It's a top ten list this week, since it's regionals!
1. The urge to pee
2. Her lunch
3. The fact that her gum has completely lost its flavor
4. A loved one's birthday
5. The electric bill
6. The new tires her bike needs
7. All plant life at her abode
8. The quality of her offspring's homework effort
9. The nasty day-old doughnuts she has been offered
10. Haters of all stripes
The crowd waits in a barely controlled murmur. The air is thick with the smell of anticipation and overpriced beer. The whistle blows - players erupt in chaos. Thousands of eyes are trained to a single location. Thousands of gasps sighs and moans are heard with every block and maneuver. The play is called, the score flashes overhead. My throat leaps out in a voiceless scream amid the cacophony of other fans and the boom of a cannon. TOUCHDOWN MONTANA!
Back in the day, derby names were supposed to be fun and quirky. Fun – remember when derby was fun? Names were simply a clever twist on normal sports nicknames - not an opportunity to tell the world how much you love pot or Jager. Not a chance to tell us how big your wiener is or that you want to rip a girl apart with it. Seriously, boys and girls…
Thanks for the question, DarkJester/Madness Tolls! Jenny Savaglio, aka La Petite Mort, co-owner of Fast Girl Skates in Seattle, WA shared her answer, which is also available in their Fast Girl Gear Guide. Got a Question? [email protected]
Q: When your wheels go bald, should you have them regrooved to get 'fresh' urethane, or should you have better grip due to increased surface area once the grooves wear down?
We all know that friends are important. They help us stay honest, get us into and out of trouble and let us know in exactly the words we are willing to hear that yes, those jeans really do make us look fat.
The Tiger Balm patch was hidden under my work blouse. I threw breakfast on the table and instructed my son to get his lunch out of the fridge and put it in his backpack. As we jostled around each other in the kitchen, he said, “You really smell like our house today.”
Now is a great time to be a junior derby girl. Since the sport itself is relatively new, junior leagues are still just beginning to sprout up, and the JRDA (Junior Roller Derby Association) didn’t even form until 2009; meaning many leagues are seeing their first round of graduates “aging up” from junior derby to adult derby.
This topic came up recently on a road trip to New England. We need to have dogs in Derby. Not just dogs, but puppies specifically. Cute, innocent puppies that we can use against our opponents and dress them up in cute little neon outfits. We'd keep them in an area near the benches so that when we are down we can look over and say, “OH GOD THEY ARE SO CUTE!”
This column provides a general overview of Roller Derby medical problems and their initial treatment, and it is not intended for advice for an individual. Therefore, you must consult appropriate medical professionals for advice in treating any injury or medical problem that you specifically have. This manual is not intended to be a complete or final guide to medical treatment of anyone's individual medical injury or problem.
With derby skaters, I see a lot of injuries to the nails of fingers and toes. Some injuries I seem to see most often are described below.
We each have a mental shortlist of reasons that we love roller derby. Near the top of my list is the work that roller derby leagues do with local charities—the deeply-rooted ties to the communities from which our leagues arose. Roller derby and community outreach are inseparable in my mind. One of the leagues I ref for, the Rat City Rollergirls, supports many organizations around Seattle, and my most personal connection is with the Ballard Food Bank.
