Brad Christian
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Brad Christian (born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)Also nown as "bc", "Chris", "brad" and " el rapo" is a professional magician and online entrepreneur residing in California. He runs the internet magic site "Ellusionist.com" aimed at training newcomers in magic. Ellusionist.com was founded in 2000. As a professional magician with over 25 years of experience, he has published several videos in which he teaches magic sleights and tricks. His wide variety of award-winning videos include: Crash Course 1 and 2, Ninja 1 and 2, King Rising, Inside Magic, Kard Klub, and his best-selling video, How to do Street Magic.
Brad was a student of Tony Slydini, in his early days of performing. He decided to start Ellusionist after he met his nephew for the first time. Playing with a toy car on the floor, Brad made it disappear. He recalls the look of astonishment on the face of his nephew.
The experience led him to introduce the art of astonishment to the 'common man', allowing everybody to have the chance of learning the art of illusion. Hence, www.ellusionist.com was born.
Christian created http://www.ellusionist.com, the largest online commercial magic retailer. Ellusionist sells many original effects created by various industry professionals. He also performed in a gambling commercial that was aired for some time. The Ellusionist creation of the Black Tiger Deck has led to a worldwide use and is currently one of Ellusionists most notable inventions.
Ellusionist is notable for its pop marketing, capitalizing on the latest trends and cool magic, and targeting a young audience. The ellusionist training videos are easily identified by high-quality production values and the use of MTV-style editing.
Besides meeting such celebrities (due to his magic) as Nicolas Cage and Eric Roberts, he's also made a television debut playing "Clinton" (the cardshark gambler) on the daytime show As the World Turns. He's also performed with singer Billy Joel in the video "Big Shot."[citation needed]
After being asked about the creation of his site, Brad has been recalled saying "I started the site not to give away the art of illusion but to give the common man a chance to learn magic and have a great deal of fun with it."[citation needed]
