Roller Derby Skate Corp was founded in 1936 in Litchfield, Illinois. U.S.A. A production plant was established to supply the U.S. market with various types of footwear products. The primary products produced at that time were high top boots for both roller and ice skates. Production of shoes continued in Litchfield, Illinois until 1988. Over those years products produced at that manufacturing plant also included golf shoes, baseball shoes and all purpose athletic shoes. The entire production process included the manufacturer of roller skate plates, ice skate blades, wheels and all related parts. A full assembly plant, production could reach 35,000 pair of skates per day.

Roller Derby Skate Corp was the first company to introduce to the market a sized, booted roller skate for outdoor use. This was done in 1957. Until that time, only adjustable steel wheeled roller skates were available for outdoor use. The first of the outdoor models, named the Street King, remains the largest selling roller skate of all time. Over the years, over 65 million pair were sold of the Street King model alone.

In 1953, Roller Derby Skate Corp opened its first California office and assembly plant.
This facility has remained in California since then. A second operational office was opened in Atglen, Pennsylvania in 1971, which exists today. This gave Roller Derby office, warehouse and shipping facilities in 3 locations in the U.S., enabling the company to serve the entire U.S. market.

The roller skate industry has evolved over the years. Inline style skates dominate the world market, and Roller Derby is the second largest supplier to the U.S. market. We have, over the years, moved our production to first Taiwanese, and now Chinese production facilities, no longer producing skates in the U.S. Our facilities remain as offices and warehouses.

Roller Derby Skate Corp is a privately held, non public company. Sales figures are not available to the public. However, the company remains today as a primary supplier to the roller skate industry world wide.

Products produced today include the branded Roller Derby inline and quad roller skates. Specialty products produced under the brand of Tour include inline and ice hockey and related equipment, and competitive speed skating boots and products. Tour is a world wide distributed brand in the inline hockey industry and is the second leading supplier to the U.S. market. Additionally, a wholly owned subsidiary, California Advanced Sports, produces popularly priced inline skate products and skateboards. Further, through acquisition, a divisional company named 360, Inc. products a full range of water sport products including body boards, surf boards and swim products.

Roller Derby Skate Corp is a dedicated company to the skate industry. Based wholly in the U.S., our business is not a division of a larger conglomerate of related companies, but a company comprising of employees that have been in the skating industry for their entire careers. Our business is skating and we are dedicated to it.