Cascade Control

[Jonathan Arturo]

I have recently began working on a cascade control from Charlie Miller. I am finding a challenge, which is nice! Sometimes it is great to find a move you have to work hard to get right. I think in this case it will pay off vastly! I was hoping perhaps there were others that do it and could give me some idea of how hard they worked on it. I would recommend learning it, you will no doubt be rewarded for the effort!

[Richard Stokes]

Dan & Dave have released an 18 minute video on the Miller cascade control.
Have you checked out their website?

[Jonathan Arturo]

No I have not I have heard of them but really never checked their stuff out.

[Efendi Kwok]

http://store.dananddave.com/miller-casc ... iller.html

[Brandon Hall]

That's just sick! Thanks for posting, Efendi.

[Richard Kaufman]

This is really cool, from Will Houstoun:
http://store.dananddave.com/freak-will-houstoun.html

All I can say is OUCH OUCH OUCH!

[Ian Kendall]

Freak is great, but it takes some work to look as good as Will. After two days of demming it at Blackpool a couple of years ago his finger almost bent back on itself...

Take care, Ian

[Jonathan Townsend]

Hmmm aside from dislocating your finger...

I'll wait for a demo by Pete Biro. If his hands can do it - I'll take the risk.

Anyway, that demo looks amazing. Kudos to the inventor.

[Pete McCabe]

Will did this at the Castle recently and I was completely convinced that he had some physical abnormality that made it possible. Then I saw the DVD in the library and what do you know, it's a magic trick.

Will did a great show, by the way. If you have a chance to see him, do.

[Joe Pecore]

A young Matt Richmond performs (very well) and teaches the Cascade Control on Reel Magic Magazine Issue #7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e49qaQwiVdU (briefly seen at 1:15)

[Darryl Harris]

Card Finesse' II has a very good description of the mechanics of the move.

[Bill Duncan]

And Ian Kendal teaches it, and other stuff, on his Bastard Hard Moves Made Easy.

[Ian Kendall]

I try to stay out of discussions about the Cascade these days as I got a lot of flak (some deserved, some not) about BHM. Anything I say is very likely to be taken the wrong way, but hey.

This was discussed a while ago in this thread: http://www.geniimagazine.com/forums/ubb ... #Post53531

The Cascade is not an easy control to teach, and many of the explanations do not go past 'stick your finger in a break and cascade the cards'. The complexity of the move demands a more methodological approach.

Take care, Ian

[Mark.Lewis]

I think I would just cut the pack at the break and be done with it.

[Matt Richman]

A young Matt Richmond performs (very well) and teaches the Cascade Control on Reel Magic Magazine Issue #7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e49qaQwiVdU (briefly seen at 1:15)

But recommends you get the book. :)

[Jonathan Arturo]

Card Finesse' II has a very good description of the mechanics of the move.

This is where I learned it from.
It is really a strange type of thing just as I was about to throw in the towel on learning this move (I guess maybe saying throw the deck is a better visual of my frustration) It started to fall into line. Each time I do it I find it is vastly better than the time before. I don't know if this is really the norm for this type of thing. Though I am far from using it in a public setting it is not as far as I orginally thought it once would be!
So if you are trying this for the first time I say stick with it, it will come and it will come fast!