The top outdoor rinks and spaces to get your skate on Erica Nichols – Sep 23, 2020 Roller-skating is kind of having a moment again—you can thank quarantine for that. To keep the good times rolling, look to these three outdoor rinks (plus two popular open spaces) in San Diego to get your skate...

By Beth Accomando PHOTO BY MIKE DAMRON Nili “Isabelle Ringer” Goldfarb looks over the Derby United Headquarters outdoor facility. Back in March Derby United Headquarters opened its outdoor, two-rink facility for roller derby bouts. But a week after its grand opening, the coronavirus pandemic forced it to close. Now the organization is pivoting in the pandemic to...

Local Roller Derby business opens rinks for children's classes

After nearly 4 months of closure, we are happy to announce that Derby United Headquarters (HQ) will begin its limited reopening today, Monday June 29, 2020.  With safety as our a top priority, our outdoor recreational facility is able to provide a lower risk fitness offering to San Diegians seeking to get moving. Though...

This weekend, league and community members gathered outside Derby United Headquarters to demonstrate peacefully in solidarity with the #BlackLivesMatter movement. DU’s very own Cheap Trick reflected on what it meant to her to be there: “What I saw at the protest was beautiful! It was a group of people from many different races, who...