Nik Wallenda - King of the High Wire
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
5 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2020
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Episode 543
Nik Wallenda is the King of the High Wire. He is the holder of seven Guinness World Records and is the first person ever to tightrope directly over Niagara Falls.
The seventh-generation member of the legendary Wallenda family, Nik walked 1,800 feet on a steel cable over a volcano in Nicaragua back in March of 2020. He's also walked across the Grand Canyon and in June of 2019, he walked across Times Squae in New York City.
Nik is also an author and has written two books "Balance" released in June of 2013, and his latest book "Facing Fear: Step Out in Faith and Rise Above What's Holding You Back." releasing September 15, 2020.
On today's podcast, we talk to Nik about the incredible career he's had as King of the High Wire. He also shares about overcoming fear and why he wrote a new book on the topic. Nik's goal is to point people to Jesus through the death defying acrobats and stunts that he performs.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast where we bring Jesus into the conversation. |
| 0:18.1 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 0:20.3 | Hey, guys, welcome to the show. I am Jason Romano. |
| 0:23.7 | My email address, Jason at Sportspectrum.com. Jason at Sportspectrum.com. Love to hear from you. |
| 0:29.9 | Any ideas you have? Any guests? Any thoughts? Whatever you want to say? Whatever you want to share? |
| 0:34.9 | Any thoughts on today's interview with Nick Walenda. You can send it to me directly, Jason at Sportspectrum.com. |
| 0:41.2 | And we are presented today by Ronald Blue Trust. |
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| 0:50.2 | Over 35 years of experience, their advisors apply biblical wisdom and technical expertise to help clients make wise financial |
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| 1:09.7 | with any questions you might have about your |
| 1:11.7 | financial future. Check them out at ronblu.com. Ronblue.com. Today on the show, we welcome Nick |
| 1:20.2 | Walenda to Sports Spectrums podcast. He is the king of the high wire. If you don't know who Nick |
| 1:26.3 | Willenda is, well, you probably do. You just might |
| 1:28.3 | not recognize the name. But he's the guy that does all those incredible feats that you see on |
| 1:33.2 | ABC and all the other channels. He's the guy that walked on a steel cable over a volcano in Nicaragua. |
| 1:40.6 | He's the guy that walked across the Grand Canyon and Times Square in New York City. |
| 1:45.2 | He's the first person to walk a tightrope directly over Niagara Falls. |
| 1:50.3 | And when we were presented with the opportunity to interview him, I was excited because I thought, |
| 1:54.4 | all right, maybe this isn't completely sports, but it kind of is. |
| 1:58.8 | And it's certainly faith. |
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