- Turn it over, show him.
- Dope, are you kidding me?
(trip hop music)
- What is one specific thought that goes
through your mind before getting on stage?
(hip hop music)
Yo, what's going on guys?
Welcome back.
Today's an exciting day
I know I haven't posted a video in a few days.
It's super hot outside, probably like 115 degrees.
Like 45 or 50 degrees celsius,
which is smoldering hot.
But that's not gonna stop us today, no.
Because I'm going to Montreal today
to hang out with a good buddy of mine
Bau, who's also a magician.
We're going to probably mob around the one-wheels
a little bit.
But, before we do
We're going to go to a private exhibit hosted by
Vergil Ablo.
I think that's how you pronounce his name?
He's like the Menswear director for Lewy Vaton and Off-White
so he's the guy who made these shoes.
These ones here and these ones here.
And that's all well and good but
couple week ago
I got an e-mail
from David Blaine
"What's up brother? Call me,"
And he drops his number.
So I'm kinda nervous cause I'm like geeze,
does David hate me?
I even hit up Doug, I was like
"Doug, does David hate me?"
He's like "No, I don't think so,"
He hooked me up with some backstage tickets.
He said he wants to hang out before and after the show.
That's the most exciting thing that's happened to me
in a while.
So we're going to go Montreal,
check out Vergil's exhibit, mob around the one-wheel,
and finally hang out with David Blaine
and check out his show and you guys are coming along.
So let's go.
Alright, so finally made it to the lineup.
It's pretty long, this is Bau by the way
- Hi
- [Chris] It's a good spot I think.
- Look at this.
- I'm willing to wait like an hour.
- And then we can go mob around on this thing.
- Can I try it like here?
- Yeah, I guess we can try it out here.
- Actually took they Yeezy's off for the first time today.
- [Chris] Well, I got the fender
so you don't get your shoes dirty, which is cool.
- What should I know about this?
- [Chris] So literally, back foot up.
When you get off you jump off with two feet.
- [Bau] Two feet?
OK
- [Chris] You never accelerate too much
cause it'll nosedive.
And then once you're good, you're good to go.
- [Bau] So it's a bit of a learning curve
but you get it.
- Alright guys, this is literally my first time
trying this, let's hope everything goes well.
- [Chris] Alright, no deaths.
(Dramatic Music)
There you go.
Careful not too fast in front, yup.
There you go, nice and steady.
Pretty good for your first try.
So, this is a lineup currently.
Check this out.
- [Bau] Man.
Oh it goes in the sun after!
Oh no!
I'mna cut back in a line.
Hopefully give you guys a little bit of an
inside look at what's going on at this exhibit.
What's your name sir?
- My name's Michael
- [Chris] Michael, what do you do Michael?
- I study at McGill.
- [Chris] And wait in line for shoes.
- Honestly I need to change these.
(laughter)
Yeah, absolutely.
- [Chris] Awesome Michael.
Sick.
You Want a picture?
- Absolutely, yes please.
Oh my God, I'm destroying it.
Thank you so much, that looks amazing.
- [Chris] No worries man.
So looks like we're not waiting in line
because that lineup was way too long,
we'd probably be there for like three hours.
- [Bau] How do you turn it on?
- [Chris] We gotta train, you gotta put it down.
Without standing on it.
And you gotta hit that button.
You should be ready to roll.
So you're going to have to do some--
it'll take you a good 10, 20 minutes to get super used to it
Here we go!
Nice sunny day.
Feels actually great with the breeze.
- [Bau] Like, if I kinda like tilt front then back
that's when I lose control.
- [Chris] Yeah, like tilting is for is for like carving.
You OK?
- [Guy] Hey!
- I'll take it slow at first but after that we mob.
(happy music)
Oh, he's got a one-wheel!
Yo!
Look, they got one-wheels!
Dude like the first one-wheels I've ever seen
in Montreal.
I'mna go catch up.
Hey what's up?
- Hey good.
Ben?
- What do you need?
Dude!
- [Chris] I thought I was the only one is all Quebec
that had this.
Hi, Chris.
- Melissa, nice to meet you!
- Oh, nice, oh!
- [Ben] They made her a kit.
- [Chris] This right here, this is legit.
- [Melissa] So nice meeting you!
- [Chris] Have a good day.
- Yeah, you too eh?
= [Chris] Be safe.
- So it's Chris Ramsay 55?
- [Chris] 52.
- 52?
- [Chris] Yup.
Thanks guys!
- Thanks guys, have a good day!
- Well, that was pretty random.
Literally my first one-wheel encounter.
The segue is up here.
They don't know what's up.
