On a fall Saturday morning, the San Diego Tremors got up early to travel to Anarchy Hall, the home of Los Anarchists.  The two-day long junior derby tournament, Turkey Day Melee, began with a Tremors math up against the LA Revolt. The San Diego roster has undergone a big change these past few months...

This October Kelican Bae, PR Director for Derby United, asked 31 different skaters what connected them to roller skating. There is no better way to express one’s love for the activity than during a nationally recognized month honoring the sport.  She received such a range of responses across the DU membership, that each and...

It happens every time you hear a rolling whistle; your heart rate quickens and you think to yourself… Game time! You set up on that tilted track and wait for the starting whistle as the adrenaline sets in. Sweat already dripping down your body before you even play one official minute, and the roar...

I love roller derby because it combines hard work and fun. It’s also a mix of violence, pain, sweat, tears, yelling, laughter, and bodies being sacrificed! An inside joke we have on our team is, “Sacrifice Your Body”. We all just think its so funny because that’s literally what you are doing while we...

We reside and skate on the unceded homeland of the Kumeyaay Nation, the original caretakers of southern California from Escondido to Baja. The Kumeyaay peoples have lived here for millennia and were instrumental in the development of San Diego in the face of genocide, forced removal, and tribal termination policies. Today we highlight the...