From the Buffalo News: Nik Wallenda’s tightrope walk over Niagara Falls this summer has been pitched as a once-in-a-generation event, a tribute to stunting history that legally can take place only every two decades. Now three more daredevils want to join the party — promising they will seek to conquer the falls in a barrel….
From the Globe and Mail: He has hung by his jaw from a helicopter without a safety net. He holds a Guinness World Record for the longest bicycle ride on a tightrope. And this summer, he plans to make history by walking on a tightrope across the Horseshoe Falls in Niagara Falls, Ont. “It’s a…
From WGRZ Channel 2 in Buffalo (including video): There’s still No Timetable for Daredevil Nik Wallenda’s Walk over Niagara Falls. It is scheduled for sometime this summer. State Senator George Maziarz ( R-Newfane) explained that negotiations with TV networks that want to televise the event are what’s holding up the announcement of a date.
From WHEC Channel 10 in Rochester: Daredevil Nik Wallenda says the world is watching as he moves forward with plans for a tightrope walk across Niagara Falls this summer. Wallenda is scheduled to be in Niagara Falls, N.Y., Friday to meet with a task force of business and tourism officials. State Sen. George Maziarz says…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Nik Wallenda, the American aerialist who wants to walk across the Niagara Gorge on a tightrope, will meet with officials from the Niagara Parks Commission this week. NPC chairwoman Janice Thomson told The Review on Monday that a meeting has been scheduled for Thursday between Wallenda and NPC senior staff….
From Bullet News Niagara: Daredevil Nik Wallenda wants to establish a permanent theatre in Niagara Falls where he and members of his family can put on tightrope or aerial shows and other forms of circus entertainment. “I’ve always said I want to make Niagara Falls my second home,” the Florida-based Wallenda told Bullet News on…
From CTV.ca: Canadian officials may have turned him down, but an American man says he’s not ready to give up his dream of walking a tightrope suspended across Niagara Falls. Nik Wallenda, a stunt artist hailing from seven generations of circus performers, was told by the Niagara Parks Commission late Wednesday that he wouldn’t be…
From UPI: Canadian officials in Niagara Falls have denied daredevil Nik Wallenda’s application to walk across the Niagara Gorge on a tightrope next summer. Wednesday night, the Niagara Parks Commission voted to deny a permit for the stunt, planned for June, the Toronto Star reported. The plan was for Wallenda to cross from Goat Island,…
From Niagara This Week: The Niagara Parks Commission has denied Nik Wallenda’s proposal for a tightrope walk across the Niagara gorge. In a long-awaited decision comes three weeks after the famed daredevil made a personal pitch to the agency, which is in charge of managing provincial parks around the Horseshoe Falls. In a news release…
Yesterday I posted a few links to articles about Nik Wallenda and how Governor Cuomo has approved his proposal. If you are interested, here are bunch more links. Note that many of them use material from the Associated Press, but then add in their own comments: Niagara Frontier Publications – Statement from Wallenda and Western…