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Re: Daredevil gets the tightrope OK
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 11:20 am
by Matt
10:30 pm? Wha?
That doesn't make any sense... for TV or for live viewing.
Re: Daredevil gets the tightrope OK
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 2:03 pm
by cbobcat49
10:30 pm? Wha?
That doesn't make any sense... for TV or for live viewing.
It'll probably be a 2 hour TV "leadup" to the event and then have his walk be at the end of the show.
Re: Daredevil gets the tightrope OK
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 8:25 pm
by Matt
ABC pulled everything about this from their main website.
It's now nothing but "local programming"
Re: Daredevil gets the tightrope OK
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 10:24 pm
by Kelly
Re: Daredevil gets the tightrope OK
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 9:24 pm
by Matt
Yeah, a lot of praying... and he slipped up that one time, but totally understandable considering the situation. The camera angles and audio quality were exceptional. They really did a great job covering this.
Would have loved to see this happen during the day though.
Re: Daredevil gets the tightrope OK
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 7:09 am
by Kelly
Wikipedia:
Nik Wallenda was born in Sarasota, Florida on January 24, 1979 to Terry Troffer and Delilah Wallenda. He began performing with his family at the age of two (dressed as a clown) and began walking the wire at age four, learning primarily from his father.[1] As a child, his parents would throw objects at him as he practiced, and even shot him with a BB gun, to train him how to deal with distractions.[2] At age six, he first visited Niagara Falls and immediately decided that he wanted to one day tightrope walk across it.[5]
Wallenda had his first professional wire performance at age 13. In 1998, at age 19, he participated in the re-creation of Karl Wallenda's seven-person pyramid on the highwire in Detroit, Michigan, alongside his father and his mother, and he decided to make a career of it.[6]
Re: Daredevil gets the tightrope OK
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 1:57 pm
by Matt
Sadly, getting shot at is probably a real hazard with public performances in the usa.
I recall David Blaine interviewed on Howard Stern and we was talking about his urban endurance stunts and how people would throw things at him, shoot darts and pool balls, full cans and bottles.
