Injuries happen. And they suck. Big time. You love this sport and you can’t play it. You’ve poured your heart and soul into your league and now you don’t get…
If you play derby, you know the 27-in-5. If you play WFTDA, you probably know it intimately. Maybe you have a love/hate relationship with it. Maybe it’s just a hate…
Some of the most basic roller derby skills are also some of the ones that we struggle with the most. (In all honesty, I still have a hard time consistently…
A while back, I went on a bit of a tear to get people to start thinking about training like an athlete. Well, I mean, I guess it was a…
Yes, there’s a difference. I’ve been slowly falling in love with the sticker and button I’ve seen making the rounds on social media that shows a sleepy sloth and says…
We all hear that watching derby is the single best way (off-skates) to get better at playing it. And derby is hecka fun to watch, right? But I’m going to…
The paceline. It’s a fixture in derby; a right of passage. The feeling of exhilaration when you can finally hang in the paceline is akin to your first successful big…
Recently, I went away. Away, away. Deep into the backcountry. And so this story starts: A little while ago in a backcountry that was kind of far away… There’s something…
Some of the most basic roller derby skills are also some of the ones that we struggle with the most. (In all honesty, I still have a hard time consistently…
I live in the Pacific Northwest and, as such, am frequently exposed to HUGE names in roller derby on a regular basis. Exposed in the “Hey, I just met you and…