Paddle Waggle by Willi Wessel

Ian Adair created one of the finest paddle effects ever: Paddle Waggle. Willi has produced what I think is the best version of Paddle Waggle—beautifully made, perfectly balanced, and a joy to handle. He began with Ian Adair’s original concept, but added his own touches and refinements, and those subtle changes make all the difference. The demo video is edited from Willi Wessel’s explanation footage, so please excuse the obvious cuts—I was simply trying to avoid any exposure. Willi performs the paddle move with such effortless smoothness that I love watching him work, and I thought you would too. I’m also including the full explanation video along with a set of generic Paddle Waggle instructions, since Willi did not provide written instructions for this classic effect. In my view, this is probably the nicest Paddle Waggle version ever made, and there’s no one smoother with the paddle move than Willi Wessel. I hope you enjoy it 🙂 _EF It’s one of the cleanest and most surprising paddle routines that you will see. Magician takes from his pocket a small, nicely made paddle made from wood, lacquered grey. Over the paddle fits three plastic covers. The small covers are in alignment and cover the body of the paddle completely. Covers are decorated with colored plastic spots on each side. Magician freely shows the set-up then pulls the covers off to show the plain surface of the paddle beneath. Covers are replaced and the magician commands the spots to JUMP, to leave the covers and to appear on the paddle beneath. Astonishment WHEN TWO OF THE SPOTS DO SO! The third set of spots remains static on the cover. Everything is freely shown and the spots have actually penetrated through the covers. The magician attempts to cause the last two spots to vanish and appear on the paddle. Now for the beautiful climax … instead of the two spots leaving the cover, all six spots come together on it.