All Blog Posts Tagged 'derby' (11)

Help! I've Put on a Sports Bra and I Can't Get Out!

One of the things I love about roller derby is seeing women being tough while wearing tiny skirts. How can you beat that? You can't. So, I came home the other night exhausted and elated after another Fresh Meat training camp. M was upstairs. I clim… Continue

Added by Robin L. Bernstein on December 3, 2009 at 10:02pm — No Comments

Dallas Derby Devils in the News this weekend...

Check it out! Story http://www.star-telegram.com/metro_news/story/1725592.html#none Pics http://www.star-telegram.com/metro_news/story/1725592.html#none Video! http://www.star-telegram.com/metro_news/story/1725592.html#none Continue

Added by Siouxsie B. Sassie on November 2, 2009 at 4:07pm — No Comments

Thank You everyone from DerbyDolls.tv

That was amazing we had 2000 + at the highest and 1500 average. That was a scrimmage and to launch our Derbydolls.tv. If you liked it please join us for the boutcast of the bout Oct. 3rd. I know it is a big derby weekend but when isnt it? Same Bout channel same bout time (ish) . Thanks for the Q's to Drew and you can see it all again on DerbyDolls.tv for the rest of the week. Hope to chat again with you all. DerbyDolls.tv will carry all our games from now on. Please see DerbyDolls.com for the… Continue

Added by Bitchy Kitten on September 29, 2009 at 2:00am — No Comments

Roller Derby Dictionary

Long time derby fans and veteran derby girls alike have developed a language all of their own. As a new derby girl, it seemed I heard new terms almost every time I was at practice, talked to my team mates or went out on the internet looking for information. So, I think it is high time someone begin to put together a roller derby dictionary. Off the top of my head, the following are some of the words, terms or phrases I think should be in it. I ask for you to either give me new definitions, bette… Continue

Added by Jondi Soper on August 10, 2009 at 6:00pm — 1 Comment

A missed goal and a worthy cause

My original goal date to be bouting will come and go this weekend without my being on skates. Skate-or-Bust, ROSI’s big weekend breast cancer benefit affair is only 4 days away. I am excited but in a bittersweet way. When I first started skating I made a goal to be ready to skate by the July 11 bout. So now that date is going to come and go without my being ready. I am okay with not meeting this goal. I have come a long way and that is the thing to remember. My skills are just about where they… Continue

Added by Jondi Soper on July 7, 2009 at 3:00pm — 2 Comments

Stuck Up Boobs

One of the wonderful thing about derby is all of the great things teams across the country do for charity organizations. I get out on the internet and read about other derby teams and every single last one of them do all they can for charity. Derby isn’t a cheap sport. There is equipment to buy, like skates that cost anywhere from $100 to $700, pads that cost up to $100 for a full set and then there is the travel expenses for away bouts. But derby girls do it on their own dollars. They don’t ge… Continue

Added by Jondi Soper on June 29, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Derby widows and wives

Have you ever watched a baby try to take their first steps? The first upright steps in life can be really tough, some babies try and try and fall and fall before they accomplish this major life milestone. Learning the skills needed to play roller derby is a lot like that baby taking their first steps...only we do it with 4 wheels under each foot. Fresh Meat, the term for new rollergirls, try and try and fall and fall. Some pick up the skills fast and others, like myself, take months and months… Continue

Added by Jondi Soper on June 5, 2009 at 12:18pm — No Comments

Purple is THE derby color

Have I mentioned derby injuries? Or perhaps how they both fascinate me and terrify me? I have spent many hours looking at pictures of various derby injuries. It is like a train wreck, I just can't stop looking! One thing has become clear, no matter what your team's colors are...purple is a derby color across the board. Purple and black bruises! When I got my first visible derby bruise, I was proud of it. So proud, in fact, I took a picture of it. I admit, it is not all that impressive. But sta… Continue

Added by Jondi Soper on June 1, 2009 at 12:55pm — No Comments

I am proud to be a roller girl

This is the newest post in a series of blogs I write about learning to be a rollergirl. Feel free to check it out. http://rpggddss.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/i-am-proud-to-be-a-rollergirl/ Excerpt: I have met rollergirls from all over the country through the internet at places like www.derbynation.com (kind of a Myspace of Facebook for rollergirls), through this blog, through MySpace and through bouts. They are all wonderful, dedicated women who work to promote their sport and their team. I… Continue

Added by Jondi Soper on May 28, 2009 at 2:46pm — No Comments

Easy Going Vengeance Mutha Fucka

Check out my sidebar for a link to my brief recap of the Arizona Rollergirls vs the Arizona Derby Dames bout last Friday. It was totally ugly in that "I went to a wrestling match and a little derby broke out" way . . . Link title is "Easygoing Vengeance Mutha Fucka" Continue

Added by Aurora Gory Alice on November 17, 2008 at 11:01am — No Comments

Roller Derby Riot This Friday! Arizona Renegade Rollergirls vs AZ Derby Dames!

This Friday, November 14th at the 5th Ave & Madison Event Center, all no-rules skating hell will break loose. The Renegade Rollergirls will be taking on the AZ Derby Dames. The Renegades are the pioneering league to scrap the rules for the real hardcore, downright entertaining new roller derby that fan of old can embrace. The Derby Dames are a seasoned league with solid skills and big numbers.… Continue

Added by Aurora Gory Alice on November 11, 2008 at 11:30am — 1 Comment