"Tricks" Blogs & Blog Posts

For those who lack real ESP abilities, celebrity coach Oscar Owen shared five simple card tricks to make others believe you can read their minds. The grand finale is an explanation of a trick frequently employed by the great David Blaine. — Rea...

This is Hajime Miura who dominated at the recent World Yo-Yo Contest. He's competing in the 3A category which involves string tricks accomplished with two yo-yos. From Yoyo Enthusiast: (Thanks, Jeff Cross!)...

Sure, we all know the ol' rubber pencil trick. (Of course that doesn't stop me from trying to delight little kids, or at least myself, with it.) But I wasn't familiar with this far more advanced illusion in which the writing utensil shrinks before yo...

Kick flips, ghetto birds, ollie impossibles, airwalks, bean plants, acid drops, gazelle spins, pop shuvits, and the Madonna are the names of some of the hundreds, perhaps thousands of skateboard tricks performed on flat ground, mini ramps, vert, and...

In the astonishing video above, freerunner Max Webb successfully launches himself off one building and lands on the narrow ledge across the way. The move is called a "cork pre," short for corkscrew precision. According to the Parkour Wiki, a corkscre...

Most dogs are happy to do tricks for a savory table scrap or doggy snack. But this adorable Chihuahua-mix eagerly runs in circles, squats, leaps, speaks, squats again, "chills" on its side, sits, waves, high-fives, sits again, and finally stands on t...

Here's a fun party trick. Fill a plastic cup halfway with water and ask guests how to make the cup full without pouring. They might try thinking of other ways to get more water into the cup without having to pour, when they should actually be thinkin...