Let the good times roll

Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut isn’t the only place where you can find wheels a-turnin’ lately. Roller skating is as hot as ever and there are a number of roller sports that have novices and spectators alike spinning:

Roller Disco: Whether or not you even remember the Disco Days, you can pull on a pair of lycra jeans and lace up your skates. Hipster throwback events, such as Down & Derby bring hundreds of pairs of skates to club venues like LA’s Echoplex (18+), luring nightcrawlers to lace up and get their groove on. There’s even a Halloween version for fans of Thriller and Xanadu.

Roller Derby: Roller derby has long been acclaimed as an “alternative” sport , but with Whip It capturing the imagination of girls everywhere, it wouldn’t be surprising to soon start seeing high schools adding it to their varsity sport rosters. Offering a lot more than just the clichéd visual image of punk girls in fishnets and tattoos fighting their way around a rink, roller derby truly is a great feat of athletic prowess that screams almighty girl power. New Yorkers unable to score Yankees tickets can catch this weekend’s Gotham Girls Roller Derby double-header , when the Queens of Pain and Brooklyn Bombshells will be showing Seattle’s Sockit Wenches how it’s done.

Roller Hockey: Four-wheeled indoor roller hockey (a.k.a. Quad) may have gone the way of the roller skating waitress, but you may not have seen the last of it. Passionate players are trying to bring it back, and even if you retired your quads to the Salvation Army upon buying a pair of in-line skates, you’ll still be welcome in the rink.

(h/t to Trend Central)