November 22, 200619 yr Posted 11/21/2006 4:17 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) ? David Blaine's latest stunt is as much about charity as publicity. The 33-year-old magician stepped inside a gyroscope Tuesday in Times Square. His hands and feet will be shackled to the spinning scope Thursday afternoon. He will then have until Friday morning ? a total of 16 hours ? to make his escape. If he's successful, Blaine will lead 100 children selected by The Salvation Army on a shopping expedition at Target. Each child will receive a $500 gift certificate from the retailer. Blaine said the stunt was particularly important since The Salvation Army had provided him with clothing while he was growing up. "This challenge is close to my heart," he said. Several hundred people turned out for the start of the stunt, which was set up just a few blocks from the site where he once spent more than 60 hours inside a block of ice. "This is more difficult than anything I've ever done," Blaine said before he was loaded into the gyroscope, which was then hoisted 40 feet into the air. "I've not tested it much. I will be learning how to do this as I'm doing it." The gyroscope, with three spinning steel rings, is said to be able to flip Blaine in assorted directions as often as eight times per minute. In May, Blaine spent some 177 hours underwater in one of his endurance stunts. Previously, he spent 35 hours balanced atop a 100-foot pole and was buried alive in a see-through coffin for a week. Link I love this guy.
November 24, 200619 yr Author NEW YORK (Reuters) - David Blaine's latest stunt ended with a crash on Thursday when the performer escaped from shackles in a gyroscope 50 feet above New York's Times Square, leapt and fell through a plywood stage below. After two days twisting and turning in the air, Blaine unhooked himself, jumped and crashed through the stage about half an hour after being given the go-ahead to try to escape. He emerged moments later, able to walk but appearing woozy, and greeted a few hundred spectators before being whisked away in a taxi. Blaine has locked himself in a fish bowl, a block of ice and a coffin in previous stunts. He once spent 44 days in a box suspended over the Thames in London. This time he spent a little over two full days in the gyroscope. Then promoters of the event gave him 16 hours to break free as of Thursday afternoon, which would have taken him into Friday. Blaine needed only a few minutes to escape despite the cold and rain. "It's actually harder than I thought it would be," Blaine said while trying to remove the shackle around his waist. Many in the crowd had gathered after watching New York's Thanksgiving Day parade, which passed near the stunt site just off Times Square.
November 24, 200619 yr *shakes head, but not in disbelief* This guy should bake himself into a refigerator sized cake and escape while managing to turn the cake into pie next.
November 24, 200619 yr *shakes head, but not in disbelief* This guy should bake himself into a refigerator sized cake and escape while managing to turn the cake into pie next. i think he shoudl eat his way out of the cake... mmcakeee
November 29, 200619 yr http://www.marlinbaseball.com/forums/index...hl=david+blaine Still makes me laugh.
November 29, 200619 yr Author http://www.marlinbaseball.com/forums/index...hl=david+blaine Still makes me laugh. I love it! :lol That's hilarious!!!
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