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Rick Smith, Jr. – The Art of Card ThrowingQuestion: What do you get when you cross a 92 mph fastball with a young man from Ohio who harbors an intense love of card magic? Answer: The Guinness World Record for throwing a playing card further than anyone else in history. The young man is Rick Smith, Jr. and on March 21, 2002, he obliterated the world record for card throwing with a laser beam toss of 216′ 4″ eclipsing the previous longstanding mark by over 15′! Learn How To: Throw cards for speed, distance & Accuracy! Slice vegetables with a single playing card! Topple a pyramid of soda cans with a flick of the wrist! Perform eye-popping stunts & flourishes with playing cards! On this fascinating DVD, Rick teaches you how to spice up your magic by throwing cards for distance, speed and accuracy – slicing vegetables and even toppling a metal pyramid of soda cans. In addition to comprehensive instruction on his card throwing prowess, Rick also demonstrates and teaches numerous card flourishes and stunts, including eye-popping displays of card spinning, flicking and kicking. Complete contents include: Card Throwing-Speed, distance and accuracy; throwing techniques, grips, stances, warm-ups and multiple card throws. Card Throwing Stunts-Slicing celery and knocking down soda cans. Card Flourishes & Stunts-Flick & catch behind the back; flick & catch in the center of the deck; flicking cards from the top and center of the deck; rapid fire flicking; thumb shooting; finger shooting; overhand shooting; flick tricks; fire flicking; back flicks; flick productions; card kicking; boomeranging cards; pop-up card productions; cross-over cards and much, much more!