24-05-2025
Daredevil group debuts for the summer at Holiday World
SANTA CLAUS, Ind. (WEHT) — Just in time for Memorial Day weekend, Holiday World is welcoming a summer-long attraction to the park.
The Nerveless Nocks will be putting on the stunts, and it's promising a Las Vegas-caliber show.
Soaring through the sky, jumping rope four stories in the air, bending in all different fashions, defying gravity: this is just a sneak peek into what Holiday World unveils at the park.
Replacing the park's dive show and a group coined by Queen Elizabeth, The Nerveless Nocks is spending the entire summer at what's considered America's first theme park.
'It's so beautiful here, and I guess that's why people come here. It's like a hidden jewel in the forest, and we just love it. Looking forward to a great summer,' The Nerveless Nocks President Michelangelo Nock says.
The seventh generation owner says his group predates all of us, establishing in 1840 in Switzerland and traveling the world before eventually sharing the same stage with The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show.
Meanwhile in Santa Claus, the Holiday World staff say they were looking to improve their guest experience and believed it was time for a change. Beginning last fall, the park started talking with The Nerveless Nocks about bringing its show to Holiday World and some park guests attending the first show Friday morning tell me it's a worthwhile decision.
Parkgoers couldn't help but look in awe — or look aware in anxiousness — and capture the act on their smart phones.
The daredevils hailing from Florida, South Carolina, Wisconsin and Mexico even grabbed the attention of others waiting in lime for a nearby ride.
For thirty minutes at a time, they go into the spinning wheel 40 feet off the ground, inside the sphere of fear with motorcycles and put on a jet pack and soar 30 feet in the air.
'It was wonderful. And the jet ski. That was my favorite. The jet ski — the jetpack was awesome,' says Jessica Hare visiting the park from Henderson. 'I had to leave, and I came running back when I saw it.'
'I love it a whole lot — the circus — more than the dive show,' says Madison Woodard from Evansville. 'A whole lot more.'
There's still plenty of time for the Tri-State to see these performers for themselves. They go on stage three times a day each day the park is open from now until Labor Day.
'When we get performing as a team, we see the smilies on people's faces — the fun they're having,' says performer from Wisconsin Troy Stowe. 'We have so much fun as well. So, it's great to be out here and going live with these guys.'
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