Magician breaks Guinness World Record days before Colorado Springs show
Bradley Davis
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – World-class Lithuanian Magician, Rokas, broke his third card-throwing world record last week before returning to Cosmo’s Magic Theater in Colorado Springs for a show.
Rokas broke the record for longest playing card throw, making it into a 10-foot basketball hoop. He threw the card from past half-court.
Rokas setting his third Guinness World Record in card throwing. Video credit to Rokas.
“It’s hard trying to prove to people that there’s no magic. It’s just a paper playing card, but they’re like, ‘the air conditioning is helping you!’ Like, no, it’s a Guinness World Record,” Rokas said. “They’re like, ‘It’s paper, it’s so light!’ And I’m like, ‘Exactly, that’s why there’s a world record for that.'”
Rokas first performed at Cosmo’s last year. He thoroughly fooled KRDO13’s Bradley Davis, and now he is returning for another couple of weekends on his U.S. tour.
“I learned that magic is not really magic tricks. It’s what you bring with magic tricks, which is joy, laughter, and amazement,” Rokas said. “You can bring magic to people without doing magic tricks. Just be nice.”
Rokas performed a shortened version of one of his tricks live for KRDO13 this morning. The video is attached. We will have the full story during our 12 p.m. newscast.