CNN: Women’s Roller Derby Dishes Out …
CNN’s Medical Producer Val Willingham recently wrote a piece on roller derby, the workouts, and the injuries. Visit the site for photos, a video and additional side coverage.
(CNN) — Amber Mori drives a forklift in a warehouse in Gaithersburg, Maryland. As a working mom, she’s on the go 24/7. But twice a week, Amber transforms into “Cykosis,” a fishnet-wearing, skatin’ diva, who bumps and jabs her way around a roller rink.
Amber has been skating for more than a year as a member of the “Mason Dixon Roller Vixens” roller derby team. What started out as a lark has now become a passion for her. “I love it; it’s a great way to get out, be invigorated — and the companionship is wonderful,” she says. “And I’ve got legs as strong as pythons.”
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Bosses v Sirens Preview
The Houston Roller Derby will present a double header on Saturday at Kicks Indoor Soccer and Gym, 611 Shepherd Drive in Houston, Texas.
In one double header bout, the Psych Ward Sirens will skate against the Bayou City Bosses in what has turned out to be the biggest rivalry of the league. Last year the Bayou City Bosses lost to the Sirens during the regular season, but turned around and won the 2008 championship bout. In 2007, the Psych Ward Sirens lost to the Bosses during the regular season, but turned around and won their championship bout against the Bosses. This rivalry has been fiercely competitive even before the Bosses contended with the Sirens the last two years for the league championship.
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Bosses v Brawlers Video Clip
Did you miss last month’s bout? Here’s a taste of it in the video clip attached.
This Saturday is the classic Houston Roller Derby rivalry of the Bosses v the Sirens. Don’t miss it at the new Kicks Indoor venue, 7pm!
SATURDAY! SATURDAY! SATURDAY!
(The video is large!)
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Houston HaRD Knocks (#3) defeats Atlanta Dirty South Derby Girls (#5)
The Houston Roller Derby Hard Knocks utilized a solid second half to defeat the Dirty South Derby Girls of the Atlanta Rollergirls 127-101 in a WFTDA sanctioned bout Saturday night in The Woodlands, Texas.
Atlanta started out the first jam edging to a 1-0 lead with Thunder Enlightenin moving quickly into the pack to get the first point of the bout, before cutting the jam off. Mistilla the Killa countered with a 3-1 jam in the second jam for Houston, tying the game up 4-4. Houston then shut down a hard-hitting team from Atlanta the next three jams and took a 13-4 lead.
Death By Chocolate came up with an 11 point jam, while the Merchant of Menace took lead jammer status for Atlanta and scored eight points in the sixth jam. Thunder Enlightenin took a 10-0 jam in the seventh jam, narrowing the lead for Houston to 24-22. The teams slugged it out for the next two jams with Houston gaining only two points and a 26-22 lead after the ninth jam.
Atlanta rallied back with a 4-0 jam by Thunder Enlightenin to tie the game up at 26-all in the tenth jam, and the Dirty South Derby Girls took a 31-26 lead on a 5-0 Demi Gore jam. The squad from Georgia took its biggest lead of the night with a 4-0 jam by Merchant of Menace in the 13th jam (35-28). DeMentia countered with a 12 point jam for Houston after the Atlanta jammer was sent to the penalty box. That made the score 40-35 after 14 jams.
N Timid Ate Her followed up with a 5-0 jam in the 15th jam, but the team in blue would strike back with three lead jammer-statuses in a row narrowing the lead to 49-47 in favor of Houston. Mistilla the Killa scored a seven point jam in the 19th jam, and Demi Gore would counter with 3 points in the final jam of the half to narrow Houston’s lead to 56-50. Houston HaRD Knocks (#3) defeats Atlanta Dirty South Derby Girls (#5) – continue reading …
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