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Tasmania – that’s, like, overseas
In March, my league will travel to Hobart to compete against the Convict City Rollers. As a teeny bit of a type A, I like to be armed with information so off I set on a mission to collect factual tidbits about these convict types. What do we know about the Convict City Rollers? Well, […]
Photo Friday: Australia Day Skate
January 27, 2012 by Eve Yllanside
This time, Erica ditched the wheelchair in favour of an electric gopher Michelle was stoked to have somewhere to store her things How many men in fluro vests does it take to lower a tram ramp? (answer below) Answer: three tried; finally a women in a fluro vest came along and succeeded
Lego Derby! Say what?
January 23, 2012 by Eve Yllanside
Reblogged from high five to that: Bazooka Joe #49 of The Dirty Dozen from Pioneer Valley Roller Derby created what I must say is derby GOLD! Lego Derby! Sweet, innocent, remember-when-you-were-a-kid-and-you-played-with-it-for-hours, LEGO! Love, love, LOVE this!! Badass lego derby goodness!! Merch table!! Lining up on the Jammer line. Even Spiderman is a fan of derby! Check out the […]
Should I re-watch Whip It?
January 19, 2012 by Eve Yllanside
I haven’t seen Whip It since it was in the cinemas in 2009. Today, someone from work lent me the disc so I can go back and watch it as a derby girl. I’m a bit scared that I’m going to be critical of it. At the time I didn’t see the movie because of […]
Another video for you
January 17, 2012 by Eve Yllanside
Thanks for all the positive feedback on Erica’s edit of the VRDL bootcamp road trip. I was reminiscing this week about the pool noodle jump Erica made last year and remembered we have a video of our antics with that. Erica edited this video ages ago but, for whatever reason, it never made it up […]
VRDL Roller Derby Bootcamp
January 12, 2012 by Eve Yllanside
Last Friday, I jumped in Daisy Wallbanger’s car with five other derby girls and headed off on the nine hour journey to Melbourne for a two day Victorian Roller Derby League (VRDL) master class. VRDL are insanely good and their classes reflected that. The first day we spent four full on hours on skates over […]
A Confession
January 5, 2012 by Eve Yllanside
Warning: this contains both mushy and heavy content. I recently told you about our torturous Victor Harbor skate. What I had thought would be an easy summer roll turned out to be a physically and emotionally draining 3 and a half hour challenge. At the end of the skate I felt jubilant. I also felt […]
January 28, 2012 by Eve Yllanside
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