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New Year, New Offerings, New Schedule!

Isabelle Ringer
Dec 18, 2020
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After 6 months of providing a recreational skating place to San Diegans, we have learned a lot at our...
Give the Gift of SKATING

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Dec 18, 2020
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Looking for a special gift for someone special in your life? Want a gift that inspires them, gives them...
Where to Roller Skate Outdoors in San Diego

Isabelle Ringer
Sep 26, 2020
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The top outdoor rinks and spaces to get your skate on Erica Nichols – Sep 23, 2020 Roller-skating is...
KPBS: Derby United Headquarters Pivots In Pandemic

Isabelle Ringer
Aug 27, 2020
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By Beth Accomando PHOTO BY MIKE DAMRON Nili “Isabelle Ringer” Goldfarb looks over the Derby United Headquarters outdoor facility. Back in...

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Today is DRY! At least until 5p. Derby United has

Today is DRY! At least until 5p. Derby United has a handful of special Sunday makeup classes today to eek in some more skating before the wet weather comes.

Noon - Intermediate Dance - Adult (on the move rhythm work and group choreo) with @sweetz_monae
1p - Beginner Skate Skills Vol 2 - Adult (transitions, cross overs & backwards skating) with TBD
2p Lil Rollers (young skates age 4-10) with Carolee
3p Skate FUNdamentals (All Ages skate skills and fun, often parents with their kids) with Carolee
4p Learn/Return to Skate - Adult (our most popular beginner skate class) with Carolee

5p Beginner Dance and 6p Night Session will be rained out today. We'll be closed tomorrow (Monday) for rain so let's skate today before this next wet system comes through. Get it while you can! All classes still have space available. Masks and reservations required.

Special Sunday FUNDAY! Let’s skate before the n

Special Sunday FUNDAY! Let’s skate before the next storm comes though!

Due to all the rainouts this week, we are doing some special offering this week on Sunday to make up for a few things that got cancelled in the last few days.

As of now, all classes and sessions remain on for Sunday as scheduled. There chance of rain remains very low until 5p. We will keep watching the forecast and notify anyone signed up if we see a need for cancellation.

Spaces available in all classes as of now:
Noon - Intermediate Dance w/ Monae
1p - Skate Skills Vol 2 w/ Donna
2p - Lil Rollers w/ Donna
3p - Skate FUNdamentals w/ Carolee
4p - Learn/Return to Skate w/ Carolee

Masks and reservations always required. Hope to see you tomorrow while we have this little break in the rains!

This disco ball is so sad she can’t go out on Sa

This disco ball is so sad she can’t go out on Saturday night. All programs this Saturday 1/23/2021 🌧RAINED OUT🌧.

Registered skaters have been notified via email and SMS. Thank you for your understanding.

#rainraingoaway #icantstandtherain #rainyseason #rainyday #sunshineismyfavorite #derbyunited

Everyone skates around here. Even our main man Ch

Everyone skates around here. Even our main man Chill got a pair. You probably met this amazing guy if you ever needed someone to walk you to your car on our street or lingered in the parking lot a bit too long after session.

Chill just scored these Fames from @sincityskates today with super sick @roller_bones Team wheels.

#securityguard #suregrip #dudeswhoskate #rollerskater

The SK8 Pop Up SD Experience returns! Saturday Fe

The SK8 Pop Up SD Experience returns! Saturday February 6th 7-10p featuring @djwayned10 and the whole @thesk8popup crew. You’re gunna wanna to be there. This will sell out very quickly.

MASKS OVER NOSE AND MOUTH REQUIRED AND WILL BE ENFORCED THROUGHOUT THE SESSION. VIOLATORS OF THIS POLICY WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE.

Preregistration required. Limited capacity. Link in bio to register.

#thesk8popup #ubettapopup #derbyunited #rollerskaters

Bernie likes to DJ. He likes to strut. He always

Bernie likes to DJ. He likes to strut. He always knows your skate size. And he can’t pass up a victory high five.

🤣🤣🤣

#myturn #berniesanders #derbyunited

The sun is out and we are ready to ROLL today! If

The sun is out and we are ready to ROLL today! If you have been wanting to come out, TODAY is your day. With so much wet weather on the forecast, we need to take advantage of all this warm, dry weather while it lasts.

Today’s schedule:
4p Lil Rollers - Carolee
5p Learn/Return to Skate - Carolee
6p Beginner Rhythm & Vibe - Monae
7p Beginner Dance - Melissa
8p Night Session: Out at the Rink - House music with DJ Danny

Masks and reservations always required.

📷 @mel_and_tim_photography

#warmweather #dryweather #letsroll #letsskate #rollerskating #rollerskater

“For there is always light, if only we are brave

“For there is always light, if only we are brave enough to see it – if only we are brave enough to be it."

This young woman, Amanda Gorman, brought me to tears today with her words. If you did not hear her poem “The Hill We Climb” it’s a few minutes of video well worth your time.

And though this has nothing to do with roller skating, roller skating has everything to do with seeing the light and being the light. May we be brave enough to see it and to be it.

Photo from the AP

#thehillweclimb #amandagorman #blackgirlmagic #listentothis #thisisimportant #poet

Raise it up if you gunna need a good skate today,

Raise it up if you gunna need a good skate today, like our friend Chelle who was out here killing it with her strut on a sunny Sunday.

