Riley Boyd: Magician on the MoveInside MagicMagic News Updated Daily for the Professional Magician

According to Riley Boyd, 19-year-old phenom, the opposite of
easy is Magic.

This means one of two things: Mr. Boyd will do horribly on
the Miller's Analogy portion of his school standardized testing; or he is a
magician dedicated to working hard at his craft.

The Mountain News (Canada) has a
great feature on this up-and-comer in today's edition.

Mr. Boyd works with his partner, Snowy the dove, to
constantly improve his act and expand his client base.

He studied fine arts and multi-media at Canada's prestigious McMaster University
to augment his performance. He's been
augmenting since he was in third-grade.

This is where the "magic is the opposite of easy"
part comes in.

Mr. Boyd thought he could enter the school's talent show by
learning "a few magic tricks."
That was a good plan but he didn't know any magic when he formalized the
scheme.

What he discovered was that magic
was the opposite of easy. But he never gave up.

At Mountain Secondary School,
he quickly became known as 'magic boy', but it's a nick-name he was proud of.
"I've always loved magic, I became obsessed with it. It's just part of
me."

For a while, he lost interest, but
then a dream re-awakened his interest. Riley said he dreamed he was shopping in
a mall that had only magic shops.

"I woke up and I thought, I
gotta do magic again. I went to Winners to see if I could find a book on magic,
not really expecting to find one. I went to the book section and there, right
up front was this big blue book on magic."

If you think learning magic is difficult, imagine learning
how to petition your government for financial funding to further your study.

Mr. Boyd developed a proposal impressive enough to receive
support from the Canadian Government's program for budding entrepreneurs.

Now, with $1,500 in hand, he can
successfully launch Riley's Magic of the Imagination. When he completes his
summer successfully, an additional $1,500 will be given to him.

Riley hopes to perform at
children's birthday parties, family and friend shows and at a few local family
restaurants who hire him to entertain families while they wait for their meals
on weekends.

He's been doing the latter for a
while already, at venues like East Side Marios and Philthy McNasty's. Here, his
captive audience watches while he amazes with his various card tricks.

We love the names of the clubs he plays.

And speaking of clubs, Mr. Boyd is a member of the Doug
Henning IBM Ring 49 where he was recently named The Most Improved New Member. See images of Mr. Boyd and the club's
very famous members here.

"It's hard. Magic is hard," Mr. Boyd told the reporter.
"I never reveal the secrets to my tricks. No magician ever does."

Check out the full article here.

You can view Mr. Boyd's developing web site here.