issue 45 | fall 2019 Archives

pumpkin spice chia pudding

Chia pudding is great as a breakfast and also works well as a before or after derby snack.

Woman holding a phone showing the Instagram interface

#derbyinstagram

Use Instagram to build, develop, and keep your roller derby fanbase. Here are some helpful tips and tricks to get started.

derby stance is coming back to a screen near you

Bring coaches together to share inspiration, build networks, get tools and insights for coaching development and to share resources for roller derby coaching.

ask a skater: breaking walls & small space drills

What is your secret for breaking through a wall? What kind of drills can you recommend with limited space & resources?

shoulder injury and rehab

Whips, bracing, blocks and impacts on the track provide a special breed of injuries to this part of the body.

flip it and reverse it

The four components to tackle when creating your best skate park skate include toe-stops, trucks, wheels and slider blocks.

you can play roller derby

The foremost fundamental societal institution of sport has the power to give everyone an equal capacity to achieve success.

a path less traveled: joining the heard after leaving the pack

My journey to joining roller derby
started like many other’s:
I wanted to make friends, stay active, and I saw an ad about new recruit night.

representation matters

In derby, I see people with bodies of all sizes. One of my first derby heroes was shaped like me and basically destroyed everyone’s souls on the track.

deadly derby: heads will roll

GRACE’S HEART WAS pumping fast. She’d be next on the track as jammer, and she didn’t want to let her team down. She glanced at the scoreboard…