We can help get through these Tuesday blues. Open sessions today at 4-6p All Ages Matinee Session and 8-10p Adult Night Session Hip Hop. Tonight’s Hip Hop session will be featuring special guest DJ @misterhek who is sure to get you through the day.

📷 @sunny.__.lee

#sundayfunday #tuesdaymood #raiseitup #rollerskater #derbyunited

Strutting it out with Shannon and friends on this

Strutting it out with Shannon and friends on this sunny Sunday.

📷 @mel_and_tim_photography

#strut #strutwalk #rollerskatestrut #strutlikestar #sundayfunday #sunday #sandiegowinter

This weekend was magical. Sunshine, strut and ska

This weekend was magical. Sunshine, strut and skate fam. In these tough times, that is the mark of a GOOD day.

📷 @mel_and_tim_photography

#magical #magicalmoments #sunshine #sandiego #sandiegowinter #strut #strutwalk #skateworkshop #strutlikestar #derbyunited

On Mondays we get funky with Mr. Hek, spinning Fun

On Mondays we get funky with Mr. Hek, spinning Funk Disco Breaks. There is still space to join us on this beautiful Monday night. Masks and reservations required.

👯‍♀️: @sharvellanorris @jenmcnugget @isabelle.ringer @oops.rupes
🎶: @misterhek

#disco #funk #downtown #rollerskaters #monday #mondaymood

As we remember Dr. King, we remember all the peopl

As we remember Dr. King, we remember all the people who hit the streets to hear his message. Who fought to make their voice heard. Who continue to fight (and roll) for civil rights for all.

We have so much admiration and respect for Ledger Smith, pictured here. He skated hundreds of miles to March/roll on Washington.

Photo 1: Ledger Smith, a semi-professional skater, is greeted by H. Carl Moultie, vice president of the D. C. branch of the NAACP, as he arrived by roller skates from Chicago to join the March on Washington. Photo by Tom Kelley / The Washington Post via Getty Images

Photo 2: On August 27, 1963, 27-year old Ledger Smith, aka "Roller Man" made his way into Washington D.C.. His trip originated in Chicago on August 17 and ended 10 days and 685 miles later at the Lincoln Memorial to hear Dr. Martin Luther King Jr speak.

Titled "Rollerman" himself by The Baltimore Afro-American

#rollerman #civilrights #skateforfreedom #freedom #washingtondc #naacp #martinlutherking #martinlutherkingjr #rollerskater #blackskatersmatter #blackskaters

Today we remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and th

Today we remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and the immense contributions and sacrifices he made to this nation. The struggle for civil rights continues to this day. Black culture and the American Black experience lives at the heart of roller skating history and culture.

We are here to continue to fight along side our Black skaters and community. We stand with black, brown, indigenous, queer, trans and all people who suffer from racism, inequality, oppression, and injustice. Civil rights are human rights.

We will always make space here. We will always try to do better. There will be no time where we have arrived. That the struggle is over. Equality is something we practice on the daily and if we forget about it, it washes away.

🖤🤎🧡💛🤍

Dr. King’s memory lives on. Our remembrance makes him eternal.

As the wise man in this photo says, “Put down hate, let’s skate!”

Richard Avedon - Civil rights demonstration, Atlanta, Georgia, 1963

#civilrights #drmartinlutherkingjr #martinlutherking #skating #putdownhateandletsskate #atl #thefightcontinues #civilrightsarehumanrights #derbyunited

As the sunsets on this beautiful day and the last

As the sunsets on this beautiful day and the last strut workshop with Star, we are full of gratitude for our special guest and all the local skaters who came out and made this day so special. We absolutely loved see you all put your flavor on the strut walk.

#strutlikestar #strut #strutwalk #rollerskatestrut #rollerskaters #derbyunited

Coming down for a lesson in strut today? Bring $2

Coming down for a lesson in strut today? Bring $20 and grab a Roxy’s Backyard SK8 Boogie from @sweethazelroxy herself. She and her young helper will be here with us all day.

#roxysbackyardsk8boogie #derbyunited #seamoss

Gorgeous day. Gorgeous people. Star is in the ho

Gorgeous day. Gorgeous people. Star is in the house today showing the good people of SD how to STRUT.

@juststarah
@strutlikestar

#strutlikestar #rollerskater #strut #strutwalk #derbyunited

You ready to #strutlikestar out in the January sun

You ready to #strutlikestar out in the January sunshine today at Derby United? A few last minute spots have opened up in all three time slots in today’s Strut Workshop with Star @juststarah

Grab them now while they last. Masks and preregistration required.

#strut #strutwalk #rollerskatestrutwalk #rollerskater #Repost from @juststarah
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Lights.. Camera.. Action...No no no.
Skates, Camera, MaskOn!! That sounds about right!

Thank you @universalstudios for being so nice. And I'm thanking God for blessing me to see another day!🙏🏾

🎥: @itsmshawkins2u
😷: @unrolly_
#strutlikestar #palmtrees #maskon #universalstudios #hollywood #rollerskating #strut

Enjoying this flamingo weather with Donna @donnata

Enjoying this flamingo weather with Donna @donnatank at Lil Rollers today.

#flamingo #derbyunited #skateinstructor #coachdonna

The student has become the teacher! Harlow teachi

The student has become the teacher! Harlow teaching her mom Shannon @toddlersarehorriblepeople how to shoot the duck on this Saturday Matinee Session.

#sandiegowinter #motherdaughter #familytime #familyskate #shoottheduck #📷the🦆

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