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- A documentary story about Travis was filmed by ESPN in 2008, titled 199 Lives: The Travis Pastrana Story
- is featured as a hidden surfer in the 2002 video game Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer.
- Travis lent his voice to the game Colin McRae: DiRT as himself, and the in-menu voice.
- Pastrana co-authored a book about his life, The Big Jump: The Tao of Travis Pastrana, with ESPN The Magazine senior writer Alyssa Roenigk, which was published by ESPN Books in 2007.
- Travis also has part ownership in Ethika, an underwear company specializing in products for athletes.
- Travis features as a driver in Colin McRae: DiRT 2 for Subaru Rally Team USA.
- Travis appears as a playable character in the 2004 video game MTX Mototrax, as well as appearing on the game's boxart.
On September 26, 2007, Pastrana jumped out of an airplane over Arecibo, Puerto Rico, without a parachute in a carefully choreographed stunt. He met up in midair with another jumper, then latched himself into a harness to make a safe tandem landing.
On Sunday, February 8, 2009 at 10:00 PM, MTV Nitro Circus, his new television show that he is an executive producer, premiered on MTV. A spinoff of MTV's Jackass, the two shows shared producers, Jeff Tremaine and was partially created by Jackass frontman, Johnny Knoxville. It features Jolene Van Vugt, Erik Roner, Streetbike Tommy, Andy Bell, JD Larson, Jim DeChamp, among others doing dangerous stunts. Jackass' Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Chris Pontius and Steve-O; BMX freestylers, T. J. Lavin and Mat Hoffman; and actor, Gary Coleman have guest starred on various episodes. Nitro Circus was also featured on an episode of MTV's Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory and vice-versa.
Travis and the rest of Nitro Circus appeared in the music video for Spaceship by Puddle of Mudd.
On Friday, January 1, 2010, Travis officially set a new world record in a ramp-to-ramp car jump. He jumped his Subaru rally car off the Pine Street Pier onto a floating barge anchored in Long Beach’s Rainbow Harbor, shattering the existing mark of 171 feet (52 m) and establishing a new world distance record of 269 feet (82 m). To celebrate, after getting out of his car, he performed a gainer from the landing ramp into the harbor below.
In September 2010, Travis set the world record for fastest ascent of Mount Washington in a car, using his Subaru WRX STi: 6min 20.47sec. In June 2011, David Higgins set a new record for ascent of Mt. Washington in a car, at 6:11.54, using the same model vehicle. Travis is featured in "X Games: The Movie"; Travis' work with motocross and rally cars is shown.
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