Rollerskating is Not a Trend - Understanding & Respecting Skate Culture Rollerskating is rooted in Black culture, and the style, technique, and dance moves that have captivated so many of us have been created by and kept alive by Black rollerskaters worldwide long...
Harry 'Travelling Shoes' Turner is a highly talented rollerskater, singer, teacher, preacher, postal worker and community activist out of Birmingham Alabama. He has also recently joined us at Rolla Skate Club as a Certified Instructor, so we wanted to take a moment to...
“I have a top secret project to talk to you about” This was the tantalizing approach we got when one of our skaters in the film industry reached out back in early 2020. “Ok, we’re listening! What’s up” She went on to ask us to help produce a rollerskating segment for...
Prepping your Rollerskates for Outdoor SkatingHappy Summertime skaters! We all know what summer means: it's time for outdoor skating!! So let's talk about getting our skates ready for outdoor skating. The good news is most rollerskates only require a few quick changes...
Join us in making rollerskating history! Rolla Skate Club is proud to present the first roller derby bout ever to be held at the historic Rollerland Building at the PNE in East Vancouver. Friday June 3rd 6pm-7pm: All Ages Skate 7pm-8.30pm: Roller Derby Bout...
Meet Coach Sharon! What's your name and pronouns? Sharon Lee (She/Her) When did you start skating? In 2020 aka the birth of jam-demic skaters 😅 Tell us a bit about your skating history: Most of my journey has been me, myself, and I thanks to lockdown. When...
Meet Rojen! Rojen is our new Community Builder here at Rollerland🤩 Rojen (she/they) has been a constant and colourful presence at Rolla YVR since we first opened our Rollerland facility in December. We are so excited to be working with her to further our...
Get to Meet Coach Marcela! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rolla Skate Club Vancouver (@rollaskateclubyvr) What's your name? Marcela When did you start skating? November 2020 Tell us a bit about your skating history: I...
Get to Meet Coach Loca! How do you like to be called? I like to be called by my short derby name "Loca" ( Loca Smoke-Ya) When did you start skating? I started skating 11 Years ago. Tell us a bit about your skating history: Besides skating in my teens, I really started...
Meet Coach Cupid (she/they)! 🛼 Coach Cupid has been spreading the joy of rolling at Rolla since 2019. They've taught everything from the kids programs to the derby bootcampers and are especially loved by our adult beginners for their patient and encouraging...
Parking is FREE for Rolla Skate Club members and guests, but parking locations change regularly due to other events taking place at the PNE's many venues. Please see below for upcoming changes and alerts. Full PNE parking map can be found at this link. We are located...
Our Dearest, most Kickass Rolla community, If anyone knows the power of roller skating best, it’s you. The excitement of choosing your first pair of skates, the determination in taking your first wobbly roll, the pride when you finally nail a skill you’ve been...
We've gotten lots of questions asking for recommendations on what wheels work best with the brand new polished concrete floor at Rolla Skate Vancouver, so we thought there is no one better to help us out with this than Roller Girl! Below she suggests different wheels...
February is Black History Month so we thought that a great way to kick start this month will be to share a little bit of the history behind roller skating, roller dance and showcase the Black skating community and their long history and contributions to this amazing...
Everyone should feel welcome at Rolla Skate Club! We launched this business from a desire to help people, and make people feel really good about themselves, using rollerskating as the tool. Our goal was to take the “special sauce” that we got from roller derby, that...
Hello Rolla humans! We've been a little MIA this past month around here, we know, but only because we have been getting ready to open back the doors of a new rollerskating community space in Vancouver, Canada! We're re-opening a heritage building officially called...
Since the start of Rolla Skate Club almost three years ago, finding a venue to host their in-person rollerskating classes turned out to be a challenging task. From having classes at parking lots, tiny yoga studios, and art galleries, to settling into the late “Skate...
This post is written and compiled by settlers, working and living on the traditional, ancestral, unceded and stolen territory of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations. National Truth and...
Hey Beautiful Rolla Humans! We’re here today to share some BIG news with you. One of those is pretty crummy but we hope that the other piece of news is so amazingly awesome that it will make the crummy stuff worth it. But first, let’s start this story from the...
Hailing from all the way across the pond is super duper online skater - Amandine Thierree! Amandine is Rollin’ in as our Online Skater Spotlight nominee all the way from the UK. She’s conquering the great outdoors on her 8 wheels as she regularly practices outside....