Roller derby is a roller skating contact sport played on an oval track by two teams of five skaters. It is played by approximately 1,250 amateur leagues...
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Roller Derby Girl is a 1949 short American film directed by Justin Herman. Jean Porter Toughie Brasuhn Justin Herman was nominated for an Academy Award...
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amuse the two girls; one night in fifth grade, they attend a roller derby match between the Oregon City Rollergirls and the Rose City Rollers. Astrid asks...
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The history of roller derby traces the evolution of roller skating races into a unique sport which underwent several boom-and-bust cycles throughout the...
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Kingdom Roller Derby Association (UKRDA) since May 2015. The league was founded in 2012 by several local skaters as Bath Roller Derby Girls but rebranded...
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Charlotte Roller Derby (CLTRD), formerly Charlotte Roller Girls, is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Charlotte, North Carolina, operating...
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her to compete in beauty pageants, and seeks escape in the world of roller derby. The book was named an American Library Association Best Book for Young...
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Denver Roller Derby (DRD) is a flat-track roller derby league based in Denver, Colorado. The league was founded in December 2005. Denver Roller Derby is a...
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August 2004 as Minnesota RollerGirls by the Donnelly sisters, MNRD was one of the first 30 members of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) by...
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founding member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). First organized as the Philly Roller Girls in 2005, the league debuted in 2006 as a...
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USA Roller Derby represents the United States in international roller derby, in events such as the Roller Derby World Cup. The team's first international...
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Internet Archive or Google Books. Mabe, Catherine (2007). Roller Derby: The History and All-Girl Revival of the Greatest Sport on Wheels. Speck Press....
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Naptown Roller Derby (NRD) is a women's flat-track roller derby league based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Founded in 2006, the league started their 10th...
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Roller Derby is a flat track roller derby league based in New York City, New York. Founded in late 2003, Gotham is the first flat track roller derby league...
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Australia Roller Derby Antwerp – Antwerp Roller Derby Ghent – Go-Go Gent Roller Derby Namur – Namur Roller Girls Calgary – Calgary Roller Derby Edmonton –...
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Detroit Roller Derby (DRD) is a women's flat-track roller derby league based in Detroit, Michigan. The league was formed as Detroit Derby Girls in January...
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from Toronto Roller Derby, Oil City Derby Girls, Terminal City Roller Girls, Calgary Roller Derby Association, and Saskatoon Roller Derby. In July 2009...
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Whip It (film) (category Roller derby films)
her 2007 novel Derby Girl. It stars Elliot Page as a teenage girl from the fictional town of Bodeen, Texas, who joins a roller derby team. The film also...
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(UKRDA) and the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA), and plays by the WFTDA ruleset. Newcastle Roller Girls was established in 2009 by Claire...
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Originally two separate leagues founded in 2006, Sac City Rollers and Sacred City Derby Girls, who mutually announced a pending merger in late 2017, and...
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Joan Weston (category Roller derby skaters)
Amazon", "Golden Girl", and "Roller Derby Queen", was an American athlete and was the most famous personality in the original Roller Derby. Weston was born...
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Baldness Anxiety Short film Fortunate Son Elisa 2013 Plan B Steph Epic Roller Derby Girl Voice 2014 Jamesy Boy Crystal Search Party Pocahontas 2015 The Divergent...
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was the first attempt to bring roller derby to TV since RollerGames. RollerJam was derived from the original roller derby, but newer skaters used inline...
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Leeds Roller Derby is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Leeds, England. Founded in 2007, the league has two travel teams which play against...
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Amsterdam Roller Derby is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Founded in 2009, the league consists of two teams...
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Columbia Roller Derby is a roller derby league based in Columbia, South Carolina. Founded in 2007, the league has two travel teams: Columbia Quad Squad...
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Jacksonville RollerGirls in 2007, and changed to its current name in 2018. The league has been a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA)...
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Norfolk Roller Derby (NRD) are a flat track roller derby league based in Norwich, England and were the first roller derby team to form within the county...
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Junior roller derby is the sport of roller derby, modified for children and adolescents up to 18 years of age. The sport is played in both modified-contact...
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particular. Sport roller skating includes speed skating, roller hockey, roller derby, figure skating and aggressive quad skating. The earliest roller skates known...
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