"I felt like I was floating and that it was limitless." A 9-year-old girl used her talent as a figure skater to shine a light on the Black Lives Matter movement. Kaitlyn Saunders, 9, laced up her ...

Skaters of all skill levels filled the rink on a recent Friday night at Winnwood Skate Center in Kansas City, the metro’s new mecca for Black skate culture. They were there because of the work of ...

A centuries-old activity is gaining renewed momentum. Roller skating, once considered something for the posh and wealthy, has undergone a transformation with Black skating culture leading the trend.

Many people are just starting to roller skate during the pandemic because of social media, but L.A. has a long, rich history and culture of skaters. (Micah Fluellen / Los Angeles Times) Some people ...

A centuries-old activity is gaining renewed momentum. Roller skating, once considered something for the posh and wealthy, has undergone a transformation with Black skating culture leading the trend.

Whitehouse Professor Erica Rand explores the worlds of sport and desire in her latest book, “Red Nails, Black Skates: Gender, Cash, and Pleasure on and off the Ice.” Available in the Bates library in ...

How We Roll comes with 428 LEGO®pieces and an instruction manual filled with archival images. It’s 11:30 in the morning, and Syreeta Gates has her hands up singing, “That’s just how we roll/ You know ...

FroSkate–a collective of Chicago skaters centering Black, Indigenous, people of color, and LGBTQ+ people–is creating spaces where skaters who once felt alone can skate empowered alongside others who ...

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The Vancouver Canucks have released their Skate jersey schedule for the 2024-25 season. If you're a fan of the Vancouver Canucks' black Skate alternate jersey, you're in for a treat this season as the ...

Knejie Allen, left, and Adontis Atkins, right, sit on top of the DJ booth at their “SK8-Dark-30” party at Winnwood Skate Center. During intermission, the two addressed a massive crowd, thanking them ...