Skywalks - Exceeding the Limits of Tradition
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The term Skywalk originated in the early seventies when
Karl Wallenda began walking great lengths across stadiums.
First the stunt was performed at sporting events in huge
stadiums, but later expanded to other venues. No name
existed for this new stunt. At a meeting with the Philadelphia
Phillies, Bill Hall suggested the term, and it remains to this
day.
Rick Wallenda still performs this stunt at many venues, first
capturing the walk that killed the patriarch in San Juan,
stretching the wire from one building to the other, and
completing the walk. The stunt aired on NBC in a show titled
Daredevils. Other successful walks include walking from the
ground up to nine stories. Disneyland brought Wallenda to
Anaheim to walk across their Main Street. He also walked the
National Stadium in Kingston Jamaica during a thrill show,
and for two seasons appeared at Sea World of Ohio as part
of a thrill show, walking over the entire stadium several times
daily.
Most recently Wallenda walked a wire stretched from a crane
to the Eiffel Tower at Kings Island, in Ohio. The wire reached
one thousand feet long over the ground rising and falling
making great heights. Karl performed the same stunt in the
same location in 1974, walking one direction, reversing, and
returning to his starting point. On July 4, 2008, Rick
Wallenda performed the same stunt, but lengthened the wire
to span a total of two thousand feet—exceeding the limits of
tradition, and setting a new record. The Skywalk tradition
continues.
You can download our Skywalk Brochure here.
Karl Wallenda began walking great lengths across stadiums.
First the stunt was performed at sporting events in huge
stadiums, but later expanded to other venues. No name
existed for this new stunt. At a meeting with the Philadelphia
Phillies, Bill Hall suggested the term, and it remains to this
day.
Rick Wallenda still performs this stunt at many venues, first
capturing the walk that killed the patriarch in San Juan,
stretching the wire from one building to the other, and
completing the walk. The stunt aired on NBC in a show titled
Daredevils. Other successful walks include walking from the
ground up to nine stories. Disneyland brought Wallenda to
Anaheim to walk across their Main Street. He also walked the
National Stadium in Kingston Jamaica during a thrill show,
and for two seasons appeared at Sea World of Ohio as part
of a thrill show, walking over the entire stadium several times
daily.
Most recently Wallenda walked a wire stretched from a crane
to the Eiffel Tower at Kings Island, in Ohio. The wire reached
one thousand feet long over the ground rising and falling
making great heights. Karl performed the same stunt in the
same location in 1974, walking one direction, reversing, and
returning to his starting point. On July 4, 2008, Rick
Wallenda performed the same stunt, but lengthened the wire
to span a total of two thousand feet—exceeding the limits of
tradition, and setting a new record. The Skywalk tradition
continues.
You can download our Skywalk Brochure here.
Yeah!!!!! I did it!
Kings Island Walk
July 4, 2008
2000 feet Record Breaker
Kings Island Walk
July 4, 2008
2000 feet Record Breaker
Over Fountains at Kings Island
July 4, 2008
July 4, 2008
Rick Wallenda
Saluting the Audience
Saluting the Audience
