These Vintage Photos Prove That Roller Derby Has Always Been Cool

Modern Roller Derby

The contemporary roller derby revival began in 2000, when Daniel Eduardo “Devil Dan” Policapro, a musician from Austin, Texas, recruited women to skate in a new version of roller derby—something he envisioned to be a rowdy, circus-like, rockabilly spectacle. However, Policapro and the women parted ways after a failed fundraiser, and the women self-organized as another group.

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