Building a house is never easy. It takes months of planning, hard labor, and lots of split decisions along the way. Now imagine pouring the foundation, building the frame, putting in the plumbing and wiring, and finishing the drywall. You’ve put bricks on half...
So why did you join roller derby? This is usually one of the first questions someone asks me when they find out I joined the sport. I respond to that question similarly to most of the things in my life- I did it on a whim. After all, I had never attended a bout. I...
The atmosphere is upbeat as the audience cheers and boos while watching women hip check each other across cement floors. The Fort Collins Girls Gone Derby team skated for a cause this weekend and a portion of the proceeds from their ticket sales went to the Larimer...
Even before I got on skates, “get low” was the anthem I learned when starting my journey with Foco Girls Gone Derby. My first day of training I was an exact representation of what a baby dear on ice looks like, where I was simply told by the coach to...
Check out this AWESOME video project by Colorado State University student Allison Dyer Bluemel! Thank you JAllison for coming by to practice and sharing this...
Sometimes, in derby, conflict happens. This can be between players, between teams, between skaters and refs. Conflict is hard. I am not a fan. I don’t like to manage people, I don’t want to fight. I mean, I am Irish, so I kinda do but I know that...
