QUOTE(CrimsonWeltall @ May 7, 2006 -> 04:26 PM)
In the first Blaine video, the camera never shows the area in front of him (thanks editing) and his "legs" look awkward and stiff like Angel's do in his video.
In the second video, he's lifting off with the front of his right foot (also conveniently hidden due to the camera view). The toe trick was shown by (I think) Penn and Teller when they did the show revealing a lot of secrets.
Yeah, I saw that as well. They are basically just on their tippy-toes but the angles are used to their advantage.