The Hurricane Alley Derby Girls, representing Corpus Christi, TX played their first match in their new home last weekend. A sold out crowd watched them win their game at the American Bank Center, where they will play future matches.
The Gunnison Valley Roller Girls enjoy strong regional support and as part of the upcoming 10th Mountain Roller Girls event in Crested Butte, the local paper, The Crested Butte News, published a handy guide to help first time attendees know how to follow the action. Click here to read their article. The event is at […]
The Taipei Times recently ran a feature article on women’s flat track roller derby, give still more credence to the fact that this American-based sport is turning into a big international hit. The article featured information about French, Canadian, British, Australian and Finnish teams, and was titled “Roller Derby Gains Traction Beyond the US“.
The imminent closing of the San Jose Skate, a bay area roller rink, will mean that this area of Northern California is losing its last roller rink. Known as Golden Sate Roller Palace during its peak in the 1980’s, the rink is set to close later this spring. With the closing of the rink, the […]
The Morgantown, WV Roller Vixen claim to be the only roller derby team in the world with an “official” college affiliation. The Vixen call themselves an “athletic organization” and are proud of their connection to West Virginia University. Home matches are played at Mylan Park or the Boparc Ice Arena. This weekend they will participate […]
Historians generally agree that the origins of modern flat track roller derby date back to the end of the depression. Promoter Leo Seltzer organized skating endurance races that involved teams. There were 25 two person teams involved and collectively they would skate what amounted to a trip from coast to coast-57,000 laps around the roller […]
Western North Carolina’s premier roller derby team is set to open their 2014 season this Saturday, Feb. 15, when they travel to Greenville, SC to take on the Bad News Babes. Their home opener, back in Asheville features a showdown with G Force on March 1.
The recent high profile of flat track roller derby has led some to describe it as a new sport. The Minnesota RollerGirls might not agree. This weekend the St. Paul based team celebrated a decade of roller derby with a home match on Saturday at Roy Wilkins Auditorium.
The popularity of flat track roller derby has been a boon to skating rinks, many of which had fallen on hard times. Savvy rink owners are now turning to another 1970’s activity revival to boost their fortunes even further. Yes it looks like roller disco is back. While not a contact sport, this version of […]
A recent in depth article in SBNation.com about the rise of womens’ flat track derby featured Greensboro North Carolina’s Gate City Rollergirls. The article, a great example of long form journalism, followed the Rollergirls in order to show how this sport is helping to define the role of womens’ sports today. You can read the […]