Tag: roller derby

When Life Gives You Jamming, Make PB & J’s

Oh, jamming.  Sometimes even the word gives me anxiety.  I spent most of last season being a blocker because that’s where my team needed me, and let me tell ya it wasawesome.  I felt so much less pressure because I didn’t have to score points, I got to know my other teammates a little better, […]

Don’t be a Hero! Injuries in Roller Derby

This Monday I went to roller derby practice.  It was a normal practice, just like every other practice before it.  There was no strange scent in the air, no looming sense of anxiety or the hint of a terrible fate on the horizon (stay with me I’m trying to build dramatic effect).  Everything was normal […]

Sometimes Happiness is a Choice

Thank you iOna. Thank you for taking a step back and asking me to take a step up when I didn’t think I wanted to. Thank you for passing me that torch, but mostly, thank you for keeping me in derby. Last month, I wasn’t sure I still wanted to keep paying and going to […]

Me, Myself, and I

My id. I tried for many years to silence it, to make myself be things I wasn’t. To do things I wasn’t suited for. Hangout with people that didn’t get me. But one day, you have to face the fact that your id won’t go away. Once I learned to embrace my id, things sort […]

These Are a Few of My Favorite Things…at RollerCon

RollerCon.  The Mecca of WFTDA roller derby.  Last week, thousands of roller derby ladies flocked en mass to the sparkling desert of Las Vegas in order to learn a few things, meet some new people, let off some steam, and play a ton of roller derby.  Now, I could write about a million pages on […]

Black and Teal vs. Teal and Black! Wait..what?

On the morning of Saturday the 20th, Foco Girls Gone Derby started their mass exodus from their home of Fort Collins to the quiet mountain town of Salida, CO for a much anticipated double-header. The Foco Microbruisers were playing against the Ark Valley High Rollers, a team that has vastly improved within the last year. […]

Faces of Fort Collins: Meet Emily Zaynard, a.k.a. iOna SwitchBlade with FoCo Girls Gone Derby

Emily Zaynard, a.k.a. iOna SwitchBlade with FoCo Girls Gone Derby She’s a creative director at Rocky Mountain Publishing by day and a roller derby girl with FoCo Girls Gone Derby by night. Meet Emily Zaynard, who is also known by her derby nickname, iOna SwitchBlade. Zaynard, originally from Littleton, moved to Fort Collins in 2003 […]

Harlem Shake!

The Harlem Shake is everywhere and NOW it’s come to FoCo!

Examiner: How to be a roller derby girl in Northern Colorado

You may have just discovered roller derby and are asking yourself, how do I get into this sport?  It’s really a lot easier and harder than you think.  Derby girls come in every age, shape, size and athletic ability.  To be a derby girl you must first have the courage to want to be one. If you […]

October 9th Bout Recap: The Black and Blue Ball!

The BLACK and BLUE BALL!!! by Eliaz “Evil I.” McMillan Saturday’s Black and Blue Ball certainly lived up to its name, and I’m not just talking about the attire. The ladies of FoCo Girls Gone Derby demonstrated that even a girl in an evening dress is a force to be reckoned with. I’m sure each […]

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