home NIK WALLENDA KING OF THE HIGHWIRE WHO IS NIK. Congratulations to Nik on being inducted to the Circus Ring of Fame. WORLD RECORDS Steepest Incline Highest Blindfolded Walk Wheel of Death 4Person High Pyramid Longest Tightrop Crossed by a Bicycle Highest Bicycle Tightrop Crossing Notable Acts Hung Onto Helicopter Using Only His Teeth On June 10 2011 Wallenda performed while hanging from a helicopter 250 feet above Silver Dollar City in Branson Missouri Walk Between The Two Condado Plaza Hotel Towers Walked on a 135footlong high wire between the two towers of the 10story Condado Plaza Hotel in San Juan Puerto Rico as tribute and remembrance to his grandfather Karl Wallenda NIK WALLENDAS STORY On June 23 2013 Nik completed yet another lifelong dream this one 6 years in the making becoming the first person to cross the Grand Canyon on a wire. His network partners Discovery Channel allowed Nik to undertake the walk in the Wallenda family tradition completely untethered and broke new ground as a network broadcasting the event live in 183 countries.