how does david blaine levitate

that he's going to show them how magicians levitate in stage acts. He has the rigging and everything setup (off camera) and performs it for them. In the cutting room, the footage of him rising a foot or so off the ground is spliced with the audience's reaction to his first levitation (the one they were told was real), and voila! you have an amazing television special. Again, this is from what I read online, I just want to drive that home so I don't get hit too hard Some of the other stuff he does is just out there though. I give him massive kudos for the endurance challenges he puts himself through--my idea of an endurance test is seeing how many minutes I can go without a cigarette. And his tricks are definitely fun to watch, even if they're explained or not.