What derby did you watch this weekend? What are you seeing out there? Anything new? I didn’t plan my weekend around derby, so I only got to watch most of the second half of the Rose City home game (Guns N Rollers vs. High Rollers) and a little bit of Victoria at the Big O. What [...]
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What did you watch this weekend?
Posted in Derby, tagged Roller derby, roller derby is glamorous, roller girls, Rose City Rollers, tournaments, wftda, WOJ on May 20, 2013 | 4 Comments »
Bonnie Thunders is the LeBron James of roller derby?
Posted in Derby, My super fun activities, tagged being awesome, derby girls, roller girls, wftda on May 15, 2013 | 15 Comments »
So, if Bonnie Thunders is the LeBron James of roller derby, who are you? I like to think of my skating self as the Luke Babbitt of roller derby. (If you are an NBA basketball fan, this will make sense to you. If not – he’s a bench player for the Blazers who gets made [...]
May 2013 Frisky Power Rankings
Posted in Derby, tagged Power Rankings, Roller derby, wftda on May 1, 2013 | 8 Comments »
Welcome once again to the Frisky Power Rankings, where I rank women’s flat track roller derby according to my whims/in-depth knowledge. Gotham. Gotham is not subject to the “stop being boring rule” Denver and Rat City are subject to, below, because they are Gotham and we can expect that they are still very good. Bay [...]
Roller derby strategy: More potential anti-sausage techniques
Posted in Derby, tagged derby girls, Roller derby, roller derby is glamorous, roller derby strategy, Strategy, wftda on April 24, 2013 | 2 Comments »
There’s been a lot of chatter on the internet about the sausage this week. I don’t care for the sausage*. It sucks to watch in large doses. Do I think we need a rule change to get rid of it? Probably, but not definitely. Until that time, though, what are skaters supposed to do about [...]
Roller derby strategy basics: Turnaround blocking
Posted in Derby, tagged being awesome, blocking, derby girls, penalties, Roller derby, shenanigans, wftda on April 19, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Or, why are you messing around with all that backwards stuff? Not too long ago, blocking while facing the opposite direction was a kind of special skill that super-cool blockers would pull out every once in a while to dazzle the fans. In the last year or two, it’s become more and more popular, and [...]
New WFTDA Minimum Skills – let’s chat.
Posted in Derby, tagged derby girls, Roller derby, roller derby for beginners, rules, wftda on April 17, 2013 | 14 Comments »
The WFTDA just released a new set of minimum skills requirements. Notable changes: The 25 laps in 5 minutes requirement is now 27 laps in 5 minutes. (Hey, didn’t we just talk about this?) Skaters now must be able to skate one lap in 13 seconds, starting from a standstill. The falling section is now [...]
Returning to roller derby after a broken leg
Posted in Derby, tagged being awesome, besterns, derby girls, injury, Roller derby, roller derby is glamorous, roller girls, Rose City Rollers, tournaments, wftda on April 12, 2013 | 4 Comments »
A couple of weeks ago, when I asked you what you’d like to read about, one commenter had a sad story to tell: I just broke my ankle last weekend. Freak skating accident, essentially my wheels were too grippy for the floor. Wheels gripped and ankle snapped while on a duck run. Once I build [...]
Sausaging effects
Posted in Derby, tagged BAD, being awesome, besterns, Roller derby, roller derby strategy, roller girls, Rose City Rollers, Sausage, shenanigans, stats nerd, Strategy, wftda, WOJ on April 8, 2013 | 4 Comments »
After Saturday night’s bout, the roller derby wanted answers. Mostly, they wanted answers to why Demanda Riot got ejected. I can see why it generated so much hubbub – the new rule is kind of weird and strict, and not many high-profile games have been played under this new rule set. Anyway, it looks like [...]
Why roller derby girls now have opinions about logos
Posted in Derby, tagged derby girls, Derbylife, fans, feelings, Frisky's soapbox, Rose City Rollers, shenanigans, wftda on March 29, 2013 | 7 Comments »
Earlier this week, Derbylife ran an article about branding and logos. According to the author, if leagues want to reflect a more professional image, their logos and branding should be professional. More to the point, they should get get rid of current logos containing elements that might really annoy the hell out of professional marketers [...]
Roller derby strategy: Stop knocking your points out of bounds
Posted in Derby, tagged being awesome, derby girls, Roller derby, roller girls, Rose City Rollers, scrimmage, wftda, winning on March 22, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Sitting in on some Rose City Rollers scrimmage time a couple of weeks ago, I kept seeing a strategy that used to be all the rage: when your jammer gets knocked out of bounds, you, as a blocker, knock the opposing blocker out of bounds, allowing your jammer to come back in play legally. It’s [...]
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