Hey, remember the streaming video from the 2008 WFTDA East Regionals in Madison? That video was shot by Natalie Hinckley and her crew at Hinkley Productions, and was a rough live edit of footage intended for mastering to DVDs, which are now available from the Mad Rollin' Dolls.
Hurt Reynolds's blog
We have six months. Where are your scores?!?
Last month, I wrote about about the coming flood of potential new fans, with an eye toward our overall readiness as a community. Today, I write with your first assignment, which I will issue in all caps with bold type so that you will understand that, yes, I am yelling about this.
Totally FACEGUN
Bruz-Her from the Kansas City Roller Warriors shares this nugget:
The local cable sports channel, Metro Sports, filmed our league all
last season and have made a series(10 parts maybe) that will start
airing in January. Wait, did I say sports channel?!! Here's the link
of the previews in case you are interested.
My favorite:
Minnesota RollerGirls 2009 promo video = awesome
The Minnesota RollerGirls have established a solid track record of cooking up some funny promo videos, and the new clip for their upcoming season does not disappoint:
We have seven months. Are we ready?
Just under three years ago, the already-surging sport of modern roller derby experienced a period of explosive growth, going from under 50 to over 150 leagues and more than doubling the number of registered skaters in the space of about six months. This burst coincided with the airing of A&E's short-lived Rollergirls series, and while there's probably never been a study, around about the 50th time you hear a skater tell you that she caught an episode of the show and that's what prompted her to either:
Yes, I did, and she said yes
My honey doesn't particularly enjoy the spotlight, so naturally I had to find the biggest one available to me to pop the question:
Central Coast rings the bell
The Paso Robles Press carries this story about the Salvation Army's annual kettle campaign, featuring
Justice refs his 100th bout
DNN's founder, co-managing editor and chief recapper Justice Feelgood Marshall wasn't always a slave to the keyboard -- in fact, many veteran rollergirls still know him best for his work in stripes (and a skirt). He doesn't ref as much as he once did, in no small part because reporting competes with reffing for his attention, but that didn't prevent him from reaching a milestone a week ago -- the Charm City Roller Girls championship marked the 100th bout Justice has reffed (yes,
