected card shows character. Straight away a returned face-down selection appears face up and upon removal it turns face down, visually. The inversions continue, leading to a chaotic climax which must be seen to be disbelieved.



#@*! Off

A double color change with one hand that begins by showing the Aces buried throughout the pack. By waving the cards, the two blacks Aces instantly appear face up on top and bottom. This is followed by another magical appearance of the two reds Aces face up on top and bottom.



Chad goes into intense detail explaining the Clip Shift and then breakes each effect down to its core. Chad's expert instruction was shot with two cameras in high definition for a crystal clear learning experience. Includes a 24 page booklet explaining the Clip Shift in full detail and more.



"Chad's Clip Shift is worth its weight in GOLD. It is one of those gems that has so many applications from a hidden move to a jaw dropping visual color change. Awesome out of the box thinking. This is a must for anyone with a love for card magic." - Chris Kenner




"Unbelievalbe color change, a diabolical control, and a beautiful vanish. It's invisible, ingenious, and completely original. If you're serious about card magic, you owe it to yourself to track down this move." - Jason England



"A deeply satisfying sleight. Performed well, the result is pure magic." - R Paul Wilson



Running Time Approximately 82min

Reviews

Jeff Stone

Official Reviewer

Jan 11, 2012

Um . . . wow! This is a must have DVD. Though normally I would refer to a $40 DVD as a bit pricey with only 7 tricks on it, this one is well worth it. First of all, you'll learn the Clip Shift which is quite possibly one of the best new card moves around. It's freakin' hard as heck to do, and I haven't even come close yet, but once you can do this move, there are soooooooo many possibilities. In fact, in the bonus section there's a segment called Friends which is a bunch of ideas for the Clip Shift submitted by Nelson's friends. Additionally, there's an effect called #@*! Off which will blow you away even if you know how to do the Clip Shift.

The video itself is very well produced (what do you expect from the Buck Twins). The other six effects, Freefall, Fourplay, Criterion, Rum Jungle, Tricycle, Clean Hook are solid effects and mostly very visual. While others are very psychological like Tricycle. I think you'll find that Nelson is a very friendly guy and an excellent technician, and a darn good presenter/performer.

Clean Hook is a super visual and stunning one handed production of four of a kind. All of the material on here is going to take some serious practice. That's one of the things I really like about this DVD. Wannabes won't be able to go out and "hit the streets" 20 minutes after watching the DVD. They'll have to put in the time. I think all of the effects have a solid presentational hook to them, and they go beyond just doing visual magic for the sake of it being visual. These effects are actual performance and presentation pieces with logic, routine and structure in them.

Additionally, you get a section teaching a couple of other moves . . . dribble control being one such move. Plus you get a nicely produced booklet with the DVD that has some sharp color copies of entries from Nelson's journal, plus a very thorough further explanation of the Clip Shift with crip color photos. And another nice touch was the personal letter from Dan & Dave thanking me for the purchase.

My only complaint is that I was a little annoyed by the fact that Nelson, after performing #@*! Off Nelson decides it would be funny, clever, witty, something to give the viewers the finger and tell us to "F" off. Sorry folks . . . not funny.

If you can overlook that one thing, I think you'll be very happy with your purchase. 4.5 Stars 100% GEM!
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