The Flying Wallendas is a circus act and group of daredevil stunt performers who perform highwire acts without a safety net. They were first known as The Great Wallendas, but the …

The seven person pyramid, the Wallenda’s signature trick, has been keeping audiences on the edge of their seats since 1948 and is one of the most dangerous and thrilling acts ever …

Karl Wallenda (born 1905, Magdeburg, Germany—died March 22, 1978, San Juan, Puerto Rico) was the founder of the Great Wallendas, a circus acrobatic troupe famed for their three-man …

Jan 30, 2025 · Mario Wallenda, 21, suffered major injuries including a fractured skull after falling to the ground. He was left paralyzed, but performed a few times later in life on a “sky cycle” …

On Tuesday January 30, 1962, the Wallenda family were performing for the Shrine Circus, at the State Fair Coliseum in Detroit Michigan.

In 1978, at age 73, Wallenda attempted a walk between the two towers of the ten-story Condado Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on a wire stretched 121 ft (37 metres) above the …

With 11 Guiness World Records and a list of never before seen death defying feats, Nik Wallenda has written his name in history as truly the “King of the High Wire”. Nik has performed live in …

Dec 12, 2025 · One of the most daring circus families in the world, the Wallendas, has held a prominent place in the circus and in Sarasota for the greater part of this century. The high-wire …

Karl Wallenda (Karl Wallenda, January 21, 1905 – March 22, 1978) was a German-American daredevil and high wire artist, and the founder of the "Flying Wallendas" family enterprise. …

Karl Wallenda was born on 21 January 1904 in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Great Wallendas (1978), The DuPont Show of the Week (1961) and The …