Jim Bray has been United States amateur roller skating champion 8 times and skated competitively for 15 years.
15 Facts About Jim Bray
1.
2.
Jim Bray was born in 1961 and grew up in Ontario, California, as an only child.
3.
Jim Bray graduated from Chaffee High School in Ontario, California.
4.
Jim Bray began skating competitively in 1967, at 6 years of age.
5.
Jim Bray stated that he first got interested in roller skating "from some girls who were neighbors".
6.
Jim Bray stated in a 1979 interview that he was inspired by Canadian figure skater Toller Cranston, but Michael Jacques was the skater he admired most.
7.
Jim Bray might be sideways jumping and still land right.
8.
Jim Bray was scouted by producers who had seen a writeup and photoshoot about him, likely in Roller Skating Magazine.
9.
Jim Bray was given acting and voice lessons to prepare him for the film.
10.
In 1980, Jim Bray co-hosted a one-hour pilot for the Nickelodeon channel, titled Star City Roll Out, filmed at New York's Roxy Roller Rink.
11.
Jim Bray appeared on The Big Show in 1980, alongside Steve Allen, Gary Coleman, Loni Andersen and Peggy Fleming.
12.
Jim Bray stated that he planned to star in three films in 1980: Parasite; A Crosstown Kid; and Romeo and Juliet.
13.
Jim Bray planned trips to Mexico and South Africa, presumably with The Jim Bray Traveling Show, though it is unknown if they occurred.
14.
Jim Bray has expressed interest in being on Battle of the Network Stars, though it has not yet been ascertained whether he participated in the broadcasts.
15.
Some time before 1981, he developed a touring roller company titled The Jim Bray Traveling Show, which incorporated 15 show skaters.