Let's go show 'em what's up.
You guys gotta get that new generation segue.
That's where it's at.
None of that stuff.
(upbeat music)
That's a lot of fun.
I'mna cut the vlog here and resume
well checking out David's show.
Just because I forgot my other battery.
We'll see ya at the show.
- How you?
- Good how are you?
How you doing, look at you?
- Nice to meet you too.
- You have a camera, we'll do a little--
- Yeah
- Yes
- Can I have your phone?
- David doing his things.
Got to hang out a little bit which is cool.
Now he's kind of entertaining the crowd.
As like a VIP you get backstage you get
the whole experience, you get to meet and greet
and see some magic before the show which is really cool.
- But he said 13.
So hold your hands like this and get rid of 13 cards
onto his hand.
Get rid of 13.
Count out loud, 2.
3, 4, 13, great.
And now, you said the eight of hearts?
Take the card.
Right there, give it to her.
Turn it over, show everyone.
(applause)
- But how can it be?
(laughter)
- He is a plant, she is a plant, she is a plant.
(laughter)
No, no, the card jumped out of the deck,
folding in the air and landed under your watch.
Turn your wrist over so everybody can see.
(applause)
(dramatic music)
- Are you Chris?
- This is pretty insane.
It's pretty cool David comes out here, chillin'
with people before the show.
A real pro.
A real pro!
Alright, so this is the, I guess, the hallways
to get to backstage.
I'm not sure if I'm allowed to film any of this
but hey?
It's better to ask for forgiveness than permission.
This is a water tank by the way.
Phew, scary.
- [Chris] Alright, so I'm here with David.
This is before his show, here in Montreal.
David, I got to ask you one question.
What is one specific thought that goes
through your mind before getting onstage.
- Twa.
Twa.
- I've started quite a following mostly
because of my levitation trick, twa.
(speaking French)
- I should say it as I'm done with the icepick
- Yeah
(speaking french)
- [Chris] You're going to get a roaring applause
for that you know?
- Really?
- [Chris] Yeah 100%.
- So if you could film that part?
- And water tank.
- [Chris] OK.
- Gotcha.
- Bit of a backstage rehearsal before they go on
Bill, how's your french?
- Zero.
- [Chris] Okay, give me something.
(speaking French)
- [Chris] Oh, nice.
You got me.
You had me at hello.
Alright, so Bill and I, Bill Kalush by the way
if you guys don't know
is the founder CEO of Expert Playing Card Company,
massive massive playing card company.
Produced a lot of David's cards obviously.
- What a great show!
David Blaine you're awesome man.
As good as on TV.
(audience roaring)
- Alright, so we're lined up on the side of the stage
right now and David Blaine's going to call us up
to inspect his next illusion which is pretty sick.
You guy'sll see it in a second.
But I'm pretty honored because we're like literally
the only people, I'm the only person
in this whole building whose allowed to film
anything right now, so that's pretty dope.
Yeah, absolutely.
So here we go.
- Yup, ready to see David Blaine live drowning.
- Sh, don't say that.
They don't know.
- Oh, OK.
- One piece of advice for aspiring magicians:
you know there's a room filled with people here
but there's probably a large portion of them are like
- [David] Longterm magicians
- Yeah.
What would you say to them?
- [David] Pursuit, fail, fail, fail, fail, keep pursuing,
fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, keep pursuing,
fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, make failure,
your friends, your best friend, and that's it.
(techno music)
- 9:20, 9:35
(applause)
- 9:50, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 minutes!
(applause)
(techno music)
- Yup
- [Chris] Buzzsaw?
You can do Buzzsaw?
- Yeah
- [Chris] Ugh, give a tip on Buzzsaw.
- You do it in the palm, but on the top your thumb.
- [Chris] Oh, so good.
Hey, Bau, how was your one-wheel experience?
- Oh that was so cool.
That was crazy.
- [Chris] Are you going to buy one?
- Alright, I might buy one.
- [Chris] Woo!
Alright guys, so that's it for the day.
Show was absolutely insane, getting to meet
and hangout with David and Bill Kalush backstage,
seeing you know, the amount of dedication this guy
puts into his craft is insane.
Way better than anything I've seen on TV from this guy.
Super inspired.
Thank you David.
Thank you Bill and everybody who worked in the show
that allowed me to vlog and film there was really
really dope, looking forward to hanging out again
and in fact, I might be following
David to Toronto in the next few days to shoot, uh,
to shoot some more of his shows.
So, I hope you guys enjoyed this vlog.
And if you did, leave a like, it's a small favor
and we'll see you on the next video.
Peace.