Production craft / Team Rollerblade
AFI reports that professional inline skaters from Team Rollerblade spent twelve days choreographing skating sequences, performing onscreen stunts, and training actors.
VerifiedSources reviewed 2026-09-11
The core finding
Team Rollerblade did more than supply background performers. AFI’s production history attributes three distinct jobs to the professional group: choreographing skating sequences, performing onscreen stunts, and training the actors. That documented collaboration explains why the action reads as an ensemble skating performance rather than isolated inserts.
Action unit
Steve Boyum directed the second unit, Pat Parnell coordinated the Rollerblade work, and Chris Edwards doubled Mitchell’s skating while also appearing as Walt and receiving a rollerblader credit. Shane McDermott later recalled training alongside the professionals and distinguished between skating he performed and work handled by stunt specialists.
Period context
The production’s acknowledgments explicitly credit Rollerblade, Inc. with providing inline skates and equipment. That is firm production evidence; it does not identify every model, wheel, frame, or setup visible in individual scenes, so the archive avoids unsupported gear identifications.
Production leads
second-unit director
stunt coordinator
Mitchell skating double / rollerblader
Credited rollerbladers
Evidence record
A archival / primary · B established reference · C specialist research · D fan lead
Archival catalog record based in part on production notes and screen credits; used for cast, production, music, skating, locations, and release details.