Media Personality
Zupan was featured as a customer in TLC's Miami Ink during the first season. Parts of his documentary were shown as background information.
He was depicted in an episode of the claymation series Celebrity Deathmatch in a match against Chris Pontius; he won.
In August 2007, Zupan's team "Superman's Crip-Tonite" placed second in Red Bull Flugtag event in Austin, Texas. For their efforts they won a $3,000 prize. Zupan's Flugtag adventure was chronicled in an ESPN.com story by writer Mary Buckheit.
He was also in the movie Jackass Number Two, in a skit called "Lake Jump", where his wheelchair was rigged up with carbon dioxide tanks and pushed off a ramp by Chris Pontius. Before taking off, the tanks triggered, launching him off of the ramp and into the lake.
Zupan was featured in a 2008 episode of 30 Days in which former NFL athlete Ray Crockett used a wheelchair for 30 days and at one point attempted to play wheelchair rugby.
In the second season of the television show Friday Night Lights, Zupan appeared briefly in the episode "Bad Ideas" as Steve, a friend who accompanies character Jason Street to a doctor appointment.
In the first season of Nitro Circus, he made a brief appearance in episode 11. He was seen being taped to a sled and rode down a hill before crashing.
He also attempted a wheelchair backflip in the movie "Nitro Circus 3D".
Read more about this topic: Mark Zupan (athlete)
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