Can Db Sweeney Really Skate?

Neither Moira Kelly nor DB Sweeney knew how to skate before making this movie. After auditioning and convincing the producers they were the right actors for the roles, they spent the next three months intensively learning how to figure skate. ... Moira Kelly fractured her ankle doing a jump in the first week of shooting.

Did they really skate in the cutting edge?

There's no CGI in Cutting Edge; all the skating is real. They were very creative in the way they put it together. The Cutting Edge is currently streaming on Amazon Prime and can be purchased from iTunes and Vudu.

Is the Pamchenko possible?

But let's just say there's a very good reason the filmmakers used a series of cuts to create the illusion that they actually did the move. The truth is, the Pamchenko twist is impossible.