This story originally published online at The 9th Street Journal. It’s a Saturday morning at Wheels, the indoor roller skating rink in East Durham, and the place has been taken over by the Carolina ...

This is a moment for roller skating. Old-school, four-wheeled roller skates—“quads,” skaters call them—gliding on oval floors underneath disco lights, or aggressively digging into outdoor trails.

In most sports, names won’t like “Swamp,” “Jupiter” and “Capt’n Blackout” aren’t ones you’d find on the back of a player’s jersey. Roller derby is a different story. Confluence Crush, a 501(c) ...

Peninsula Roller Derby practice in Burlingame on April 11. Photo by Devin Roberts. Rollins Road is a mostly industrial thruway that runs parallel to Highway 101, best known for the always bustling ...