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Roller Derby’s Niche Businesses Keep on Rolling

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by Sara Morrison

Nicole “Bonnie Thunders” Williams and Danielle “OMG WTF” Flowers work behind the counter at Five Stride Skate Shop, the Brooklyn store they co-own. (photo: Sara Morrison)

Six days a week, Nicole Williams, 28, and Danielle Flowers, 32, ride their bikes from the apartment they share to Brooklyn’s Five Stride Skate Shop, the business they co-own. Here, they are best known to their customers by different names and for their activities on a different set of wheels: roller skates. As Bonnie Thunders and OMG WTF, respectively, Williams and Flowers are two of the best skaters in the Gotham Girls Roller Derby league, and Five Stride specializes in selling to roller derby players like them.

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