Flagstaff woman nears end of 2,000 mile roller skate for tribal environmental justice

A Flagstaff woman nears the end of a 2,000 mile trip across the country… on roller skates. But it’s not just for fun – Daisy Purdy is raising funds to support the work of Navajo Ph.D. Tommy Rock and his all-Indigenous research team studying the devastating environmental and health effects of landmines. uranium abandoned... Read More

The story of the 70s roller skate style at TikTok

The breezy escape of these viral videos is key to our interest in skating, but we can’t overlook the importance of aesthetics. Oumi’s penchant for cropped tees, tie-waist shirts, retro running shorts, and tubular socks is the archetypal roller girl style, rooted in the 1970s and California beach culture (think Boogie evenings‘Rollergirl). Cassandra says:... Read More